The Chaos Within. An exhibition on Frida Kahlo in Turin

Wednesday October 26th, 2022 , Events and Exhibitions

CHAOS WITHIN. AN EXHIBITION ON FRIDA KAHLO IN TURIN

To understand Frida Kahlo it is necessary to enter her world, and an exhibition in Turin allows us to get to know the kaleidoscope of cultural and political fragments, of family roots (her mother of Spanish and Amerindian origins and her German father, the photographer Guillermo Kahlo Kaufmann, who was naturalised Mexican), of sufferings from illness and then from the serious accident that immobilised her when she was 18 in bed and from miscarriages, but also of love and passion, such as that for the Mexican artist and unfaithful husband Diego Rivera, as well as for other charismatic men, such as the Bolshevik revolutionary Lev Trockij.

Frida Kahlo exhibition in Turin

An exhibition on van Gogh in Rome

Tuesday October 25th, 2022 , Events and Exhibitions

AN EXHIBITION ON VAN GOGH IN ROME

In Rome, at the Palazzo Bonaparte, an exhibition dedicated to the world’s most famous and beloved artist: VAN GOGH.
An exhibition itinerary that through an exceptional loan of no less than 50 works, all from the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, recounts his human and artistic story.

The exhibition in Rome reconstructs van Gogh’s human and artistic life and celebrates his works through a chronological itinerary. In this post you will find information on how to visit the exhibition.
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Life of Escher, the artist of impossible universes

Tuesday October 25th, 2022 , Artists and Works

LIFE OF ESCHER, ARTIST OF IMPOSSIBLE UNIVERSES

Escher’s life has been as fascinating as his visionary works.
His impossible universes, made of optical illusions and real but seemingly virtual landscapes, have influenced the modern imagination and are still a source of inspiration for contemporary creatives.

Escher was born and died in Holland but for many years he lived in Rome and there are many exhibitions dedicated to his work (the last one in Florence).
Curious about everything, a brilliant experimenter and a unique artist in the artistic panorama of the 20th century, Escher is the creator of impossible and fantastic worlds that have anticipated the cinematic tales of our times.

Escher Life

200 works by Escher on show in Florence

Thursday October 20th, 2022 , Events and Exhibitions

200 WORKS BY ESCHER ON SHOW IN FLORENCE

Discovered by the general public in recent years, Escher’s works on display in Florence offer an opportunity to discover a visionary artist and to admire his creative universe.

In Escher’s art, science and nature, mathematics and magic, analytical rigour and contemplative capacity, come together and create impossible images.
Dutch-born Escher, who lived in Italy for many years, is a unique figure on the 20th century art scene. His works are part of the collective imagination and still today are capable of arousing admiration and reflections on our way of observing the world.

Escher on show in Florence

Experimentation and colour in the works of Raoul Dufy

Monday October 17th, 2022 , Artists and Works

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953). “30 ans ou la vie en rose”. Huile sur toile, 1931. Paris, musée d’Art moderne.

EXPERIMENTATION AND COLOUR IN THE WORKS OF RAOUL DUFY

Raoul Dufy was born into a humble family of modest economic circumstances.
His father was an organist and passed on his passion for music to his son Raoul, which the artist cultivated for the rest of his life and transferred into his works.

In Raoul Dufy’s works there is experimentation and colour, a constant desire to communicate through light and through what life had in store for the man who was one of the greatest interpreters of art history, straddling Impressionism and Fauvism.

The works of Raoul Dufy