Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

George Grosz's Eclipse: When the Sun Is Darkened and Power Loses Its Mind

Disturbing. Everything is extremely disturbing: that is the adjective I would use to describe George Grosz’s*Solar Eclipse *. Despite its title, the painting has nothing to do with the extraordinary and extremely rare astronomical phenomenon (the las...
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When Night Became Part of Garden History: The Invention of the Moon Garden

Perhaps night did not enter the history of gardens late. It entered late into the history that we have written about gardens. The history of gardens has almost always been told in the light of day. From the sacred enclosures of the ancient East to Ro...
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An Exhibition in Mestre on Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, and the Body in Contemporary Art

In Mestre, the MUVEC - Casa delle Contemporaneità will host the exhibition *Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka and the Body in Contemporary Art, an exhibition that takes its cue from three leading figures of the Vienna Secession: Gustav Klimt ( Vienna,...
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Sixty works by the great artists of the 20th century from Lyon are featured in a major exhibition at the Reggia di Venaria

From October 2, 2026, to February 14, 2027, the Reggia di Venaria will host *Atelier dei Moderni: Matisse, Braque, Picasso, Bacon*. “Masters of the Twentieth Century” from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon is a major exhibition curated by Sylvi...
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The Casamonti Collection Opens Its New Location at Palazzo San Giorgio in Florence

Just a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, on the Lungarno Serristori in Florence, the new exhibition spaceof the Collezione CasamontiAssociation for Art and Culture—housed within Palazzo San Giorgio—will open to the public on Monday, September 28, 20...
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An exhibition in Biella explores Divisionism as the origin of the Italian avant-garde

From November 28, 2026, to April 4, 2027, Biella will host one of the most comprehensive exhibitions dedicated to Italian Divisionism, with a particular focus on its evolution in the early 20th century. Palazzo Gromo Losa and Palazzo Ferrero will hos...
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In Bologna, the 19th century is brought to life through the hours of the day in over one hundred paintings

From October 3, 2026 , to January 17, 2027 , Palazzo Pallavicini in Bologna will host *A Masterpiece of the Day: From Dawn to Dusk in the Nineteenth Century—A Journey Through Painted Time*, an exhibition curated by Francesca Sinigaglia and produced b...
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Armando Spadini on Display at the Ricci Oddi: A Focus on the Painter’s Maturity in Piacenza

The Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art in Piacenza is dedicating a retrospective exhibition to Armando Spadini ( Florence, 1883 – Rome, 1925), one of the leading figures in Italian painting during the early decades of the 20th century. The exhibi...
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