Temporary exhibitions

Current exhibition

Images from Japan

18 Dicembre 2024 – 26 gennaio 2025

The exhibition offers an evocative selection of prints belonging to the prestigious Farnesi collection, made by some of the greatest artists of Japanese graphics, including Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Kuniyoshi, Toshikata and other masters.

Presented concurrently with the Hokusai exhibition at Palazzo Blu, set up and curated by Alice Tavoni and Alessandro Tosi and realised with the support of the Pisa Foundation, the exhibition develops along a path where the dominant theme is the naturalistic one, proposing a sophisticated journey through the art of modern Japan.

At the Campo Santo dei Miracoli Pisani: the Triumph of Death and other stories

14 December 2024 – 26 January 2025

This exhibition, commissioned by ALI, the Association of Free Engravers ‘Luciano De Vita’ based in Bologna, features 90 works that show how the history of Pisan civilisation has offered countless possible openings for the research and creative proposition of 50 engravers.

The curators of the project, Marco Fiori and Marzio Dall’Acqua, have suggested to the artists to focus on the Triumph of Death, a grandiose memento mori that, together with the Final Judgement and Inferno of Dante’s correlation and the Thebaid, was executed in the mid 14th century by Buffalmacco, one of the most prominent representatives of Gothic art in Tuscany.

The exhibition captivates visitors by also offering opportunities to reflect on the present time.

Ultrasky: Discovering the Egyptian Blue from Arts to Sciences

21 Novembre 2024 – 26 January 2025

A fascinating journey to discover Egyptian Blue, a material with high sustainability and amazing optical properties, which was forgotten in the Middle Ages, resurfacing sporadically in the Renaissance, only to be rediscovered in the 1800s. In recent times, Egyptian Blue has attracted a great deal of attention, both in the artistic and scientific communities, and in this exhibition nine contemporary artists reinterpret it by declining it in nine different artistic expressions, creating original works that showcase the beauty and versatility of this extraordinary pigment.

The artis: Viola Alpi (fashion), the CaCO3 collective (modern mosaic), Andrea Chidichimo (painting), Stefano Conticelli (design and installations), Giuliano Giuman (glass), Kamilia Kard (digital art), Matteo Peducci (sculpture), Erica Tamborini (ceramics and plastic arts) and Franco Vitelli (cosmatesque inlay).

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).

Past exhibitions