MILAN – For the art world it will be a 2019 in the name of Leonardo, of which this year marks the 500th anniversary of his death, with events scheduled in various Italian cities. But that’s not all: from Picasso to Caravaggio, here are 10 artistic appointments not to be missed in 2019 in Italy. Milan and Leonardo
Castello Sforzesco (Milan) from 2 May
On the occasion of the fifth centenary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Municipality of Milan, in collaboration with the main museums and cultural institutions of the city and of Lombardy, promotes “Milan and Leonardo”, a program of initiatives aimed at discovering and deepening the figure of one of the most eclectic geniuses in history, who left in Milan the highest results of his research in the fields of engineering, mechanics, hydraulics and the top of his pictorial production, destined to leave a fundamental inheritance to the figurative culture Lombard of the early sixteenth century. Among these we mention “ Leonardo and the Sala delle Axis between Nature, Art and Science“, Scheduled at the Ducal Chapel from May 16 to August 18, where a rich selection of original drawings by Leonardo da Vinci will be compared with works by Leonardo and Renaissance artists. Antonello of Messina. Inside painting
Palazzo Reale (Milan) from February 21st to June 2nd
The exhibition aims to analyze the life and research of the Sicilian artist. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Artistic life in the time of the Bonapartes
Palazzo Reale (Milan) from 9 March to 23 June
The large monographic exhibition will study Ingres’ artistic production in the context of Europe between 1780 and 1820. Picasso 1953-1973
National Gallery of Modern Art and Contemporary (Rome)
Scheduled at GNAM, the exhibition set up by Skira is still under construction. Florence Biennale
Fortezza da Basso (Florence) from 18 to 27 October
In view of the celebrations for the five hundred years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci, which will be held in 2019, the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Florence proposes a reflection on the cognitive approach and at the same time the creative master of the Renaissance universally considered as a genius of all time. In particular, the theme of the XII Florence Biennale focuses on the multi-soul nature of Leonardo, an excellent artist who in his own way was also a scientist devoted to study, ranging across different disciplines The Hundred Lanzi del Principe
Gli Uffizi (Florence) from 6 June to 29 September
The historic Medici guard, the Lanzi, are the subject of the exhibition that the Uffizi is organizing in collaboration with the Medici Archive Project. It is a reconstruction of the centuries-old story of this militia, in an exhibition itinerary that starts from its origins, with Cosimo I, and goes up to the extinction of the Medici in the eighteenth century. A review of paintings, engravings, drawings, weapons, armor, even sounds, will tell the story of the Lanzi under various aspects – social, cultural, military – and their impact on city life. Chagall. Dream of Love
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta (Naples) from February 15th to June 30th
The exhibition in memory of Marc Chagall will show over 150 works in an exhibition path divided into 4 sections and curated by Dolores Duran Ucar, produced and organized by the Arthemisia Group, telling the life of the painter through works in which childhood memories, fairy tales are depicted , poems, religion and war and whose landscapes are populated by characters, real or imaginary. Rembrandt
Palazzo Arnone (Cosenza) from 25 January to 24 March
2019 there will be an exhibition dedicated to Rembrandt and his most representative engravings.
An exhibition is scheduled for the first time in Calabria to pay homage to the great figure of Rembrandt, the absolute protagonist of the 17th century, through the display of his most significant and representative engravings. A sincere and deeply respectful tribute, 350 years after his death, to the complex and convulsive ideas of him, daughters of the time and of the moods of that particular historical moment. Biennale Arte 2019
Venice, from 11 May to 24 November
The 58th International Art Exhibition, entitled May You Live In Interesting Times, will be held from 11 May to 24 November 2019 (pre-opening 8, 9, 10 May). The title is an expression of the English language long mistakenly attributed to an ancient Chinese curse, which evokes periods of uncertainty, crisis and turmoil; “Interesting times” precisely, like the ones we are experiencing. Caravaggio and the Genoese. Clients, collectors, painters
Palazzo della Meridiana (Genoa) from February 14th to June 6th
The new exhibition promoted and organized by the Amici di Palazzo della Meridiana Association and curated by Anna Orlando aims to develop another extremely important chapter for Genoese figurative culture which, given the caliber of the protagonists involved, becomes international in scope.
