Start Thursday 6 June at 6pm with the event “In the footsteps of Cervantes” edited by Ravenna Teatro la summer review “E-State in Museum”a series of events included within Bologna Estate 2024, the program of activities promoted and coordinated by the Municipality of Bologna and the Metropolitan City of Bologna – Bologna-Modena Tourist Territory.
The first appointment is with Yolanda Sabaté by Hispania Asociación Culturalto follow in the footsteps of Juan and Antonio, the two protagonists of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes in search of Mrs. Cornelia in the city of Bologna. Cervantes’ masterpiece, the Don chisciottetogether with Alessandro Argnani and Roberto Magnani of Ravenna Teatro/Albe who will presentwith images and videos, Don Quixote to burn, work in progress 2024. The evening, in fact, also takes the form of one presentation of the second door of the three-year project dedicated to the work of Cervantes (2023-25) Don Quixote to burn, work in progress 2024created by Ermanna Montanari and Marco Martinelli, founders of the Teatro delle Albe di Ravenna, which will take place in Ravenna from 26 June to 7 July as part of the Ravenna Festival, which is co-producer and which sees the collaboration with the General Management Museums Emilia-Romagna.
The central point from which the novel’s bringing to life begins is the suggestion made by Don Quixote to the faithful Sancho: «You must keep in mind, always before your eyes, what you are, trying to know yourself, which is the most difficult knowledge. that one can imagine”. This is how the story transforms into an allegory of the initiatory journey within oneself and Don Quixote becomes a symbol of the “ardent” dreamer incapable of resigning himself to injustices. An invitation to become active spectators always, on the scene and in life.
At the end of the evening, aperitif on the museum terrace. The initiative is promoted by the Raccolta Lercaro museum in collaboration with Hispania Asociación Cultural. Entrance is free.
Subsequent appointments:
Thursday 13 June at 9pm
Artist’s words – Conversation on the exhibition “The days of mud” with photographers Andrea Bernabini, Richard Betti, Marco Parollo, Adriano Zanni and Matteo Zauli, artistic director of the Carlo Zauli Museum, moderated by Giovanni Gardini, director of the Lercaro Collection. One year after the flood which hit the regional territory and in particular Romagna in May 2023, four photographers – Andrea Bernabini, Richard Betti, Marco Parollo and Adriano Zanni – they talk about what happened starting from the exhibition that displays their photographic shots, placed in relation to two works by Carlo Zauli. An evening to reflect on the potential of art as a means to elaborate in a meaningful horizon the dramas that life can reserve and on the possibilities that creativity offers to man, opening him up to the prospect of knowing how to identify new opportunities for growth even in the mud.
Thursday 20 June at 5pm
Inauguration of the exhibition “Sculpted newspaper. The sensitive life of objects”
Exhibition curated by Marinella Paderni and Collettivo Hidea (Giulia Capriglia, Maria Rosa Cuccitto, Sara Perni, Ludovica Pescarolo, Martina Scribani) organized as part of Opentour Raccolta Lercaro, via Riva di Reno, 57, Bologna.
Works by the students of the two- and three-year courses of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna: Michelangelo Bianchini, Lorena Bucur, Agnese Caleffi, Mattia Cavallini Bonello, Elio (Alessia Marchese), Chiara Innocenti Sedili, Giacomo Mallardo, Giovanni Manfreda, Massa Omar , Lucia Letizia Perrillo, Luna Prandi, Giorgia Polverini, Syria Roveto, Cristina Russo, until 28 July.
Thursday 27 June at 9.00pm
Artist’s words – Conversation on the “Movimenti” exhibition with Antonio Violetta, moderated by Giovanni Gardini, director of the Lercaro Collection.
Movimenti presents a series of sculptures and drawings by Antonio Violetta that cover a time span from 1983 to 2021, taking the form of an important retrospective on all of his artistic research: the Kölner Seitenthe Pages, the Movements, the Arias up to more recent works such as the Annunciation and the Canti Dolorosi, an intense triptych that draws its inspiration from the Third Symphony Op. 36, music of poignant beauty composed by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki in 1976. The exhibition it will remain open until September 15th.
Museum openings and opening hours: the Lercaro Collection can be visited, with free admission, at the following times: Tuesday and Wednesday 3-7pm; Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm / 3pm-7pm.
