Exhibitions opening this weekend in
Italy feature the Liberty style that flourished in Prague and
Bohemia between the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the
visionary architecture of Zaha Hadid, who designed Rome's MAXXI
museum and passed away suddenly last year.
Rome is also hosting a photographic review featuring
Hollywood stars and a major exhibition that looks at the genius
of Italian painter Giorgione and the stylistic revolution that
resulted from his Double Portrait.
TRIESTE - Liberty style is featured in the paintings of Jan
Preisle and Alphonse Mucha, as well as lithographs, jewelry, and
ceramics in the exhibition titled "Liberty and the Art
Revolution in Europe" at the Scuderie and the Miramare Castle
from June 23 through January 7. About 200 works from the Museum
of Decorative Arts in Prague are on display here for the first
time in Italy. The museum also loaned seven metres of decoration
from the Bosnia-Herzegovina pavilion made by Mucha for the 1900
Paris Exposition Universelle.
ROME - An exhibition titled "Hollywood Icons: Photographs
from the John Kobal Foundation" on display at the Palazzo delle
Esposizioni from June 24 through September 17 represents an
extended look at the stars of classic Hollywood cinema with a
focus on the work of important photographers of the time. The
show includes 161 photographs portraying silent film stars
Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford, as well as the stars of the
first talking pictures such as Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford,
Clark Gable and Cary Grant. The show concludes with film greats
such as Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren
and Marcello Mastroianni.
ROME - An important look at Italian painter Giorgione will
take place at Palazzo Venezia and Castel Sant'Angelo from June
24 through September 17, titled "Labyrinths of the Heart:
Giorgione and the Seasons of Feeling Between Venice and Rome".
The show takes its cue from Giorgione's masterpiece Double
Portrait, also known as "The Two Friends". The first part of the
show takes place in the Barbo Apartment of Palazzo Venezia,
dedicated to the historical events of the time and the new style
represented by the painting. Meanwhile, at Castel Sant'Angelo,
in the Papal Apartments, there's a comparison between master
painters including Titian, Tintoretto, Moretto, Carracci, and
Bronzino.
ROME - The MAXXI Museum is honouring its designer, the
Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, with an exhibition of her
work following her sudden death one year ago. Considered one of
the most visionary and influential architects of our time,
Hadid's work is examined here in light of her relationship with
Italy, where she completed numerous projects, including the
Salerno Harbour Station, the Messner Mountain Museum in
Kronplatz in South Tyrol, and the CityLife district in Milan.
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