Exhibitions and events at Bologna

Unpublished photos of Queen from their final tour with Freddie Mercury arrive in Bologna

From July 10 to October 11, 2026, the International Museum and Library of Music in Bologna will host the photography exhibition QUEEN: The Last Tour. The exhibition features photos by Torleif Svensson from the 1986 Magic Tour, curated by Pascal Casad...
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At MAMbo, 81 photographs by Luigi Ghirri explore his dialogue with Gianni Celati

From June 26 to October 4, 2026, the Project Room at MAMbo—the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna —will host an exhibition featuring Luigi Ghirri and Gianni Celati. *Verso la foce*, an exhibition curated by Lorenzo Balbi and Giulia Pezzoli, traces the i...
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In Bologna, more than 300 works tell the story of Banksy's origins and the School of Bristol

From March 27 to August 2, 2026, Palazzo Fava in Bologna hosts Banksy Archive 01 - The School of Bristol (1983-2005), an exhibition that systematically addresses the cultural, urban, and political context in which Banksy's visual language took shape....
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A dossier exhibition on Albrecht Dürer's woodcuts of the Apocalypse at the Pinacoteca di Bologna

The Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna opens to the public on April 24, in the Sala Clementina, the dossier exhibition Albrecht Dürer, Apocalypse. Curated by Elena Rossoni with Giulia Adami of the Pinacoteca's graphics department and open until Jul...
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In Bologna, Faustino Joli's Risorgimento figurines: the Quarantotto cycle on display

The Museo civico del Risorgimento in Bologna dedicates an exhibition to Faustino Joli (Brescia, 1814 - ivi, 1876) on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Brescian painter's death, presenting for the first time in an organic way the most compl...
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Bologna, Pietro Antolini transforms a laboratory into an underwater Wunderkammer

Serendippo presents Yellow Submarine - The Sea in Black and White, a solo exhibition by Pietro Antolini, curated by Tristana Chinni, at 5/C LAB in Bologna. The site-specific project occupies the spaces of former turner Orlando Martello's workshop, tr...
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Art and perfumery meet in Bologna: olfactory path created for Boschereccia Hall

The arts of the Bolognese painting tradition and contemporary perfumery meet in the project Sogni di natura (Dreams of Nature), an olfactory path designed for the Sala Boschereccia of the Collezioni Comunali d'Arte in Bologna, on the occasion of the ...
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Secret Franceschini: in Bologna, the unreleased model of Santa Cecilia in glory

From March 26 to Sept. 20, 2026, the Municipal Museums of Ancient Art of the City of Bologna will host a painting by Marcantonio Franceschini (Bologna, 1648 - 1729) from a private collection at the Museo Civico d'Arte Industriale and Galleria Davia B...
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