Antonio Canova - Finestre sull'Arte

Canova and the birth of modern sculpture: Theseus on the Minotaur on display in Possagno

From March 23 to June 21, 2025, the Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova in Possagno is hosting an exhibition-dossier dedicated to one of the masterpieces of neoclassical sculpture: Theseus on the Minotaur, an early work by Antonio Canova (Possagno, 1757 ...
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On display in Padua a never-before-seen Canova and works that testify to his relationship with the city

For technical and organizational reasons, the exhibition THE CANOVA NEVER SEEN. Works from the Episcopal Seminary and the Church of the Eremitani at the Diocesan Museum of Padua initially scheduled for fall 2024, has been postponed to March 2025. Cur...
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Canova's Colossal Horse will return to display after 50 years

After decades of waiting, Antonio Canova 's Colossal Horse is preparing to return to public display in the Civic Museums of Bassano del Grappa. This monumental work, among the last created by the Possagno sculptor, which remained unfinished after his...
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Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum: an eventful 2025 among art, photography and theater

After the recent reopening of the19th-century wing, the Antonio Canova Gypsotheca Museum in Possagno is preparing for a 2025 full of cultural events, with a calendar of exhibitions, photography workshops, theater performances and educational activiti...
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Antonio Canova in Rome: the 12 busts of Banca Ifis on display at Arte in Nuvola

From November 22-24, 2024, Rome will welcome for the first time the twelve busts by Antonio Canova owned by Banca Ifis, displayed in a space created by Banca Ifis itself on the occasion of the Arte in Nuvola fair. The works, about 50-60 cm tall and m...
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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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