Free admission to Livorno museums on Sunday, June 7. New room dedicated to Modigliani set up at the Fattori Museum.

On the occasion of the first Sunday of the month, the Giovanni Fattori Museum in Villa Mimbelli and the Museum of the City - Livorno ’s contemporary art section are offeringfree admission to all visitors on Sunday, June 7. The museums were reopened to the public after being forced to close due to a health emergency on June 3, in compliance with safety regulations, such as the use of a mask, 1.80-meter interpersonal distance, sanitization of hands, disposable gloves and disposable overshoes, and set hours with restricted entry.

In addition to the permanent collection, the Giovanni Fattori Museum offers some new features. A new room dedicated to Amedeo Modigliani has been set up, in which the artist’s three works belonging to Livorno’s civic collections can be admired: two drawings and the small youthful landscape, Stradina toscana, placed in comparison with a work by Llewelyn Lloyd executed in the same place and at the same time. Another important Leghorn artist, Enrico Pollastrini, is also dedicated a significant tribute with the exhibition of seven works, not seen for more than 30 years, including two historical sketches and the unpublished large preparatory drawing for the Orfanelle senesi.

Finally, all the exhibition rooms have been equipped with new lighting for an even more evocative visit to the museum.The latter preserves a pictorial collection that includes the period from the mid-19th century to the 1940s, with important nuclei of Leghorn artists, such as Fattori, Corcos, Nomellini, and some works by Tuscan and other artists, such as Lega, Signorini, and Boldini.
The Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum can be visited from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., with access at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., allowing a maximum of 30 visitors per shift. The visit will last 1h30.

The Contemporary Art Section of the City Museum, located in the deconsecrated church of the Luogo Pio, holds works by important artists of the 20th century, such as Nigro, Manzoni, Tancredi Parmeggiani, Trafeli, Uncini, Castellani, Pascali and Isgrò. A collection gathered through eight editions of the “Modigliani” Prize (between 1955 and 1967), exhibitions at the House of Culture and the Villa Maria Progressive Museum of Contemporary Art.
It can be visited from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with access at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., allowing a maximum of 15 visitors per shift. The visit will last one hour.

Pictured is the Giovanni Fattori Museum. Ph.Credit

Free admission to Livorno museums on Sunday, June 7. New room dedicated to Modigliani set up at the Fattori Museum.

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