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Dates: 20 Jun 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Design Decorative
Address: Amstel 51 Amsterdam 11675
Tel: +31-20-5308755 Website

This huge exhibition—featuring more than 2,000 objects on loan from the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg—inaugurates the Russian museum’s Amsterdam’s home in the newly restored 17th-century Amstelhof (now the Hermitage’s sole foreign exhibition centre). The space has been designed by the architectural firm Merkx+Girod to give an impression of the splendour of public rooms in which the court met in the royal palaces in St Petersburg and Moscow. Russia vacillated in the 19th century between Francophile and “native” Slavic and Byzantine poles: the court fashioned its taste on European or national styles and more often than not a combination of the two. The tsars patronised artists and craftsmen from Italy, France and Germany, and British gardeners to ensure that the Russian court kept pace with developments in western Europe, and a succession of German tsarinas ensured a regular flow of works by Romantic and Nazarene artists. In the court costumes and furniture we see the native adaptation of the same sequence of styles seen elsewhere—neo-classical, Egyptian, Gothic revival and art nouveau. In this show are ball gowns and uniforms, jewellery by Fabergé, court paintings, furniture, silver, clocks and watches and Sèvres and other porcelain dinner services. D.L.

A. Malyukov, after original by Franz Krüger, Alexandra Feodorovna, 1836.

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via San Tommaso 53 Bergamo 24121
Tel: +39 (0)35 399 528 9 Website

Dates: 4 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via San Tommaso 53 Bergamo 24121
Tel: +39 (0)35 399 528 9 Website

Dates: 11 Sep 09 - 22 Nov 09
Categories: Old Master
Address: Hodlerstrasse 12 Bern CH-3000
Tel: +41 (0)31 328 09 44 Website

The Uffizi holds the largest collection of drawings by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591-1666) and this exhibition consists of a selection from that collection of 50 sheets by the artist along with 42 by his workshop and pupils and drawings by such Bolognese masters and contemporaries as Ludovico and Annibale Carracci, Guido Reni and Domenichino. The idea is to give the viewer a sense of Guercino’s singularity and of the riches of artistic invention that radiated out from Bologna to other parts of Italy and beyond at the end of the 16th and in the first half of the 17th centuries. The exhibition is sponsored by Credit Suisse. D.L.

A Doctor, Assisted by Two Devout Women, Tending the Wounds of St Sebastian, 1619

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 6 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Photography
Address: via de'Musei, 8 Bologna 40124
Tel: +39 (0)51 233849 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Via Don Minzoni 14 Bologna
Tel: Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Dante 6 Bolzano 39100
Tel: +39 (0)471 22 34 11 Website

Dates: 17 Sep 09 - 13 Dec 09
Categories: Design
Address: Piazza Mazzini 14 Bracciano
Tel: +39 06 9980 2379 Website

The Italian fashion designer, renowned for his extravagant outfits, shows 66 “sculpted” dresses, drawings, and items of jewellery against the fantastic backdrop of the Castello Odescalchi, which dominates the town. The show, supervised by the designer, is organised by the Museo del Castello Odescalchi and the Associazione Opere—a programme of musical events coincides with the first four days of the exhibition—with the Fondazione Roberto Capucci.

Dates: 24 Sep 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Photography
Address: via Apollonio, 68 Brescia 25128
Tel: +39 (0)30 383034 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 23 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Apollonio, 68 Brescia 25128
Tel: +39 (0)30 383034 Website

Dates: 26 Sep 09 - 7 Mar 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: piazzale Manin 10, Passariano Codroipo 33033
Tel: +39 (0)432 906509 Website

Dates: 29 Aug 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Sølvgade 48-50 Copenhagen DK-1307
Tel: +45 33 74 84 94 Website

Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809) is little known outside Denmark. Although his years of study in Rome (1772-77) brought him into contact with artists such as Füssli and with the early Romantic currents that prized Shakespeare, Homer, Ossian and Norse mythology, his style throughout his career remained committedly classical. His early training at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, his study tour of Italy and his tenure as professor (and intermittently as director) of the academy from 1778 until his death, were dedicated to the ideals of Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo, the Carraccis, Poussin and Claude. The peaks of his career were the commission in 1780 to decorate the Knights’ Hall of the Christiansborg Palace with 10 monumental history paintings (seven were destroyed by a fire in 1794) and a decorative project at what is now Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg (1794-98). Abildgaard’s success was, however, frustrated by his uninhibited expressions of liberal, anti-monarchical and anti-religious views and his endorsement of the French Revolution—even after the Terror (summed up in Jupiter Weighs the Fate of Mankind, 1794) when many European supporters were disillusioned. Unlike Goethe or David, he was unable to make the necessary adjustments to adapt his thinking to a changed world nor to temper his classicising style with the insights afforded by Romantic interiority and emotional expressiveness. Nevertheless, in this show of 150 of his paintings, his technical mastery is obvious, especially in his handling of colour, his harmonious tones and the power of some of his subjects (shown above, The Wounded Philoctetes, 1775). The fact that Abildgaard doesn’t quite make it to the first 11, the fact that he was the teacher of such stars as Bertel Thorvaldsen, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and Philipp Otto Runge, warrants our recognition and attention. This is the final leg of a three-stop tour, having been seen at the Louvre and the Hamburger Kunsthalle. It will be interesting to see if the artist undergoes a more favourable reassessment in the wake of this extensive European exposure. Donald Lee

The Wounded Philoctetes, 1775

Dates: 20 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Corso Ercole I d'Este, 21 Ferrara 35121
Tel: +39 (0)532 244 949 Website

The “Master of Swish” receives a major exhibition in his hometown of Ferrara, focusing largely on works created by the artist in Paris between 1871 and 1886. This show explores how impressionists such as Manet, Degas, Meissonier and Caillebotte influenced the early work of the Italian, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Belle Epoque portrait painters of 1890s Paris. Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) moved to Paris in 1871, settling in the Place Pigalle, an area popular with artists and writers. He quickly became accustomed to life in the French capital and befriended leading artists of the day including Degas, whom he often accompanied to the theatre and concert halls. It was a prolific and highly experimental period for Boldini, during which he created pieces in several genres including portraiture and landscapes. On view are 100 works of various genres drawn from international public and private collections. The show opens with an early self-portrait made in Florence in 1865 while he was a student at the Accademia di Belle Arti. On loan from the Modern Art Gallery at the Pitti Palace, the painting shows Boldini’s modern take on portraiture by depicting himself in his study rather than opting for a neutral environment. The exhibition is organised into thematic sections including: fanciful paintings created specifically for the American and European art markets; cityscapes that record modern life; landscapes; scenes that capture the vibrant nightlife of Paris including a painting of a singer entiled, La Cantante Mondana, about 1884; scenes of his atelier, including A Woman in Black, about 1888; and finally, for what Boldini is by far best remembered—portraiture. The show ends with his society portraits. Like Sargent, Boldini counted the crème de la crème of high society among his patrons. An 1894 portrait of socialite and author Gertrude Elizabeth Blood, Lady Colin Campbell is on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, London. After its debut in Ferrara, the exhibition will travel across the pond to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts (14 February-25 April 2010). The US presentation will be the first major display of Boldini’s work outside Europe. E.S.

Cléo de Mérode, 1901

Dates: 8 Sep 09 - 30 Jun 11
Categories: Curious
Address: piazzale degli Uffizi Florence 50122
Tel: +39 (0)55 238 86 51 Website

Dates: 9 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via del Proconsolo, 4 Florence 50122
Tel: +39 (0)55 238 86 06 Website

Dates: 1 Nov 09 - 9 May 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via Cavour, 11 Florence 50129
Tel: +39 (0)55 2760340 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 31 Dec 09
Categories: Curious
Address: piazza Pitti 1 Florence 50125
Tel: +39 (0)55 2388601 Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 15 Feb 10
Categories: Decorative
Address: Via della Ninna, 5 Florence 50122
Tel: +39 055 23885 Website

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Piazza Strozzi Florence 50123
Tel: +39 055 27 76 461/06 Website

Dates: 25 Sep 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Palazzo Strozzi Piazza Strozzi Florence 50123
Tel: +39 055 2776461 Website

Dates: 7 Nov 09 - 3 Oct 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Corso Dogali, 18 Genoa 16136
Tel: +39 0102723820 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 31 Dec 09
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70)
Address: via Garibaldi 18 Genoa
Tel: +39 (0)10 247 6351 Website

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Jacopo Ruffini, 3 Genoa 16128
Tel: +39 (0)10 580 069 Website

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Piazza Matteotti, 9 Genoa 16123
Tel: +39 (0)10 5574000 Website

Dates: 9 Nov 09 - 7 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Piazza Matteotti, 9 Genoa 16123
Tel: +39 (0)10 5574000 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 27 Dec 09
Categories: Old Master
Address: Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606
Tel: +81 (0)75 761 4111 Website

This exhibition of about 50 works from the Galleria Borghese in Rome—including masterpieces by Raphael, Botticelli, Caravaggio and Bernini—gives the Japanese audience a rare opportunity to experience a collection of art from the Italian Renaissance assembled by one of the greatest artistic patrons of any era. Scipione Borghese owed his wealth and influence to his role as favoured nephew of Pope Paul V (pontiff 1605-21), who gave him control of both papal and Borghese family finances. As a result, he was able to put together one of the greatest art collections in Europe. Many of the Borgheses’ Greek and Roman antiquities were transferred to the Louvre in Paris during the Napoleonic occupation of Italy two centuries later, but Scipione’s Renaissance collection has survived intact; it was taken over by the Italian state in 1902, and is still housed in the Villa Borghese. The show, which transfers to Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (16 January-4 April 2010), includes numerous works never shown before in Japan, such as Raphael’s Lady with Unicorn, 1505-06, and one of Caravaggio’s final works, St John the Baptist, 1609-10, acquired from the artist’s estate soon after his death. Also on show is Bernini’s bust portrait in marble of Scipione Borghese, one of a pair commissioned by the patron and executed in 1632. Bruce Millar

Raphael’s Lady with Unicorn, 1505-06

Dates: 30 Sep 09 - 20 Dec 09
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70)
Address: 39a Canonbury Square London N1 2AN
Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 9522 Website

Dates: 22 Oct 09 - 5 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Corso Pestalozzi, 1 Lugano CH-6900
Tel: +41 91 923 29 80 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 1 Dec 09
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: via Acerba, 47 Mantua
Tel: +39 (0)376 360506 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 7 Jan 10
Categories: Photography
Address: piazza Sordello 40 Mantua 46100
Tel: +39 (0)412 411897 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 7 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: piazza Sordello 40 Mantua 46100
Tel: +39 (0)412 411897 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 1 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Viale Te 13 Mantua 19-46100
Tel: +39 0376 369198 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 13 Dec 09
Categories: Old Master
Address: Route 30 South Middlebury 05753
Tel: +1 802 443 3168 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 2 Dec 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via D. Scarlatti, 12 Milan 20124
Tel: +39 (0)2 29402855 Website

Dates: 18 Nov 09 - 7 Mar 10
Categories: Curious
Address: piazza Castello Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 88463700 Website

Dates: 19 Nov 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Tadino, 15 Milan 20124
Tel: +39 (0)2 29404373 Website

Dates: 4 Jun 09 - 24 Nov 09
Categories: Curious
Address: Via Besana Enrico, 15 Milan 20122
Tel: +39 025455047 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Villa Ghirlanda, via Frova 10, Cinisello Balsamo Milan 20092
Tel: +39 (0)2.6605661 Website

Dates: 15 Nov 09 - 2 May 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Photography
Address: Villa Ghirlanda, via Frova 10, Cinisello Balsamo Milan 20092
Tel: +39 (0)2.6605661 Website

Dates: 29 Oct 09 - 21 Feb 10
Categories: Decorative Curious Old Master
Address: Via Manzoni, 12 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 794 889 Website

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 15 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Piazza del Duomo 12 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 88 46 59 31 Website

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70) Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Piazza del Duomo 12 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 88 46 59 31 Website

This exhibition celebrates the prominent American realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper (1882-1967), renowned for his visions of modern American life and the subtleties of human interaction. Following recent major shows in his native country, this presentation, curated by Carter Foster of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, is the first of its kind in Italy with more than 160 works from public and private collections spanning his entire career. Organised chronologically and thematically, it includes works such as Second Story Sunlight, 1960, and A Woman in the Sun, 1961 (above), both of which depict subjects from life in tranquil, middle-class apartments. Produced by the Palazzo Reale, Fondazione Roma and Artemisia, the show travels next to the Museo del Corso in Rome (16 February-13 June 2010). Katelyn Kucey

Dates: 21 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Far East
Address: Piazza del Duomo 12 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 88 46 59 31 Website

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 15 Feb 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: via Brera, 28 Milan
Tel: +39 (0)2 89421146 Website

Dates: 11 Nov 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Photography
Address: via Brera, 28 Milan
Tel: +39 (0)2 89421146 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: viale Vittorio Veneto, 2 Milan 29122
Tel: +39 (0)2 774 063 00 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Lambruschini, 31 Milan 20156
Tel: +39 02 365 77801 Website

Dates: 27 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Design
Address: viale Alemagna, 6 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 724341 Website

Dates: 20 Nov 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Design
Address: viale Alemagna, 6 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 724341 Website

Dates: 21 Sep 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: viale Alemagna, 6 Milan 20121
Tel: +39 (0)2 724341 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Ventura 6 Milan 20134
Tel: +39 02 36 51 42 83 Website

Dates: 20 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Palazzo Santa Margherita e Palazzina dei Giardini Pubblici, Corso Canalgrande Modena 41100
Tel: +39 (0)59 206 911 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc) Modern (1900-1945)
Address: 10, rue Georges Clemenceau Nantes 44000
Tel: +33 (0)2 51 17 45 00 Website

Dates: 28 Oct 09 - 5 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Piazza dei Martiri, 58 Naples 80121
Tel: +39 (0)81 49 76 072 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Largo Avellino, 17 Naples 80138
Tel: +39 081 210690 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Luigi Settembrini 79 Naples 80139
Tel: Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 15 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Luigi Settembrini 79 Naples 80139
Tel: Website

Dates: 14 Nov 09 - 20 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Milano 1 Naples 80132
Tel: +39 (0)81 7499111 Website

Dates: 20 Oct 09 - 6 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Design
Address: 48, via Martucci Naples 80121
Tel: +39 08119565703 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Palazzo Roccella, via dei Mille, 60 Naples 80121
Tel: +39 (0)81 795 8604-05 Website

Dates: 19 Nov 09 - 28 Mar 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: piazza Eremitani, 8 Padua
Tel: +39 (0)49 820 45 01 Website

Dates: 27 Oct 09 - 1 Mar 10
Categories: Design
Address: via VIII Febbraio Padua
Tel: +39 (0)49 8205006 Website

Dates: 19 Sep 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: via degli Zabarella Padua
Tel: +39 (0)49 8753100 Website

Dates: 13 Sep 09 - 5 Apr 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: piazza Botta, 10E Pavia 27100
Tel: +39 (0)382 33 853 Website

Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: piazza Botta, 10E Pavia 27100
Tel: +39 (0)382 33 853 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Curious Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: viale della Repubblica, 277 Prato 50047
Tel: +39 (0)574 531 7 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 1 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via di Roma, 13 Ravenna
Tel: +39 (0)544 482477 Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc) Old Master Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Piazza Malatesta Rimini 47900
Tel: +39 (0)541 78 7669 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: piazza San Pietro Rome
Tel: Website

Dates: 7 Oct 09 - 15 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via del Corso, 18 Rome
Tel: +39 (0)6 32650412 Website

Dates: 15 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: arco della Pace, 5 Rome 00186
Tel: +39 (0)6 688 09 036 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: via San Pietro in Carcere Rome
Tel: +39 (0)6 678 06 64 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Francesco Crispi 16 Rome 00187
Tel: +39 06 4208 6498 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5 Rome 00197
Tel: +39 (0)6 858577 Website

Dates: 28 Oct 09 - 23 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via dei Prefetti, 17 Rome
Tel: (+39)066875951 Website

Dates: 6 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: piazza del Campidoglio Rome 00186
Tel: +39 (0)6 6797034 Website

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 16 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: viale Vaticano Rome
Tel: +39 (0)6 6982 Website

Dates: 28 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Villa Borghese, viale Fiorello La Guardia Rome 00100
Tel: +39 (0)6 82059127 Website

Dates: 4 Nov 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Design
Address: Lungotevere in Augusta Rome
Tel: +39 (0)60608 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 1 Feb 10
Categories: Photography
Address: Piazza S. Egidio Rome 00153
Tel: +39 (0) 6 5816563 Website

Dates: 13 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Reggio Emilia, 54 Rome
Tel: +39 (0)6 67107936 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 31 Dec 09
Categories: Curious
Address: San Filippo Neri, Via Maria Vittoria 5 Rome
Tel: +39 011 070 2350 Website

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 13 Feb 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Palazzo Primoli, via Zanardelli, 1 Rome 00186
Tel: +39 (0)6 686 1089 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 1 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Piazza di Ponte Umberto I, 1 Rome 1-00186
Tel: +39 06 68806286 Website

Dates: 8 Jun 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Guido Reni, 10 Rome 00196
Tel: +39 (0)6 320 24 38 Website

Dates: 30 Sep 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Lungotevere Castello, 50 Rome 00193
Tel: +39 (0)6 6819111 Website

Dates: 5 Nov 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Design
Address: Via Cassia Rome 492-00189
Tel: +39 (0)6 33711468 Website

Dates: 13 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: via Nazionale, 194 Rome 00184
Tel: +39 (0)6 489411 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70)
Address: via Nazionale, 194 Rome 00184
Tel: +39 (0)6 489411 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Photography
Address: via Nazionale, 194 Rome 00184
Tel: +39 (0)6 489411 Website

Dates: 27 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via Nazionale, 194 Rome 00184
Tel: +39 (0)6 489411 Website

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Via del Corso, 418 Rome
Tel: +39 (0)6 687 47 04 Website

Dates: 24 Sep 09 - 17 Jun 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via XXIV Maggio, 16 Rome 00187
Tel: +39 (0)6 696 271 Website

The Roman tradition of painting is explored is this comprehensive display which features about 100 works dating from the first century BC to the fifth century AD—from 49 BC when Caesar emerged as the absolute ruler of Rome to the period after the death of the last emperor of the Eastern and Western Empire, Theodosius I. The display includes unprecedented loans from major encyclopaedic and archaeological collections in Italy, Germany, Egypt, Switzerland and the UK. Curated by Eugenio La Rocca, Serena Ensoli and Stefano Tortorella, the show aims to dispel the myth that Roman painting is merely a continuation of the Greek tradition by showing that it is innovative and wholly unique to its culture. It also illustrates the continuity of the Roman tradition from the Renaissance onwards, by showing how ancient Roman works influenced artists such as Raphael. As time has largely washed the paint from the remains of ancient Rome, we tend to forget that it was once a colourful metropolis. Frescos, mosaics and paintings on clay, wood and glass have been assembled to show the vibrancy of the Empire. The show is organised into five sections: “Light and Shade”, “Deceptive Walls”, “Ancient Pinacothèques”, “The City Speaks” and “From the Rediscovery of the Domus Aurea to the Grotesque”. These sections show landscapes, portraits, mythological scenes, still-lifes, stage décor, erotic images and scenes of daily life originally found in shops as well as wealthy and more modest residences. The paintings are displayed in rooms designed by theatre and opera designer Luca Ronconi. E.S.

Mummy portrait of a young woman on wood, Egyptian, 100-130 AD

Dates: 21 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via XXIV Maggio, 16 Rome 00187
Tel: +39 (0)6 696 271 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Corso Bettini 43 Rovereto 38068
Tel: +39 (0)464 43 88 87 Website

Dates: 19 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Corso Bettini 43 Rovereto 38068
Tel: +39 (0)464 43 88 87 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Limone 24 Torino 10141
Tel: (39) 011.19719437 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 9 May 10
Categories: Far East
Address: via Palestro, 33/35 Treviso
Tel: +39 (0)422 513150 Website

Dates: 16 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: piazza Mafalda di Savoia Turin 10098
Tel: +39 (0)11 956 52 22 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Curious Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Modane, 16 Turin 10141
Tel: +39 (0)11 3797600 Website

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 15 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via Modane, 16 Turin 10141
Tel: +39 (0)11 3797600 Website

Dates: 21 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: via Modane, 16 Turin 10141
Tel: +39 (0)11 3797600 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Magenta, 31 Turin 10128
Tel: +39 (0)11 44518 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Magenta, 31 Turin 10128
Tel: +39 (0)11 44518 Website

Dates: 4 Nov 09 - 14 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Via Giulia di Barolo 16 D Turin 10124
Tel: +39 (0)11 882208 Website

Dates: 7 Jun 09 - 22 Nov 09
Categories: Biennials
Address: Campo San Biasio, Castello Venice
Tel: Website

Dates: 7 Jun 09 - 31 Dec 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Campo San Samuele, 3231 Venice 30124
Tel: +39 (0)41 5231680 Website

After a year and a half of renovation works, French magnate François Pinault inaugurates the new exhibition space at Punta della Dogana with a permanent show that includes about 300 works selected from his vast collection of contemporary art, also displayed in Palazzo Grassi. The title “Mapping the Studio” takes direct inspiration from the influential video installation by Bruce Nauman, 2001, and reflects on Pinault’s choices as a collector, as he stated: “Its aim is to explore the individual course followed by a collector for whom the acquisition of works of art has meant becoming closely associated with the creative process of the individual artists themselves. Obviously this means running certain risks and making certain choices, one of them being the very decision to share one’s passions and ideas with the public at large.” Pinault and the exhibition curators (Alison Gingeras and Francesco Bonami) selected works by some of the best-known artists of the past 40 years, including Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, Cy Twombly and Takashi Murakami, but also featuring emerging artists such as Matthew Day Jackson, Adel Abdessemed, Richard Hughes, and Kai Althoff. Created in partnership with the City of Venice, the project of Punta della Dogana was supervised by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and the total cost of the structural restoration was 20m euros. The contest for the creation of a centre for contemporary art was launched in July 2006 and saw the main contenders, Palazzo Grassi and the Guggenheim Foundation, engaged in a strenuous battle in order to expand their influence on Venice. The space of the ancient customs building has been re-designed in order to accommodate part of Pinault collection, and as a pendant to Palazzo Grassi, which re-opened in 2006 after extensive works. Giovanna Paterno

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro, 701 Venice 30123
Tel: +39 (0)41 2405 411 Website

Dates: 7 Jun 09 - 22 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Dorsoduro Venice
Tel: Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 30 May 10
Categories: Curious Decorative
Address: Regaste Redentore, 2 Verona 37129
Tel: +39(0)45 8000360 Website