James Balla - Finestre sull'Arte

At the GAM in Milan, a focus on one of Balla's early transitional works from pointillism to the movement

Through March 13, 2022, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan is dedicating an in-depth focus to one of Giacomo Balla's most significant works, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth: it is Bambina x balcone, which marks the tr...
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Casa Balla will be open to visitors throughout 2022

Casa Balla will remain open through 2022: after the great success of the exhibition Casa Balla. From the House to the Universe and Back, the opening to the public of the Roman Futurist house where Giacomo Balla lived and worked from 1929 until his de...
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Milan, the world's most important collection of Futurism will arrive at the Museo del Novecento in 2022

In 2022 the precious Mattioli collection will arrive at the Museo del Novecento in Milan: this is considered the world's most important collection of works by Futurism and theItalian avant-garde of the early 20th century. The collection includes twen...
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Pessimism and Optimism: the futurist clash of two forces in Giacomo Balla's masterpiece

Contrary to what one might at first think, there is no elaborate philosophical framework underlying Pessimism and Optimism, the masterpiece to which Giacomo Balla devoted at least five years of research. There is, however, a firm intention: t...
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And light it was. Works by Balla, Fontana, Eliasson and Leotta in Cuneo.

The Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco in Cuneo hosts from Oct. 24, 2020 to Feb. 14, 2021 the exhibition E luce fu, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria, with curatorial advice from Marianna Vecellio for Renato Leotta's pro...
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Balla's Futurist Genius on display in Milan for the first time

The exhibition spaces of Gallerie d'Italia - Piazza Scala in Milan will host from April 9 to May 12, 2019 the exhibition Giacomo Balla. Futurist Genius, where the protagonist will be one of the most significant works of Futurism: Il Genio Futurista c...
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Giacomo Balla from abstract futurism to iconic futurism. The exhibition in Rome

Palazzo Merulana presents Giacomo Balla. From Abstract Futurism to Iconic Futurism, an exhibition curated by Fabio Benzi and focusing on Primo Carnera created by Balla in 1933. It is a work painted on both sides, with Vaprofumo from 1926 on one side...
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Rome, an anthological exhibition on Giacomo Balla at Villa Borghese

The Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese, located in the heart of the great Roman park, will host from November 28, 2018 to February 17, 2019 the anthological exhibition Balla a Villa Borghese, dedicated to Giacomo Balla (Turin, 1871 - R...
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