Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Irony exhibition at MAMbo in Bologna kills a fundamental aspect of irony

After Mozzarella in Carrozza, a large work by Gino De Dominicis that opens the exhibition Facile Ironia at the MAMbo Museum in Bologna, the path is fragmented into many works that tend to get lost and unremarkable within a setting where red and yello...
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La Contesa on Picasso: Rachele Ferrario tells the story of Fernanda Wittgens and Palma Bucarelli

There are essays that read like novels because they deal with facts, characters and issues that arouse interest and curiosity even in a lay audience. Credit is due to the writer, who is skillful in leading the reader to discover the protagonists of s...
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Genoa dedicates an exhibition to the heirs of the Macchiaioli, from Nomellini to Gioli and Tommasi

In Genoa, Palazzo della Meridiana is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the postmacchiaioli, entitled Gli Eredi dei Macchiaioli. From Silvestro Lega to Plinio Nomellini, curated by Simona Bartolena with the collaboration of Armando Fettolini. The exh...
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Artonauts back on newsstands: new album explores emotions and colors in art

The mission restarts. The Artonauts return to newsstands with a new album, ready to transport little collectors-and their parents-on a journey through the colors and emotions of art. The sixth adventure in the successful series will be available Marc...
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Mucha and Boldini in Ferrara, a glittering exhibition

Sparkling exhibition the one dedicated by the city of Ferrara, in the splendid Palazzo dei Diamanti, to the lovable painting of Mucha and Boldini for this long and captivating spring of 2025. A happy idea that rediscovers a European painter of such h...
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In how many ways can silence be depicted? What the Hammershøi exhibition in Rovigo is like.

In what different places and in how many different ways can silence be depicted in a painting? In fact, silences are not all the same: there is the silence of domestic quiet, there is the silence of contemplation, the silence of anticipation of a joy...
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Gino Severini and Etruscan inspiration: the "two-faced Janus" on display at MAEC in Cortona

From March 30 to May 4, 2025, MAEC in Cortona is hosting the exhibition-dossier Giano-Culsans: the double and the Etruscan inspiration of Gino Severini. From the Collection of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona, where for the first time the famous Etrus...
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A new Boccioni purchased by the Pinacoteca del Divisionismo in Tortona.

The Pinacoteca del Divisionismo in Tortona expands its holdings with an acquisition: Maestra di scena. Portrait of Signora Adalgisa Maffi, a 1910 work by Umberto Boccioni (Reggio Calabria, 1882 - Verona, 1916). The painting, crucial in the artist's c...
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