Macchiaioli - Finestre sull'Arte

Modigliana is celebrating the bicentennial of Silvestro Lega with an exhibition on the Macchiaioli master

On the bicentennial of Silvestro Lega ’s birth (Modigliana, 1826 – Florence, 1895), the town of Modigliana (Forlì-Cesena) pays tribute to its most illustrious citizen with a major exhibition that traces the artistic and personal journey ...
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Giovanni Bartolena and Still Lifes: The Essence of Color, the Heart of Painting

“Although largely overlooked by critics for a time, Giovanni Bartolena has recently been ‘rediscovered’ by several scholars who have rightly highlighted his solid artistic talents.” So wrote journalist Mario Lepore in 1966, re...
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The Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum in Livorno reopens, completely redesigned and renovated

Following a major renovation, the “Giovanni Fattori” Civic Museum in Livorno will reopen to the public on July 10, 2026, in the galleries of Villa Mimbelli. The new exhibition itinerary, curated by Vincenzo Farinella—scientific director of Livorno’s ...
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In Milan, Palazzo Reale celebrates the Macchiaioli with a retrospective of more than 100 works

Milan is preparing to host a major retrospective dedicated to the Macchiaioli, one of the most important movements in 19th-century European painting, in conjunction with the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The exhibition I Macchia...
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The Macchiaioli in Milan: light and modernity of the 19th century on display at Palazzo Reale

Milan is preparing to welcome I Macchiaioli, which can be visited from Feb. 3 to June 14 in the rooms of the Palazzo Reale. The exhibition curated by Francesca Dini, Elisabetta Matteucci and Fernando Mazzocca offers an in-depth look at the Italian ...
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Art Bonus at the Fattori Museum in Livorno: restorations and interventions for 143,152.14 euros

The "Giovanni Fattori" Civic Museum, housed in Livorno's Villa Mimbelli , focuses its activities on the preservation of the civic collection dedicated to the Macchiaioli and Post-Macchiaioli painters, with particular attention to the works of Giovann...
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Factors in infrared: hidden drawings of Leghorn master revealed

Opening Thursday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m., at the Granaries of Villa Mimbelli in Livorno is Secret Signs. Fattori's Painting in Infrared, an in-depth study dedicated to the most recent diagnostic investigations on Giovanni Fattori's paintings. The initiat...
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Giovanni Fattori, a revolutionary painter. What the Livorno exhibition looks like

There is perhaps some significance in the fact that one of the biggest revolutions in painting of the 19th century started in Livorno. Vincenzo Farinella, lone curator of the Giovanni Fattori 200th anniversary exhibition that recently opened at Villa...
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