Masterpieces by Paul Cezanne and
Giorgio Morandi and photographs immortalising the extraordinary
career of late Canadian racing driver Gilles Villeneuve are the
subject of two major exhibitions opening in Italy at the
weekend.
From April 22 to September 10 the Magnani Foundation in
Mamiano di Traversetolo near Parma presents a small but
extremely important exhibition inspired by Cezanne's 'Baigneurs'
(1890-94), which is on display for the first time in Italy on
loan from the Puskin Museum in Moscow.
The painting is at the origin of a 'dialogue' between the
works by Cezanne and Morandi in the Magnani collection, focusing
on their common meditation on landscape and spatial analysis in
still life.
From April 21 to July 16 Spazio Oberdan in Milan hosts the
exhibition 'Wow, Gilles!', retracing the sporting and personal
adventure of a modern hero through over 170 photographs by
renowned sports photojournalist Ercole Colombo.
The exhibition also includes images from the Villeneuve
Museum in Berthierville (Canada) and the 1981Ferrari 126CK Turbo
engine.
Last but not least, an exhibition in Pisa's Palazzo
dell'Opera running from April 22 to July 23 compares the local
cathedral to St Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The aim is to illustrate the strong link that emerged between
the cities through the figure of Peter and the impact of the
Vatican basilica on the cathedral in the Tuscan city.
photo: Cezanne's 'Ferme en Normandie, Eté (Hattenville)' (1882)
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