Exhibitions and events at Cento

Cento is hosting the first major solo exhibition dedicated to Marcello Provenzale, the 17th-century mosaic genius

In 1616, Pope Paul V Borghese officially bestowed an exceptional honor upon Marcello Provenzale, describing him—in the Rome of the nascent Baroque era—as the inventor of “a new style of mosaic-making that is quite different from and far more beautifu...
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Guercino's hidden works exhibited in Cento: masterpieces from churches and palaces on display

An extraordinary journey through the hidden masterpieces of Guercino and his school: this is the proposal of the exhibition Guercino, a new look. Works from Forli and Other Hidden Places, which opens Saturday, September 21, in Cento, in the spaces of...
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The beautiful Guercino exhibition in Cento can all be visited from home with an in-depth virtual tour

The major exhibition that returned the works of Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri; Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666) to his city, Cento, opens... online. The exhibition, entitled Baroque Emotion. Il Guercino a Cento ( a lengthy in-depth article here),...
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Guercino back in the spotlight in his hometown of Cento, seven years after the 2012 earthquake, with a major exhibition

A major exhibition at the Pinacoteca San Lorenzo and Rocca di Cento (Ferrara) returns to the Emilian city its most illustrious artist, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri known as Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666) seven years after the 2012 earthquake t...
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