Since Italy has over half of the artistic masterpieces in the world, you probably already have a list a mile long of "must-see" artistic treasures. But sometimes there are special shows that are just as unique and unrepeatable, so we hope you can fit one or more of them in!
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Pier Luigi Nervi, Molecular Architecture (through January 29, Galleria Carifano, Via Arco d'Augusto 47, Fano, open Tuesday-Friday 4-7:30pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-12pm and 4-7:30pm). Anyone interested in 20th-century architects can name half a dozen masterpieces created by Nervi, one of the century's finest. On display are several of these projects, shown from their conception through to their inauguration, offering a rare opportunity for students to follow the process that turns a master's dream into a reality. |
| Brera Meets Pushkin (through February 5, Pinacoteca Brera, Via Brera 28, Milan, open Tuesday-Sunday 8:30am-7:15pm). No, this is not a show about poetry -- anything but! It is a world-class exhibit of masterpieces from Moscow's Pushkin Museum. To celebrate The Year of Russo-Italian Culture, Milan's wonderful picture gallery presents a luscious array of more than 50 works by the likes of Cézanne, Gauguin, Monet, Matisse, Renoir, Picasso, Rousseau and Van Gogh. |  |
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Symbolism in Italy (through February 12, Palazzo Zabarella, Via degli Zabarella 14, Padua, open Tuesday-Sunday 9:30am-7pm). At the turn of the 19th century, a new artistic movement called Symbolism was born and spread rapidly throughout Europe. This exhibit is the first to focus exclusively on the Italian aspect of the movement. |
| The 18th Century in Verona (through April 9, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Piazza Bra, Verona, open daily 9:30am-7:30pm). As close as it is to Venice, Verona has always fostered its own peculiar brand of culture, as shown by this expansive exhibit of masterpieces gathered from museums around the world, as well as many private collections. Included are sacred works as well as extravagant decorations created for the palaces and villas of European nobility. |  |
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Van Gogh and Gauguin's Voyage (through April 15, Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Matteotti 9, Genoa, open Monday-Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-8pm). If you have been toying with the idea of visiting Genoa, add this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to your list of reasons. Not only will you be able to see several works by Paul Gauguin never before shown in public, but as if that weren't enough, the sponsors have also thrown in no less than 40 works by Van Gogh. The theme, as you may have guessed, is travel -- thus making you an integral part of the show yourself! |
| From Vermeer to Kandinsky, Masterpieces from Around the World (through June 3, Castel Sismondo, Rimini, open Monday-Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-8pm). This breathtaking vast collection of European masterpieces dates from the 16th to 20th centuries and includes works by Tiziano, Veronese, Lotto, Tintoretto, Guercino, Mattia Preti, Guido Reni, Luca Giordano, Del Cairo, Tiepolo, Guardi, Canaletto, Velázquez, Murillo, El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, Van Dyck, Ter Brugghen, Van Honthorst, Hogarth, Turner, Constable, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Van Gogh, Manet, Millet, Courbet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian, Bacon, De Staël, Morandi and oh yes! Kandinsky. |  |
Our list is anything but complete: if you know of other exhibitions or events you think people should hear about, please drop us a line.