Temporary exhibitions
ATLAS OF STONE. Engravings by Franco Fanelli
11 October – 8 December 2024
A splendid series of engravings by Franco Fanelli, dating from 1985 to the present days, make up this exhibition, curated by Alessandro Tosi with the contribution of Gianfranco Adornato and set up on the second floor of Palazzo Lanfranchi.
Geology and archaeology intersect in the engraved graphics of Fanelli who proposes with his works an itinerary that has its dominant theme in the exploration of time and its manifestation.
The artist: Franco Fanelli
Professor of Engraving Techniques (today Art Graphics) at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin since 1987, he has carried out his artistic research mainly in the sphere of traditional processes of engraved graphics (etching, acquatint, drypoint). His most recent solo exhibitions include those held at the Simone Aleandri Gallery in Rome (2012 and 2020), the Federica Galli Foundation in Milan (2018) and the Library of Lugano (2019). The extensive retrospective dedicated to him by the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome dates back to 2016.
THE ART OF NATURE. Pliny the Elder: 2000 years later
18 October 2024 – 31 January 2025
On the occasion of the two-thousand anniversary of Pliny the Elder’s birth, the exhibition aims to guide the visitor through the centuries to illustrate the fortune, the influence and the multifaceted legacy of the Naturalis Historia and its author.
Visitors will be able to grasp forms, materials, colours and perspectives of that human ingenuity that – as Pliny observed – ‘by using Art, reproduces Nature’.
The exhibition, curated by Gianfranco Adornato and Alessandro Tosi, with the collaboration of Alessia Di Santi and Federico Figura, will be open until 31 January 2025.
Sergio Ruzzier. True stories of cats, mice, foxes and chicks
30 October 2024 – 26 January 2025
This exhibition, curated by Alice Tavoni and Matteo Pelliti, displays original plates from the most recent books that Sergio Ruzzier, one of the greatest contemporary illustrators, has published in Italy.
The artist’s irony and poetry pervade the pastel colours of his landscapes as do his unmistakable ink strokes. Thus, in a sequence of enchanting plates, an extravagant microcosm comes to life, where a wise fox is the best friend of an anarchic chick, and a lying mouse beguiles an inquisitive cat with his fibs. A journey through imagination that, if designed for children, will also enchant adult audiences.
The artist: Sergio Ruzzier
Born in Milan, after his debut in Linus and in Lupo Alberto Magazine, Sergio Ruzzier moved to the United States and established himself as an illustrator. Today he is part of the Sendak Foundation and has recently translated for Adelphi ‘Bombo-Lardo’ by Maurice Sendak, the author’s last book published during his lifetime. In Italy, in addition to the books published for Topipittori, Ruzzier has also published for ‘La Grande Illusion, publishing house in Pavia. He is the winner of the Andersen Prize 2023 in the ‘Protagonists of Children’s Culture’ section and the winner of ‘Nati per Leggere Prize, XV edition’ (2023).