Antonio Canova - Finestre sull'Arte

The entire 19th-century wing of the Gypsotheca Canova Museum reopens: full tour returns after seven years

In Possagno, starting Sunday, December 1, 2024, visitors will once again be able to explore the entire Antonio Canova Gypsotheca Museum: in fact, the19th-century wing reopens in its entirety, returned after seven years of closure for restoration work...
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Canova in Lucca: an exhibition on Lucca's neoclassicism... in disguise

Vittorio Sgarbi has not changed one iota the formula of the "exhibition in disguise" (so we could call it, taking up a definition that, moreover, is his), proposed for the second year in a row to the public of Lucca. Last year with an exhibition, suc...
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Masterpieces by Canova and Lombard Neoclassicism move from Brera to Palermo after 122 years

Sculptural masterpieces by Antonio Canova, Giovanni Pandiani, Pietro Magni, and Giovanni Spertini have been sent on a 122-year journey from Milan to Palermo and are now on display in Palermo's Royal Palace for the exhibition La Grande Brera al Palazz...
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A vase by Antonio Canova never before exhibited is on display in Padua

From Nov. 30, 2024 to March 9, 2025, the Diocesan Museum of Padua will host the exhibition Il Canova mai visto (Canova Never Seen), curated by Andrea Nante, Elena Catra and Vittorio Pajusco. The beating heart of the exhibition is the Vaso cinerario d...
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Canova and Hayez, Olympus on the Lake: the exhibition at Villa Carlotta

From June 22 to September 30, 2024 at Villa Carlotta in Tremezzina it will be possible to visit L'Olimpo sul lago. Canova, Thorvaldsen, Hayez and the Treasures of the Sommariva Collection, an exhibition curated by Fernando Mazzocca, Maria Angela Prev...
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Idea and form in Luigi Spina's photographic exhibition in dialogue with Canova

From April 20 to Sept. 29, the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno is hosting the exhibition "Canova Quattro Tempi" by Luigi Spina. The story is the result of four photographic campaigns that began in 2019 and resulted in as many publication...
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The Three Graces by Antonio Canova: beauty and sensuality

A symbol of grace, beauty and sensuality, the sculptural group of the Three Graces by Antonio Canova (Possagno, 1757 - Venice, 1822) is considered among the finest masterpieces of art of all time. The three nude female figures unite their slender, to...
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The relationship between Canova and power on display in Possagno

Sought after and admired on an international scale, Antonio Canova (Possagno, 1757-Venice, 1822) had as patrons the most influential personalities of Europe contemporary with him: sovereigns, pontiffs and nobles from the various European courts all t...
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