From September 6, 2025 to January 25, 2026, the Historical Infantry Museum in Rome is hosting the exhibition Gauguin. Noa Noa’s Diary and Other Adventures. More than one hundred works, including drawings, lithographs and diary pages, will be on display, through which visitors can trace Gauguin’s travels and discover the artist’s most intimate reflections. The woodcuts, printed by his friend Daniel de Monfreid, delve into legends and ancient beliefs, restoring Gauguin’s fascinated gaze toward an exotic world that became his inexhaustible source of inspiration.
The exhibition, produced by Navigare srl, draws inspiration from the famous diary the French artist wrote in 1893, upon his return from his first stay in Tahiti. Enriched with color woodcuts, it accompanies the texts recounting the daily life of the Polynesian islands, their myths, ancient beliefs, strong symbolism and spiritual dimension.
Among the most interesting pieces in the exhibition is a monotype drawing entitled Study of Arms, Hands and Feet, belonging to the well-known collection of sheets saved from the burning of Gauguin’s possessions ordered by the island’s religious authorities. An entire section is also devoted to the sculptures he made during the same period. The exhibition is completed with a series of lithographs prepared for the volume Avant et Après, considered his spiritual testament. Also of particular note is Gauguin’s personal notebook, which, in addition to sketches and studies of figures and animals, preserves the accounts of paintings sold, exchanged or given away: a valuable document that testifies to the complex network of relationships and friendships woven by the artist with colleagues and personalities of his time, including Vincent van Gogh and Émile Bernard.
The exhibition is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Image: Paul Gauguin (attr.), Femme de Tahiti
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| Rome, at the Historical Infantry Museum an exhibition on Gauguin and the exotic world of Polynesia |
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