PROVINCE OF ALESSANDRIA – Here are some ideas for spending an Easter Sunday in the province of Alessandria among exhibitions, museums and outdoor experiences. However, if you want to work off your lunch, the best choice is a nice walk!
“Double thread. Dialogues between artists and master goldsmiths” is the new exhibition resulting from the synergy between contemporary artists and Valencian master goldsmiths, hosted in the halls of the “broletto” of Palatium Vetus in Alexandria. On display 14 jewel works. Curators of the exhibition I am Lia Lenti and Domenico Maria Papa who worked closely with the Municipal Cultural Center of Valenza where the exhibition was set up from 21 December 2023 to 30 January 2024. The exhibition can be visited until 28 April, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 19.
On the occasion of Easter many castles in the province open their doors to visitors. In our article you will find all the castles open.
What to do in Alexandria
To the Amber Theatre there is the second “Ale Sound Festival (Blues Edition)”. A weekend entirely dedicated to Blues music.
TO Monferrato Palace, until October 6th, there is the exhibition “Alessandria Preziosa-An international laboratory at the end of the sixteenth century“. After the success of the “sculpted Alexandria” exhibition in 2019, this exhibition recounts the creative civilization between the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries of the Alexandrian territory, focusing in particular on the sumptuary arts, close to the advent of international Mannerism in the years of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. The exhibition is visitable from 10am to 1pm and from 4pm to 7pm. Ticket cost 8 euros, reduced to 5 euros.
The exhibition “Take care of yourself, you are a work of art” traces the continuous search to transform safety into a unique artistic experience and transmit a message free of negative, educational and cultural connotations, where each individual becomes a work of art to be preserved and enhanced. The works accompany the visitor on a journey through art, punctuated by safety objects, through a journey that ranges from the Renaissance beauty of Botticelli to the seductive modernity of Tamara de Lempicka. The exhibition unfolds between Palazzo Cuttica and the Borsalino Museum and can be visited until May 1st. Palazzo Cuttica is open from 3pm to 7pm (info: [email protected]). The Borsalino Museum is open from 10am to 7pm (info: [email protected]).
The “War Games” Of Crepaxone of the greatest masters of comics and illustration, are the protagonists of ad Alexandria at Palazzo Cuttica. Some on display historical battles on paperincluding the battle of Marengo, created by Crepax in his free moments over almost ten years. The exhibition was created with original documents specifically designed for the city of Alessandria. The exhibition can be visited on Saturdays and Sundays from 3pm to 7pm, until April 1st.
We would like to point out that Palatium Vetus, and the exhibitions hosted within it, I will stay closed for the Easter weekend.
What to do in Casale Monferrato
Last weekend to visit, in the Manica Lunga del Casale Castle, there photographic exhibition “Of light and shadow” by Loredana Mantello. The works on display are a tribute to Caravaggio’s mastery in creating intense atmospheres through the use of light. Each photograph captures the drama of shadows, underlining the emotional strength present in the darkest details. The play of light and shadow is an engaging visual experience, and evokes the unique charm of the great master’s works. The exhibition is open from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 7pm.
In the Marescalchi Hall of Castle of Casale Monferrato there is the personal exhibition by Michelle Hold by title “Magic Moments”. The exhibition, open to the public until 5 May 2024, presents a series of works that the author created with the intention of capturing and freezing on artistic supports those magical moments that shamans describe as an intrinsic part of our nature. In an attempt to remember the light that, according to the artist, every individual possesses and to listen to our spokesperson, the heart, she uses the vibrations of color and movement to convey the sensation of an intrinsic magic of life that brings illumination to every moment . The exhibition can be visited from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 7pm.
The exhibition is located in the former chapel of the Monferrato Castle “Design the inside and the outside”, which involves artists from Monferrato and Austria on the themes of contemporary drawing. The exhibition can be visited on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 7pm, until April 1st.
“Laughter, a story, two glances” is the title of show open in the rooms on the second floor of the Monferrato Castle. The exhibition itinerary develops along two paths which are at the same time parallel, but closely linked to each other. The first has Gianni Berengo Gardin as its protagonist and offers visitors black and white photographs taken in the two-year period 2010/2011 by the master. The second, the result of the careful work of Cele Bellardone and Dino Boffa, contains the backstage shots taken during the work that the Maestro, with great enthusiasm, created at Tenuta Colombara in Livorno Ferraris. The exhibition can be visited for free on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 7pm, until 5 May 2024.
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To the Museum of Champions there is it show interactive and multimedia for all ages”Circular, us and the planet. Food, agriculture, climate and sustainability“. The Circular exhibition itinerary offers, through interactive and multimedia games, seven large infographics and a short video, a key to understanding our present, essential for understanding which direction to take in the future that awaits us and what we want. The main issues are climate change, food production, the relationship between soil and agriculture and finally pollution, such as that from plastics and microplastics which afflicts our seas and oceans. The exhibition can be visited until 28 April 2024, on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 7pm.
The other appointments in the province of Alessandria
ALTAVILLA MONFERRATO – The “Monferrato Classic Festival” continues at the Pro Loco Auditorium. At 5pm Carlotta Galli will perform on the piano with music by JS Bach, WA Mozart, F. Chopin, F. Liszt, F. Kreisler and C.Debussy.
VIGNALE MONFERRATO – At the Chiesa dei Battuti there is the photographic exhibition “Monteverde Project”. The exhibition will then be open to visitors until April 14th from 4pm to 7pm. Free entry.
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