This Saturday a free guided tour of the exhibition and a meeting dedicated to geisha

Two side events on Saturday 20 April with the curator of the exhibition Paola Scrolavezza,

professor at the University of Bologna, who at 4pm there is a free guided tour

discovering the wonderful prints shinhanga .

The meeting will follow The way of the geisha at the cinema: from Shirley MacLaine to “Memoirs of a Geisha” by Rob Marshalldedicated to geisha, one of the most fascinating figures in the Japanese world.

Saturday 20 April the exhibition Shinhanga. The New Wave of Japanese Printsin progress in the rooms of Palazzo Barolo in Turinproposes two collateral events with the curator of the exhibition Paola Scrolavezzaexpert in Japanese Culture and Literature and professor at the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the University of Bologna. At 4pmPaola Scrolavezza guides us to discover the wonderful prints shinhanga displayed in the exhibition, never seen in Italy and coming from private collections and from Japanese Gallery Kensington, Londonthanks to a free guided tour, which you can participate in by purchasing an exhibition ticket. TOlle 5.30pm holds the meeting instead The way of the geisha at the cinema: from Shirley MacLaine to “Memoirs of a Geisha” by Rob Marshalla real journey to discover the figure of geishaamong the most fascinating of the Japanese world, and above all of its fortune in the world of cinema.

In the collective imagination overseas the figure of geisha it is still today the symbol of a unique and absolute femininity, in which refinement and elegance are tinged with eroticism. An image of romantic origin, formed on the basis of the stories of the first travelers who, in the mid-nineteenth century, landed in Japan from Europe following the opening of the country to the West, and strengthened by the portraits of the prints ukiyoewhich rapidly invaded European nations, influencing many artists, including Van Gogh, Pissarro, Beardsley.

The widespread fascination for geisha it originates in the well-rooted idea that it lives an existence devoted to the search for beauty and perfection in the artistic field, at the center of which is the aspiration to make oneself a living work of art. However, what stimulates the desire of the foreign observer is not so much the sublime mastery in mastering the arts such as dance, music and singing, but rather the aesthetics of which the geisha seems to become an interpreter: the grace of the movements and posture, the harmony of the colors and drapes, the complexity of the hairstyle, the sensuality of the white nape left deliberately uncovered.

From the novel Madame Chrysanthème by the traveler and adventurer Pierre Loti, first published in 1887, until Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, from Shirley MacLaine’s performance in the film My geisha (1962) to Rob Marshall’s blockbuster Memoirs of a GeishaPaola Scrolavezza will explain to us how cinema, attracted by the exoticism, charm and seduction of these women, contributed to building their myth and delivering their image to the contemporary world.

The collateral events of “Shinhanga. The New Wave of Japanese Prints” are free for visitors to the exhibition with a ticket valid for the day of the event.

To participate, you must still book by writing to [email protected]. After receiving confirmation of seat availability, it is necessary to confirm the reservation by purchasing the exhibition ticket online on the website www.shinhanga.it.

All information on the side events page of the site www.shinhanga.it.

The audience that has already visited “Shinhanga. The New Wave of Japanese Prints” but you wish to return to see the exhibition you can do so, at a cost of 5 €, purchasing the “Return Ticket” directly at the cash desk. To obtain it, simply present the entrance ticket used the first time. Whoever purchases the “Return Ticket” has the right, with it, to participate free of charge in the collateral event of the current day.

Made under the patronage of the municipality of Turin he was born in Consulate General of Japan in Milan, “Shinhanga. The New Wave of Japanese Prints” it is the first exhibition in Italy dedicated to the art of shinhangathe “new woodcuts” that revolutionized traditional Japanese printing in the first decades of the twentieth century ukiyoe. It boasts over 80 original works of some of the most famous masters shinhangaincluding Itō Shinsui, Kawase Hasui and Hashiguchi Goyō, never seen in Italy and coming from private collections and from Japanese Gallery Kensington, Londonbut also precious kimonos, historical photographs, vintage magazines And furnishing objectsto recreate the atmosphere full of expectation and nostalgia of Japan between the two wars.

Turin, Palazzo Barolo (via delle Orfane 7/A)

8 March – 30 June 2024

Timetables

Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday – Friday: 10:00 – 19:00

Saturday – Sunday: 10:00 – 20:00

Special openings

Sunday 31 March 2024

Monday 1 April 2024

Thursday 25 April 2024

Wednesday 1 May 2024

Sunday 2 June 2024

Tickets

Can be purchased online or at the ticket office

Full price: €14.50

Reduced (under 18 years, over 65, companions of disabled people with certified disability equal to or greater than 75%): €13.00

Reduced for holders of Turin + Piedmont Card, Museum Subscription and Culture Card: €12.00

Reduced price SPECIAL for children (from 6 to 12 years): €5.00

Reduced OPEN: €16.00

Can only be purchased at the ticket office

Reduced price for schools: €5.00 – reservation required a [email protected]

Reduced Groups (min. 15 people): €13.00 – reservation required a [email protected]

Return ticket: €5.00 (ticket for those returning to visit the exhibition; it is necessary to present a ticket passed at the cash desk)

Free gift (children up to 6 years old, people with disabilities with a certificate higher than 75%, ICOM members, qualified tourist guides, journalists accredited at the Davis & Co. press office)

For the entire day of March 8th women will enter for free

For those who purchase the ticket by March 15th, at the ticket office or online (+ presale commissions) the cost will be €12

The standard price list will come into force from March 16th.

Information and presale on the site www.shinhanga.it

Exhibition catalogue: Skira (skira.net)

Press release Davis & Co.