From the Swiss Institute of Milan to Palazzo Sant’Elia in Palermo, from the GAMeC of Bergamo to Villa Medici in Rome. The monthly event dedicated to the most interesting exhibitions and projects opening soon throughout Italy: here is our selection for the month of May.
The exhibition arrives at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome on May 16th Timeless Time, edited by Maria Vittoria Baravelli. A journey through the photographer’s iconic and timeless shots Vincent Peters which, until 25 August 2024, presents a selection of black and white works in which light is the protagonist in defining emotions and telling the stories of the subjects portrayed and their intimate ability to reflect beauty.
Christian Bale, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Laetitia Casta, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Beckham, Scarlett Johansson, Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Charlize Theron, Emma Watson and Greta Ferro are just some of the famous people whose portraits are exhibited in Palazzo Albergati. Shots taken between 2001 and 2021 by Vincent Peters who, using impeccable lighting, elevates his subjects to a position that often transcends their celebrity status.
the new Turin International Photography Festival, curated by Menno Liauw and Salvatore Vitale, offers an explosive program of inaugurations, events, performances and talks involving all the major institutions, foundations and independent realities of the city of Turin. With a single ticket you can literally immerse yourself in New Landscapes – New landscapes, title of this edition. The festival aims to investigate the future of photography using it as a tool to imagine and plan future scenarios.
Self-portrait at work is the first major anthological exhibition dedicated to Elisabetta Benassi (Rome, 1966) from an institution active in the city where the artist lives and works. The exhibition project presents over twenty years of his production, juxtaposing historical works from the early 2000s with recent works and three new productions created specifically for the occasion.
The Diocesan Museum presents a retrospective dedicated to Robert Capa edited by Gabriel Bauret, which retraces the main stages of the war photographer’s career, from his debut in 1932 until his death in 1954 in Indochina due to the explosion of a mine.
An exhibition made up of 300 works, selected from the archives of the Magnum Photos Agency, which aims to reveal the temperament and facets of a passionate and elusive character, insatiable and perhaps never fully satisfied, who did not hesitate to risk his life for his reportages.
Every year, the French Academy in Rome organizes the Festival des Cabanes of Villa Mediciwhere architects, artists and researchers are invited to occupy the historic gardens of Villa Médicis throughout the summer.
Ephemeral installations, microarchitectures, pavilions: several original creations by Hut they are set up throughout the summer in the heart of the gardens of Villa Medici, a place of research and experimentation where gardeners, architects, artists and thinkers meet.
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Roberto Sambonet, between the folds of the story of his life and his career as a designer, graphic designer and artist, the exhibition explores his method and thought with objects, drawings, paintings and documents coming mainly from the Roberto Sambonet Archive. The exhibition contains in-depth insights into the crucial issues of his training and work, such as the experience with the Museo de Arte of San Paolo, the portraits of Madness, the relationship with La Rinascente, the work of art director, the passion for the sea and the talent as a portraitist.
Think like a mountain is the title of the widespread cultural program promoted by GAMeC – Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bergamo which for the two-year period 2024-2025 will involve, in addition to the museum spaces, the territory of the Province of Bergamo, with the aim of creating a path of sharing artistic experiences aimed at reflecting on the themes of sustainability and community. The program involves the involvement, over two years, of twenty artists or groups of artists, operating in different geographical and cultural contexts, in the planning and implementation of a widespread program of events shared with local communities, including interventions in public space, performances collectives and creative workshops. Sonia Boyce, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Chiara Gambirasio, Lin May Saeed, Obsidian Studio in collaboration with Social Oil Mill they are the first artists protagonists of the two-year period, working in Bergamo, Castione della Presolana, Dalmine and Brembate.
The exhibition ’60s Pop Art Italycurated by Walter Guadagnini, presents 70 works that reconstruct the events of Pop Art in Italy, through its major exponents, including Mario Schifano, Tano Festa, Franco Angeli, Mimmo Rotella, Mario Ceroli, Pino Pascali, Fabio Mauri, Jannis Kounellis, Renato Mambor, Titina Maselli, Giosetta Fioroni, Laura Grisi, Enrico Baj, Valerio Adami, Emilio Tadini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ugo Nespolo , Piero Gilardi, Concetto Pozzati, Roberto Barni, Umberto Buscioni, Adolfo Natalini And Gianni Ruffi.
Approximately 500 works, including architectural and applied arts drawings, furnishings, paintings, sculptures, tapestries, ceramics, decorative sketches, clothing and jewelery from 70 public and private collections. There Sant’Elia Foundation dedicates an impressive exhibition to that unrepeatable season represented by the flowering of the Liberty style in Palermo.
Palermo Liberty – The Golden Age, a true golden age, which saw great designers, painters, sculptors, decorators, artisans and manufacturing companies working together to create a new city, suited to the needs of modernity and the bourgeoisie. In a period of change and economic and social development of the city, under the aegis of Ernesto Basile, a school established itself which made the city one of the Italian capitals of this style. In fact, in those years, a cultural climate developed in Palermo which, while not forgetting its roots, developed an autonomous way of looking at the contemporary European debate and embraced all sectors of creativity with a language linked to the stylistic features of Art Nouveau.
