Divisionism - Finestre sull'Arte

In Novara a major exhibition on pointillism with all the protagonists, from Morbelli to Pellizza da Volpedo

From November 23, 2019 to April 5, 2020, the Visconteo Sforzesco Castle in Novara is hosting the exhibition Divisionism. The Revolution of Light, which has an ambitious goal: "to be the most important exhibition dedicated to Divisionism realized in r...
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When migrants were us. The artists who told the story of Italian emigration in the late 19th century.

In 1876, the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce of newly united Italy decided, for the first time, to collect statistical data on the phenomenon ofemigration, which, in previous years, had already led tens of thousands of Italians to le...
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GAM in Milan pays tribute to Angelo Morbelli on the centenary of his death

From March 15 to June 16, 2019, GAM - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano is hosting the exhibition Morbelli 1853 - 1919, on the centenary of the death of Angelo Morbelli (Alessandria, 1853 - Milan, 1919), one of the most important Divisionist painters...
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Painted light. A journey through the technique of Angelo Morbelli

The following text by Gianluca Poldi is taken from the essay of the same name in the catalog of the exhibition Angelo Morbelli. Light and Color (at Bottegantica in Milan, until March 16, 2019), dedicated to the great Divisionist painter Angelo Mor...
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Milan celebrates Angelo Morbelli with exhibition Between Verism and Social Engagement

Milan is celebrating Angelo Morbelli (Alessandria, 1853 - Milan, 1919), one of the most important artists of the 19th century and the leader of Italian Divisionism, on the occasion of the first centenary of his death, with a series of initiatives tha...
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Witches, ghosts, demons and esoteric cults: art and magic on display in Rovigo

In his Attic Nights, the Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the first century of the common era, reported that all young men eager to approach the teachings of Pythagoras were required to observe at least two years of silence: the disciples...
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Child labor in Italy between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a journey through works of art

In 1877, the Parliament of the young Kingdom of Italy established the start of an inquiry into the reality of the country'sagrarian economy sixteen years after Unification: the documents that the inquiry commission collected represent the most de...
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The moving painting of the humble. Giuseppe Mentessi on display in his Ferrara

In Ferrara at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Giuseppe Mentessi (Ferrara, 1857 Milan, 1931) drew and painted, an artist defined by Vittorio Pica as an artist of feeling, because he made almost each of his works a hymn to love, pain, and pi...
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