Genoa, a Sunday to discover art: Escher, Pratt, Marino, Pesce and Voet
Genoa. For a Sunday in the city, between art and tradition, today most of the Genoese museums open and the guided tours dedicated to the Epiphany start, which will end on Thursday.
A Ducal Palace all the current exhibitions can be visited. Starting from “Escher”, the largest and most complete anthology dedicated to the Dutch genius Maurits Cornelis Escher: an excursus along his artistic production with over two hundred works including “Hand with reflecting sphere” from 1935, to “Bond of union” from 1956, from “Giorno and night ”of ’38 to the“ Emblemata ”series. The exhibition, open from 10 to 19 in the Doge’s Apartment, with tickets at 12 and 14 euros, is also the subject of a guided tour by the Genova association on display: at 14.15, at the price of 21 euros, to be booked at number 370 3289126.
Also for the exhibition “Ugo Pratt. From Genoa to the South Seas “, in the Sottoporticato from 10 to 19 with tickets from 12 to 14 euros, today there will be a guided tour, at 16.30, for 20 euros, always to be booked at 370 3289126. The exhibition itinerary is dedicated to the birth of Corto Maltese, in the comic magazine “Sgt. Kirk ”published by Florenzo Ivaldi, but also to the whole world of Pratt, with over two hundred original pieces, including plates and watercolors, dating back to the rarest Argentine period.
The two photographic exhibitions can also be visited “Pier Paolo Pasolini. I do not let myself be moved by the photographs “ in the Loggia degli Abati from 10 to 19 to 10 and 12 euros, and “Geography by images. Italy in Karl-Dietrich Bühler’s photographs ”, in the Liguria Room from 11 to 18 with free admission.
From 10 to 19 free admission also opens to Luzzati House“Enchanted curtains. Act I “, a journey through costumes, sketches and installations by Emanuele Luzzati inaugurated last June 3 on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the Genoese artist, master in all applied arts.
There is time until next Sunday to visit the exhibition “Give body to the body. Iconographic motifs of the twentieth century in the Wolfson Collection “ curated by Gianni Franzone and Matteo Fochessati, at the Wolfsonian of Nervi, which opens today from 10 to 17.30 (full tickets for 5 euros).
Also in Nervi, la Gallery of Modern Art opens from 10 to 17.30 with the exhibition “The knights of Marino Marini” which was extended until January 16. The exhibition too “Gaetano Pesce. In memory of a friend “ to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Villa Croce (open from 10 to 18.30), with outdoor sculptures in piazza Fontane Marose, in De Ferrari and in piazza Matteotti, continues until next Sunday.
Royal Palace opens from 13.30 to 19 with the exhibition “The gentlemen of Voet”.
White Palace, which houses the exhibition “Triumph of virtue. Western and Eastern embroidery in the Genoese collections “ opens from 9.30 to 18.30.
D’Albertis Castle which hosts the exhibition “Breakfast in Melbourne and lunch in Yokohama” it can be visited from 10 in the morning to 18.
also Lomellino Palace opens from 10 to 18 with the exhibition “5 families 5 stories 1 charming mansion” which remains set up until Sunday, with guided tours for small groups.
The Doria Museum of Natural History it can be visited from 10 to 18.30, with the exhibition “Myth. Fantastic creatures between science and legend “ which was extended until 27 February.
The Galata Museum of the Sea with the new exhibition “The skin of rock. Galapagos by Enzo Barracco “ opens from 10 to 19.
To the Cotton Warehouses the exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol continues at the Porto Antico until 27 March “Andy pop icon”, open from 9.30 to 21.
Guided tours for adults also start today “Myths, traditions and legends of the Epiphany in the Genoese area”, which will have an ideal follow-up on Thursday with “La Befana comes at night kids”, itineraries dedicated to children, with animation stages linked to the Befana and the Magi. Four departures today, at the symbolic cost of 1 euro: at 15, at 15.30, at 16 and at 16.30. Each tour lasts one hour and 45 minutes and starts from MaddAlive in vico della Chiesa della Maddalena. For reservations: www.exploratour.it. For information: [email protected].