Lclassical and modern art dialogue in Picasso and the ancientthe exhibition that bears witness to the influence of the works of the Neapolitan museum – which houses it in the Rooms of the Farnese Collection – on one of the most significant artists of the 20th century.
Pablo Picasso, “Seated Woman”, 1920 (photo by Mathieu Rabeau /Musèe National Picasso, Paris © RMN Grand Palais © Succession Picasso by SIAE 2023).
The first part is dedicated to Picasso’s Neapolitan stayswhen the museum was not yet “only archaeological”, the second juxtaposes the works now at the MANN with those of the Spanish artist.
An opportunity to also admire 37 of the 100 prints of the famous artist Vollard suite which documents the importance that in particular theFarnese Hercules had in the work of Picasso.
The “Farnese Hercules” exhibited at the MANN (photo by Luigi Spina).
This exhibition is part of the international initiative Picasso Celebration 1973-2023: which celebrates the Spanish artist 50 years after his death.
INFO: Naples, Mann, until 27 August.
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The illusion of the moving image
Ruth Orkin. A new discovery is the exhibition dedicated to a very talented woman, photojournalist, one of the most important photographers of the last century, and film director, a job that in a world dominated by male figures at the time she was unable to carry out.
“Two American Tourists” (1951) by Ruth Orkin (© Ruth Orkin Photo Archive).
But this impediment prompted her to interpret the potential of the photographic shot in a completely original way«mixing the still image and the illusion of the moving image».
This extensive anthology traces his career with more than 150 photos, starting from his best-known works – VE-Day, American Girl in Italy – to switch to The card players And Jimmy tells a storywhere Orkin takes images so close up that they create an almost cinematic sequence, to the series From above.
Then the portraits, especially of actors, and the film The Fugitive from 1953 which you edited.
INFO: Turin, Royal Museums, Sala Chiablese, until 16 July.
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Life explosions
Celebrate 10 years Lawful Visionsthe festival dedicated to lgbtqia+ theater. The leitmotif of this edition is Life, Still understood as an “explosion of life”.
Giovanfrancesco Giannini in “Cloud” (photo by Tiziano Massaroni and Domenico Garofalo).
Between appointments, Acanthus by Nicola Russo, built on the memories of an elderly man and a boy in a hospital waiting room, e cloudreflections with images and videos of the dancer ranging from the persecutions of homosexuals in Chechnya to how art represents the female body.
INFO: Milan, Teatro Filodrammatici, from 3 to 7 May.
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The second life of images
Dedicated to the creative reuse of images, UnArchive Found Footage Festconceived and produced by the Audiovisual Archive of the Worker and Democratic Movement, in collaboration with Archivio Luce, proposes – in the intention of the artistic directors, the director Alina Marazzi and the cinema historian Marco Bertozzi – of “dis-archive” and re-propose the images in a new form.
“The Fire Within” by Werner Herzog.
In the heart of Rome, installations, panels, screenings. Including the works of Annie Ernaux, Werner Herzog and Aleksandr Sokurov.
INFO: Rome, Cinema in Trastevere, Accademia di Spagna, Alcazar until 8 May.
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The beauty of science
Meetings, workshops, scientific literature, events and shows in the program Science and Comma 2023Science and Media Festival with the artistic direction of Paolo Giordano.
The poster of the “Scienza e Comma 2023” festival
INFO: Trieste, various venues, from 4 to 9 May.
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Solidarity picnic
Theodora’s Picnic is an opportunity to share time, games, tastings and laughter in the company of Doctor Dreamsprofessional artists who Theodora Foundation form to operate in agreement with the health personnel in highly complex pediatric hospitals (48 wards in 17 hospitals).
An image of Theodora’s Pic-nic, 2022 edition (photo by Marco Erba / SGP).
The day is dedicated to supporting the activity in the city’s hospitals: Buzzi, Neurologico Besta, Policinico San Donato, Istituto dei Tumori.
INFO: Milan, Gardens of Villa Reale on 6 May.
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The ceramic artist
Architect, sculptor, ceramist, Vincent Del Monaco in his works he has been able to blend the secrets of traditional ceramic manufacturing – from the house where he was born, in Grottaglie – with an original creative vein, not without artistic inspiration, which synthesizes figurative and geometric.
“Ox” by Vincenzo Del Monaco
They prove it five bronzes and the two ceramics of this exhibitionamong which they stand out Oxwith references to Van Gogh and Picasso, and the dialogue between subject (man) and object (vase) by Jar Man.
INFO: Milan, Rolex boutique of Pisa Orologeria, Terrace, via Montenapoleone 24, until after mid-June.
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