On 25 April 2024, on the occasion of Liberation Day, state museums and archaeological parks will be open free of charge, as proposed by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano.
To the domenicalmuseo (12 days a year), therefore, 3 free entry dates in places of culture will also be added in 2024: 25 April, 2 June and 4 November.
“We are renewing the initiative again this year: April 25th will be the first of three new free days that I strongly desired to associate visits to places of culture with highly symbolic anniversaries for the nation,” declares Minister Sangiuliano.
The visits will take place during the usual opening hours, with access by reservation where applicable.
For further information, please consult the dedicated links https://cultura.gov.it/evento/25-aprile-2024 and https://cultura.gov.it/evento/1-maggio-2024
What Trani offers:
SWAVEN CASTLE
Art and culture in the long weekend just around the corner, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday it will be possible to visit the Swabian Castle of Trani, which will remain open in the morning on Easter days and for the whole day on Easter Monday. The Swabian Castle of Trani hosts the collection of works of art of Queen Margherita of Savoy, until now kept in the storage rooms of the Royal Palace of Naples, now available to the public in a new and evocative display located in the Casemates on the second floor of the Castle. Thursday hours 08.30 – 19.30
CATHEDRAL BASILICA
A few steps from the Castle, there is the Cathedral Basilica. Due to restoration work it can only be partially visited. However, the crypt of Santa Maria della Scala, the crypt of San Nicola, the hypogeum of San Leucio and the bell tower remain fully accessible for tourist visits, compatibly with the activities of the construction site and liturgical celebrations. For tourist visits it is advisable to check actual availability at the Basilica secretariat
For further information: https://www.cattedraletrani.it/
BELTRANI PALACE OF ARTS
On April 25th the free guided tour of the exhibition “In Praise of Composition. The photography of Giuseppe Cavalli” in Trani.
Extraordinary opening for the Liberation Day of Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani
After the interest and success of the public for the previous guided tours of the exhibition “In Praise of Composition. The photography of Giuseppe Cavalli”, will be repeated on the occasion of Liberation Day on 25 April. There will be the possibility to see, starting from 11.15 am, the exhibition inaugurated last March 26th at Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani in Trani (BT), with an exceptional guide and at no additional cost to the entrance ticket .
The installation, with 82 photos including portraits, landscapes and still lifes, of which 32 are vintage, is in collaboration with the Eredi Giuseppe Cavalli Archive and with the contribution of Alessia Venditti, PhD student at UNIUD (University of Udine), curator of the reorganization project of the Horse Archive.
The photographic exhibition dedicated to the works of Cavalli, born 120 years ago in the city of Lucera, will be hosted in the rooms of the noble floor of the Multifunctional Cultural Center of the City of Trani until 31 May 2024. The project of Palazzo Beltrani, with the exception of the exhibitions held in his native Lucera, it is the first exhibition that pays homage to Giuseppe Cavalli in Puglia after 41 years.
Giuseppe Cavalli is a prestigious artist and acute leading critic of the Italian post-war period, leader of the high-key school (an expression used in photography as a synonym for high tones to indicate the character of the photos which mostly present very light tones, close to white, source Treccani) and cultural promoter with other protagonists of his time. Through the pages of the magazine Ferrania he contributed to elevating this art, also with the volume “8 Italian photographers today” and the promotion of the La Bussola movement alongside his talented colleagues Finazzi and Leiss, Lerder and Veronesi. With a collection of over eighty works, the exhibition aims to retrace the fundamental stages of his artistic experience between photographic production and witty criticism.
«What only matters is whether the work, whatever the subject, has or has not reached the heaven of art: whether it is beautiful or not. Say: enough with the nudes; no more still life and so on is, as everyone understands, an obvious aesthetic error. This is not to ignore the usefulness of the photographic document in the practical field and how vital it is for the news and memory of the times. But the document is not art, and if it is, it is regardless of its nature as a document […]. It is worth the seriousness of our intentions to win the sympathy and esteem of those who believe, like us, in the splendid possibilities of photography in the broad field of art. Where, due to her relatively young age, she is still taking her first steps, it is also certain that over time she will find, through the love of those who cultivate her by believing in her, that universal dignity of consideration to which she is entitled.” Source: G. Cavalli, M. Finazzi. F. Leiss, F. Vender. L. Veronesi, Manifesto of La Bussola in “Ferrania” 1947, p. 5. 1
Places for the guided tour (at no additional cost to the ticket) on Thursday 25 April are limited, booking is recommended (tel: 0883 500044, [email protected]).
With the entrance ticket to the exhibition it will also be possible to visit the collections kept in Palazzo Beltrani and the “Ivo Scaringi” art gallery.
Visiting hours: from Tuesday to Sunday continuously from 10.00 to 18.00, last entry at 17.00. Closing day: Monday. Extraordinary opening on April 25th with continuous opening hours, from 10:00 to 18:00 (last access 17:00). Entrance ticket: 6.00 euros full ticket, 4.00 euros reduced ticket (for minors, students, teachers, FIAF-Italian Federation of Photographic Associations members and over 65s).
The entire 2024 program enjoys the patronage of the City of Trani – Department of Culture; Puglia Region – Department of Tourism, Economy of Culture and valorisation of the Territory; PACT Pole Arts Culture Tourism Puglia Region; TPP Pugliese Public Theatre; ETS Arts Association; Andria Castel dei Mondi International Festival.
Info Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani, via Beltrani 51 Trani: tel: 0883 500044, [email protected]
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