New Year shows include Picasso, Monet

(ANSA) - Rome, December 28 - The long holiday weekend for New Year's will see many of Italy's most important art exhibitions remaining open, some as late as 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve, in the case of Van Gogh in Vicenza and Picasso in Genoa. Meanwhile, in Agrigento, a new exhibition on Pirandello opens its doors and in Ostana, in the northern Piedmont region, an exhibition will feature rural life in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    AGRIGENTO - From December 29 to January 21, the Lizzi Auditorium in the Pietro Griffo Regional Archeological Museum will host the exhibition "Luigi Pirandello and Artistic Culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries". The show lets visitors rediscover the Sicilian dramatist's passion for figurative art through about 30 works by masters such as Sartorio, de Chirico, Mafai, Raphael, De Pisis, Trombadori, Gemito, as well as a special focus on the artistic experience of Pirandello's painter son, Fausto.
    OSTANA - At the Lou Pourtoun Cultural Centre, a show titled "The Rural World in the 19th and 20th Centuries" will run from December 30 through April 2, showing the intertwined relationship between Italian artists and the world of farmers.
    Works will be on display by artists including Guttuso, Migneco, Morando, Zigaina, Pizzinato, Fattori, de Pisis and Sironi.
    ROME - At the MAXXI modern art museum, a full seven shows on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day span the sectors of art, architecture, photography, science and design. The show "Gravity: Imagining the Universe After Einstein" examines questions on space and life. Luigi Ghirri's "Atlante" is a pivotal project in the history of contemporary Italian photography. "Zaha Hadid and Italy" is a tribute to the museum's famed architect. MAXXI will be open on New Year's Eve from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on New Year's Day from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the Scuderie del Quirinale, the show "Picasso: Cubism and Classicism, 1915-1925" contains 110 masterpieces from the most important museums around the world. It will be open on New Year's Eve from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on New Year's Day from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    At the Vittoriano, the exhibition "Monet: Masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan Paris", includes Monet's most famous and beloved paintings, as well as some from his personal collection. The show will be open on New Year's Eve from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and on New Year's Day from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
    photo: Monet at the Vittoriano