Ugo Dighero is Harpagone in Molière’s Miser e Lella Costa invites her audience to toast to 2025.
And then, a journey through works of art and documents celebrates the miracle of the stigmata of Francis of Assisi. One in the mind of Tim Burton in Milan.
Or a solo exhibition by Thomas De Falco, the exhibition of the exiled artist and Sudanese activist Khalid Albaih and the history of the Autostrada del Sole.
Here are 7 events for this week.
Ugo Dighero is Harpagone inAvaro by Molière, in the production directed by Luigi Saravo. The show leaves the traditional setting to immerse itself in a current reality, which however plays with different temporal planes. At the center of the story is always money. Mariangeles Torres plays the double role of the servant Saetta and the maid Frosina.
GUSTAVO MODENA THEATER, UNTIL 6 JANUARY, TEATRONAZIONALEGENOVA.IT
New Year’s Eve in Milan: The power of irony
Late Show. Heard and unheard monologues to welcome the new year is the show with which Lella Costa invites her audience to toast to 2025. An evening of stand-up comedy (and not only) by the author, where the eclectic Lella proves herself once again very talented actress and author, always combining commitment and irony.
TEATRO CARCANO, 31 DECEMBER, TEATROCARCANO.COM
Chronicle of a miracle in Florence
A journey through works of art and documents celebrates the miracle of the stigmata of Francis of Assisi. The cross that blooms and the stigmata of Saint Francis is a path which tells how, between the mid-13th and mid-1300s, the way of representing the event changed. Starting from a panel by the anonymous Master of the Cross 434, entirely dedicated to the miraclethe itinerary continues with works by Taddeo Gaddi, Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata and a small but precious portable tabernacle which reports the episode. Alongside the paintings are written testimonies and illustrations of sacred texts. In Santa Croce continues, curated by the Opificio delle Pietre Durethe restoration of the Bardi Chapel which houses the cycle of frescoes and paintings by Giotto dedicated to Saint Francis. Until July, the inhabitants of Florence will also be able to take part in a series of guided tours for free.
(In the photo: Tabernacle painted with doors by Taddeo Gaddi)
SANTA CROCE, WINTER REFECTORY, UNTIL MARCH 30, SANTACROCEOPERA.IT
In the mind of Tim Burton in Milan
Tim Burton is a brilliant and visionary director – among his most famous films Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, The Chocolate Factory – but also screenwriter, writer, animator and designer. He pays homage to his fantastic world, populated by frightening but surreally tender characters Tim Burton’s Labyrinth, an immersive path that allows the visitor to explore, building a “personal” accessthis fascinating universe populated by his cinema, drawings, paintings, photos, all the result of over 40 years of work.
STEAM FACTORY, UNTIL MARCH 9, TIMBURTONEXHIBITION.COM
Tapestries of nature in Cavalese (Trento)
It is part of the new research project based on the “art-territory” combination GOLD-While all Flow’rs and all Trees do close To weave the Garlands of repose (GOLD – While all the streams and all the trees close to weave the garlands of rest) personal exhibition by Thomas De Falco. On display are around thirty textile works (tapestry and sculptures) for which the artist also uses branches, leaves, hay and natural filaments.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNTIL MARCH 9, ARTECAVALESE.IT
Rome: From toll booth to toll booth
The dawn of the Highway of the Sun it is not only the celebration of a formidable infrastructure which, starting from 1964 with cutting-edge engineering solutions at the time, connects the North to the South in our country. It is “a visual journey that reveals the cultural and social transformations linked to its construction”. The story, thanks to the collaboration with the Historical Archive of Luce Cin città, is substantiated with photos by Luca Campigotto, Silvia Camporesi and Barbara Cannizzaro and runs from the laying of the first stone on 19 May 1956 in San Donato Milanese, through the inauguration on 4 October 1964 in Florence and up to the present day.
GNAMC, UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, CULTURE.GOV.IT
Brescia, Views from another world
With The season of migration to the Northstaff ofSudanese exile artist and activist Khalid Albaihcontinues the Brescia Museum’s project of “narration of the contemporary through art”, with particular attention to the theme of human rights. A message that passes through drawings of great simplicity and immediacy and the capacity for strong denunciation. The title of the exhibition refers to the novel by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih.
SANTA GIULIA MUSEUM, UNTIL 23 FEBRUARY, BRESCIAMUSEI.COM