Traveling to the Gulf of Poets in early 2022? Here are some of the most interesting exhibitions between Liguria and Tuscany. Make sure to stay tuned or to subscribe to our blog to receive updates on these and future events!
Jacques Toussaint. Art & Design in the Gulf of Poets 1967 | 1987
Where: CAMeC (La Spezia, Liguria)
When: Until 27 February 2022
The Modern and Contemporary Art Center of La Spezia (CAMeC) hosts an exhibition with sixty works by Jacques Toussaint. The French artist-designer has resided in Italy for more than fifty years. The exhibition documents the works that he produced when he lived in Lerici, between the sixties and the eighties.
Rubens and Genoa’s Palazzi
Where: Palazzo Ducale (Genoa, Liguria)
When: Until 22 January 2022
The exhibition tells the relationship between Peter Paul Rubens, one of the greatest painters of the Baroque era, and the city of Genoa.
FIAT 633NM
Where: CAMeC (La Spezia, Liguria)
When: Until 01 May 2022
This video installation focuses on 52 images relating to FIAT trucks that were obsessively photographed on several occasions in the late 1930s. The exhibition aims at critically analyzing and deconstructing the role of Italy’s colonial ventures in East Africa, often erased from collective memory or nostalgically falsified.
Keith Haring
Where: Palazzo Blu (Pisa, Tuscany)
When: Until 17 April 2022
This exhibition brings a rich selection of over 170 works to Europe for the first time, coming from the personal collection of Kazuo Nakamura. They range from Haring’s early works to his latest, with many complete series such as Apocalypse (1988), Flowers (1990), as well as great works on canvas such as Untitled (1985).
The Painters of Light, from Caravaggio to Paolini
Where: Cavallerizza (Lucca, Tuscany)
When: Until 02 October 2022
This exhibition features about 100 works gathered from Italian and foreign museums, Dioceses, prestigious private and international collections. They are the works of numerous painters who, throughout their life, either pursued, met, or anticipated Caravaggio. The light is the real protagonist in all the works, which are alive, essential, innovative.
