Curated by Pierluigi Carofanothe exhibition has its fulcrum in the work of the Lombard master St John the Baptist lying. St. John Baptist patron saint of the city of Ragusa with the dedicated Cathedral in continuous dialogue of closeness with the place of the exhibition, it was one of the most reproduced subjects in Michelangelo Merisi’s paintings also in the childish or just adolescent version in the theme of “San Giovannino” which is central in the work exhibited in the Hyblean capital. With the St John the Baptist lying Four other works are exhibited, all centered on the figure of the Saint, by Domenico Piola, Luigi Garzi, Giovanni Odazzi and Francesco Rustici.
Royal Palace, Palermo
Until October 31, 2022
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venus of the rags1967, courtesy The artist.
Sixteen artists, sixteen different cultural personalities of contemporary art who, from the 1960s to today, have become interpreters of our era. Twenty-eight works on display that emphasize the awe and wonder in the world so as not to be overwhelmed by the wounds of our times such as rampant dehumanization, wars, pandemics. Works that adopt the line of a preparatory humanism and open up to new phases of the Renaissance. They participate Alberto Burri, Saint Clair Cemin, Tony CraggZhang Hong Mei, Anselm Kiefer, Jeff KoonsSol LeWitt, Emil Lukas, Mimmo Paladino, Claudio Parmiggiani, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo PistolettoTania Pistone, Andres Serrano, Ai Wewei and Gilberto Zorio.
Fringe. Cartoons iCons
MEC museum, Palermo
