Exhibitions

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From the Municipal Collection of Contemporary Art: Marco Fidolini, Polyptychs

Casa Masaccio Contemporary Art
Casa Masaccio – Casa Giovanni da San Giovanni, Palazzo d’Arnolfo, Pieve di San Giovani Battista, Museo della Basilica
From 21 November to 31 December 2015
Curated by Giorgio di Genova

With the project entitled From the Municipal Collection of Contemporary Art: Marco Fidolini, Polyptychs 1983-2015 (Metropolitan Epiphanies), the Casa Masaccio Museum of Contemporary Art participates in the circuit of events and exhibitions organised by Toscana ‘900. Museums and art itineraries with an exhibition presenting a significant number of polyptychs painted after 1983

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Toscana '900From the Municipal Collection of Contemporary Art: Marco Fidolini, Polyptychs
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Soffici and Sironi. Silence and Disquiet

Location: The Ardengo Soffici and Italian 20th Century Art Museum, Poggio a Caiano (Prato)
From 28 March to 19 July 2015
Curated by Luigi Cavallo

For the programme of in-depth analysis of 20th century Italian Art, the Ardengo Soffici Museum is organising a documentary exhibition, curated by Luigi Cavallo, with 20 paintings by the maestro from Poggio a Caiano and as many by Mario Sironi.

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Toscana '900Soffici and Sironi. Silence and Disquiet
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The 1900s. A Donation

Location: The “Raffaele De Grada” Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, San Gimignano
From 21 December 2014 to 30 August 2015
Curated by Valerio Bartoloni and Anna Mazzanti

San Gimignano’s civic art gallery recently acquired a bequest of 20th century Italian works of art from the late Florentine collector Gianfrancesco Pacchiani. This bequest – the result of the collector’s friendship with Superintendent Borghini, born in San Gimignano – has enriched the gallery with famous names.

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Toscana '900The 1900s. A Donation
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Toscana ‘900. From Rosai to Burri. Innovative itineraries through Florentine collections

Villa Bardini, Florence
Costa San Giorgio, 2 – Florence from 3 October to 10 January 2016
Curated by Lucia Mannini and Chiara Toti
The city of Florence and its province preserve numerous and important 20th century collections that are not open to the public, perhaps preserved in institutes reserved to study and research (such as archives or foundations) or in private collections.

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Toscana '900Toscana ‘900. From Rosai to Burri. Innovative itineraries through Florentine collections
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SIGNS, GESTURES, MATTER. The Pieraccini donation’s works of art

Location: GAMC – The “Lorenzo Viani” Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, Viareggio
Dates: 12 July 2015 to 12 July 2017
Curated by Alessandra Belluomini Pucci, Claudia Fulgeri and Gaia Querci

The GAMC, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea “Lorenzo Viani”, holds an important heritage consisting of over three thousand works of art, mainly thanks to private donations and acquisitions made by the Municipality of Viareggio.

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Toscana '900SIGNS, GESTURES, MATTER. The Pieraccini donation’s works of art
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Where are all these people going / Hasan Elahi – The Orwell Project

LocationMAGMA and the “A. Modigliani” Gallery, Follonica
Dates: 5 July to 5 September 2015
Respectively curated by Studio Azzurro and Karin Gavassa

The installation by Studio Azzurro, Where are all these people going, consists of three automated glass doors welcoming viewers by opening wide in a friendly manner, as if not opposing their presence.
Hasan Elahi’s work addresses the subjects of migration, borders – both physical and cultural – the use of new technologies and their role in our daily lives.

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Toscana '900Where are all these people going / Hasan Elahi – The Orwell Project
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Creative Production. Tuscany and Italian Design 1950-1990

Location: Ragghianti Foundation – St. Micheletto Monumental Complex, Lucca
From 13 June to 1 November 2015
Curated by Gianni Pettena, Davide Turrini and Mauro Lovi

The Ragghianti Foundation is sponsoring an exhibition focused on relations between a culture of project management and the productive world in Tuscany from the fifties to the present.

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Toscana '900Creative Production. Tuscany and Italian Design 1950-1990
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The Sentiment of Landscapes. A pictorial journey in the lands surrounding Lucca

Location: Palazzo della Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca
Dates: 26 September to 25 October 2015
Curated by Silvestra Bietoletti, Antonia D’Aniello and Claudio Casini

This exhibition is a journey of discovery through the portrayal of landscapes in areas surrounding Lucca in the 20th century. It is a story in painted images of the urban areas in Lucca and La Piana, the marina, historical Versilia and the lands of Puccini, the mountains, the Garfagnana and the Serchio River’s upper valley.

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Toscana '900The Sentiment of Landscapes. A pictorial journey in the lands surrounding Lucca
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The 20th Century’s Legacy. Art and Design in Livorno’s Civic Collections

Locations: Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum – Granai di Villa Mimbelli, Livorno as well as the Livorno Foundation’s exhibition centres
Dates: From 5 September to 31 October 2015
Curated by: Mattia Patti and Antonella Capitanio

These are two exhibitions held in two prestigious locations, both aimed at evoking the city’s strong vocation for contemporary art. The exhibitions are ‘Art at the Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum’ hosted at the Villa Mimbelli Granaries and ‘Design’ at the Livorno Foundation exhibition centres.

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Toscana '900The 20th Century’s Legacy. Art and Design in Livorno’s Civic Collections
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Burri and Pistoia. The Gori Collection and Amendola’s photographs

Location: Palazzo Sozzifanti, Pistoia
Dates: 10 May to 26 July 2015
Curated by Bruno Corà

One hundred years after his birth, many countries, and especially the United States, will pay homage to the great Umbrian artist Alberto Burri, who, as Bruno Corà says, “demolished and reconfigured western art.”

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Toscana '900Burri and Pistoia. The Gori Collection and Amendola’s photographs