Exhibitions and events at Padova

Major exhibition with Escher's masterpieces coming to Padua

M.C. Escher is the protagonist of a major exhibition that brings together all his masterpieces at the Centro Altinate - San Gaetano in Padua, open from Feb. 18 to July 19, 2026, an exhibition curated by Federico Giudiceandrea that celebrates one of t...
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70 works from the Centanini Collection on display at Padua's Museo degli Eremitani

From December 12, 2025 to March 8, 2026, the Museo Eremitani in Padua will host the Centanini Collection, part of the artistic heritage of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, on the occasion of the exhibition Collecting Beauty. Work...
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In Padua, Gianfranco Meggiato's widespread exhibition in dialogue with Giotto

Padua is at the center of a public art project that interweaves the city's history with contemporary sculpture, with a tribute to Giotto by sculptor Gianfranco Meggiato. From October 2 to March 31, 2026, the Venetian city will host the widespread exh...
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Saul Leiter, the poetry of rain: New York soul photographer on display in Padua

From November 15, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the San Gaetano Cultural Center in Padua will host Saul Leiter. A Window Dotted with Raindrops, a major exhibition dedicated to one of the 20th century's finest masters of photography. Produced by Vertigo S...
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The Paduan Historiated Bible, an illuminated masterpiece from the 14th century, returns to Padua

From October 17, 2025, to April 19, 2026, Padua will host a cultural event of exceptional significance: the exhibition La Bibbia Istoriata Padovana. The City and its Frescoes, staged in the Salone dei Vescovi of the Diocesan Museum. The initiative, p...
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Padua, at Palazzo Zabarella works from the LaM Museum in Lille tell the story of the 20th century, with Modigliani, Picasso and many others

This fall Palazzo Zabarella in Padua will host from October 16, 2025 to January 25, 2026 the exhibition Modigliani Picasso and the Voices of Modernity from the LaM Museum, curated by Jeanne-Bathilde Lacourt, organized by Palazzo Zabarella and LaM in ...
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The portrait between absence and identity in the exhibition "Damnatio Figurae" in Padua

From June 19 to October 5, 2025, the Alberto Peruzzo Foundation hosts Damnatio Figurae: From the Negation of the Image to the Portrait, an exhibition that interweaves the language of the portrait with the theme of identity and its representation. The...
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Treviso and Padua showcase the works and stories of artists from refugee camps around the world

From June 9 to July 31, 2025, OUT OF PLACE. Art and Narratives from Refugee Camps Around the World, an exhibition under the patronage of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), comes to Padua: it will be hosted until June 30 in the...
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