The must-see exhibitions never end. Here are five, across Italy, until January 2023.
Nino Caruso. Forms of Memory and Space at the MIC in Faenza until October 9, 2022
The MIC, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, inaugurated the exhibition Nino Caruso. Forms of Memory and Space. The exhibition, curated by Claudia Casali and Tomohiro Daicho, curator of the MOMAK in Kyoto, with the support of the Nino Caruso Archive, was previously set up in 2020 at the Japanese museums of Kyoto and Mino, with which the MIC in Faenza is a co-producer.
Nino Caruso was one of the most important Italian ceramicists, sculptors, and designers. His artistic and exhibition activity was extensive, alongside his educational and editorial work.
To date, his works are exhibited worldwide: at the Galerie Les Champs in Paris, at the Evangelical Church in Savona, in Marseille, France, in Portugal at La Rotunda in Coimbra, in Spain in Gijon, and in Japan where he stayed for various periods.
Nino Caruso. Forms of Memory and Space features a hundred works documenting the intense activity of this ceramic protagonist.
We also note that the MIC in Faenza has recently launched a fundraising campaign, A Museum for Everyone, to support educational workshops for students and to enhance visit paths dedicated to the most vulnerable, including those with physical and cognitive disabilities.
Discover the project and support the MIC!
Luigi Ghirri (non) places at the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Jesi until July 31
On the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Luigi Ghirri, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Jesi hosts the exhibition Luigi Ghirri (non) places.
The exhibition, open until July 31, is located at Palazzo Bisaccioni and is curated by Massimo Minini.
It includes forty photographs from various private collections and celebrates the photographer by analyzing his research from the perspective of motivations and feelings through a path that touches on his points of interest and issues.
Luigi Ghirri was born in Scandiano, in the province of Reggio Emilia, on January 5, 1943.
He became interested in photography around the 1970s, and the camera immediately became the perfect means to satisfy the “desire for infinity that is in each of us.”
Ghirri witnessed turbulent years from a historical perspective: the post-war period, the economic boom, and the cultural ferment of the 1960s. He thus developed a sensitive personality to changes and a desire for knowledge that he poured into photography.
Luigi Ghirri (non) places reveals the Emilian photographer’s attention to the change of man and his way of living over time. In his shots, there is also the periphery which, as with Aldo Rossi – a well-known architect of the 80s and his great friend – contains a evocative force of history and memory.
The photos of Ghirri describe a universe that is at times melancholic, enchanted, suspended, and romantic, finding meaning in the small things, in the wonder and amazement that arises from looking at what surrounds us without the veil of habit.
Beyond Caravaggio. A New Narrative of Painting at the Museum and Royal Park of Capodimonte until January 7, 2023
The exhibition Beyond Caravaggio. A New Narrative of Painting in Naples until January 7, 2023 unfolds across 24 rooms on the second floor of the Museum and Royal Park of Capodimonte, directed by Sylvain Bellenger. The exhibition is curated by Stefano Causa and Patrizia Piscitello.
On display are 200 works all from the museum’s permanent collections.
The exhibition celebrates the so-called Neapolitan 600, rediscovered and defined less than a century ago by art historian Roberto Longhi.
Beyond Caravaggio. A New Narrative of Painting in Naples is also a tribute to the works of Jusepe de Ribera, better known by the nickname Spagnoletto, one of the main exponents of Neapolitan painting and a follower of the Caravaggism and later tenebrism.
Naples in the seventeenth century, leveraging the centrality of its port and its seaside location, was a crossroads of many cultures, and the exhibition aims to prove this.
Many foreign artists, such as Spagnoletto, had moved here.
Naples, consequently, had become one of the most populous megacities in the world, exerting a profound influence on European culture.
In addition to works by Caravaggio and Spagnoletto, the exhibition features paintings by Mattia Preti, Francesco Solimena, Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, known as Battistello, Luca Giordano, and Pacecco de Rosa.
Let’s Get Digital at Palazzo Strozzi until July 31, 2022
Palazzo Strozzi keeps pace with developments in the art world by embracing NFTs, an acronym for Non-Fungible Tokens. The exhibition, Let’s Get Digital, is open until July 31, 2022.
The exhibition project brings to the spaces of Palazzo Strozzi the works of international digital artists such as Refik Anadol, Anyma, Daniel Arsham, Beeple, Krista Kim and Andrés Reisinger.
Don’t know what NFTs are? We’ll explain!
Palazzo Strozzi is accustomed to engaging with innovation and does not shy away from exhibitions that can be, in some ways, a challenge.
Let’s Get Digital therefore presents to the audience new digital installations and multimedia experiences created by artists who express the new and multifaceted research of Crypto Art, based on the success of NFTs, digital certificates of authenticity that are redefining the concepts of uniqueness and value of a work of art.
Let’s Get Digital is an expression of the evolution and transformation of the world of art which, thanks to technology, is hoped to become increasingly democratic and accessible.
Dear Joe Colombo, you taught us the future. at the GAM in Milan until September 4, 2022
Joe Colombo is at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan with the exhibition “Joe Colombo taught us how to live”.
The Italian designer and architect, born Cesare Colombo, was born in Milan on July 30, 1930, into a wealthy family and approached design relatively late, starting his training in the field of avant-garde painting and sculpture.
Due to the premature death of his father, he had to take over the family business, where he began to learn about the world of industry and the materials used.
Only after selling the company, a few years later, Colombo fully dedicated himself to creative activity by opening his first studio in Milan.
Dear Joe Colombo, you taught us the future presents the evolution of Joe Colombo as a designer and the constant interest he has shown towards the concept of progress in all its forms.
The exhibition starts from the early experiences of the 1950s, from the adherence to the Nuclear Art Movement and the first design of the nuclear city.
