On Saturday 18 May 2024, the Royal Museums of Turin and the Torino Musei Foundation are offering a variety of initiatives designed for a wide range of audiences.
It starts at 11.00, in the Court of Honor of Palazzo Reale, with the opening of the exhibition of the finalist works by The sharing table, the artistic competition for secondary schools in Piedmontcreated by the Royal Museums on the occasion of the exhibition Africa. The forgotten collections and inspired by the site-specific installation The smoking table by the Ethiopian artist Bekele Mekonnen, which saw the participation of over 250 male and female students in a journey that engaged them for over four months.
The finalist works were selected by the technical jury composed of Mario TurettaSecretary General of the Ministry of Culture and Advocative Director of the Royal Museums, Lucrezia Cippitellicurator and professor of aesthetics at the Brera Academy, Erika Grassocurator of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Turin, Paola ZaniniHead of Education Department of the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, with the participation of the artist Bekele Mekonnen.
The works will also be published on the Royal Museums website (https://museireali.beniculturali.it). The public will decide the winning classes through a vote – in online mode – which will open on Saturday 18 May, according to the rules that will be published on the museum’s website.
At 4.00 pm, in the Ballroom on the second floor of Palazzo Reale, the presentation of the essay by the archaeologist and historical popularizer Giorgio Franchetti will be heldby title AT THE TABLE WITH THE ETRUSCANS. Journey to discover the Rasennas through their relationship with food.
The event, which takes place as part of the initiatives for the celebrations of 300 years of the Museum of Antiquities of Turinis introduced by Elisa Panero, chief curator of the archaeological and numismatic collections of the Royal Museums, and is enriched by live performances by the group of ancient musicians Phonomachoi – Music and dance from antiquity, and from the presence of historical re-enactors in Etruscan clothing from the Ancient Peoples Association of Florence.
This is followed by a tasting of “Etruscan” dishes prepared by the archaeo-chef Cristina Conteand one of wine aged in amphora buried by the winemaker Francesco Mondini.
Entrance with a special ticket at 1 euro until all available seats are available (for reservations:
[email protected]).
The event is scheduled from 7.30pm to 10.30pm European Night of Museumsan event promoted by the Ministry of Culture which includes the evening opening of state museums and places of culture with special entry for 1 euro.
The Royal Museums join the national initiative and, with the special ticket, at 9.30 pm you can also attend the performance art show by the Cirko Vertigo Foundationwith rope bal numbers, aerial fabrics, aerial straps and aerial hoop.
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GAM, MAO And Palazzo Madama adhere as usual to European Night of Museums organized by French Ministry of Culture and sponsored fromUNESCO, the Council of Europe and ICOM.
The historic event was born with the aim of enhancing European cultural identity and involves museums throughout Europe.
Saturday 18 May museums will be extraordinarily open until 10pm (last entry at 9pm) and, starting from 6pm, they can be visited permanent collections and ongoing exhibitions with special rates.
The special rate of €1 will also be applied to Museum Pass holders.
The Torino Musei Foundation and Theatrum Sabaudiae also offer a series of guided tours to collections and temporary exhibitions, as well as evening workshops.
What you can visit
At GAM | Permanent Collections: €1; Show Italo Cremona. Everything else is deep night: €1;
Show Expanded – The landscapes of art: €1
At the MAO | Permanent Collections: €1; Show Translations of Eurasia Reloaded: €1
AT PALAZZO MADAMA | Permanent Collections: €1; Show Max Pinckers. State of Emergency: €1;
Exhibition Liberty. Turin Capital: €5
From 6pm to 9pm the tiles of Museum Subscription they will be valid only for the exhibition Liberty. Turin Capital at Palazzo Madama, while the Torino+Piemonte Cards are valid on all exhibitions in all museums.
Guided tours and evening workshops
GAM – Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
6.00pm
GUIDED VISIT to the EXPANDED exhibition – The landscapes of art
Cost of the guided tour: €7 per participant (+ entrance ticket €1)
Info and reservations: 011 5211788 – [email protected]
from 7.00pm to 8.00pm – from 8.30pm to 9.30pm
LETTERS FROM THE NIGHT. Workshops
On the occasion of the European Night of Museums, GAM proposes a workshop in the evening. The activity takes place in a continuous flow, giving the opportunity to experiment with the collage technique. Starting from various images reproducing works by GAM exhibited in the museum and which can be visited during the evening, the public is invited to cut out, compose and hybridize the different parts of the works to create a personal postcard to take away. This can be sent, kept or donated, as evidence of the creation of a “forbidden” message, to be kept or donated. The theme will be that of the night: to be understood in a figurative but also symbolic way. The chosen works in fact refer to an imagery of fun, freedom and mystery, of the dark and the unconscious, created by artists attracted by edgy, mysterious… nocturnal themes.
Cost of the workshop: €5 (+ entrance ticket €1)
Info and reservations: 011 5211788 – [email protected]
MAO Museum of Oriental Art
6.00pm
GUIDED VISIT to the exhibition TRAD U/I TIONS OF EURASIA RELOADED
Cost of the guided tour: €6 per participant (+ entrance ticket €1)
Info and reservations: 011 5211788 – [email protected]
7.30pm
BETWEEN ANCIENT STORIES AND PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPTS. Literary suggestions in the MAO collections
MAO – guided tour by Theatrum Sabaudiae
Visitors will be guided on an itinerary dedicated to the literary field, books and writing through some testimonies present in the museum, starting from the myths and stories evoked by the statuary found in the South Asian and South-East Asian collection, passing for the literary references linked to the Chinese collection, browsing among the colorful woodcuts in the gallery dedicated to Japan, up to the refined pages of finely decorated manuscripts from the Himalayan Region and the Islamic countries of Asia. The itinerary offers participants a particular key to understanding the MAO’s permanent collections by describing the works that best exemplify the relationship between the worlds of image and word in the different Asian cultures represented in the museum.
Cost of the guided tour: €6 per participant (+ entrance ticket €1)
Info and reservations: 011 5211788 – [email protected]
Palazzo Madama – Civic Museum of Ancient Art
6.00pm
APPOINTMENT IN THE MUSEUM – FROM PORTA ROMANA TO CASTELLO TO MUSEUM
Guided tour of the Palace
Cost of the guided tour: €6 per participant (+ entrance ticket €1)
Info and reservations: 011 5211788 – [email protected]
7.30pm
GUIDED VISIT to the exhibition LIBERTY. TURIN CAPITAL
Cost of the guided tour: €8 per participant (+ entrance ticket €5)
Info and reservations: 011 5211788 – [email protected]
All the info: https://www.fondazionetorinomusei.it/it/evento/notte-eureopea-dei-musei-2024/
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