10+1 must-see exhibitions over the Christmas period

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La mostra "dell’artista britannico Tony Cragg “Silicon Dioxide" al Museo del Vetro Murano. Venezia (Photo by Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty Images)

The holiday season is a perfect opportunity to dedicate leisure time to culture. Here’s a selection of eleven must-see exhibitions in Italy and abroad for lovers of art, architecture and design.

In Milan, at the Museo delle Culture (MUDEC), “Dalla figurazione all’astrazione” is an exhibition dedicated to Piet Mondrian and Dutch Realist painting. The exhibition’s themed sections offer an instant overview of the artist’s stylistic evolution, including a section dedicated to “De Stijl” (The Style), a movement Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg started up in the Netherlands in 1917 to innovate art, architecture and design.

Dates: 24 November 2021 - 27 March 2022

Location: MUDEC – Museo delle Culture, Milan

Curators: Daniel Koep and Doede Hardeman

Site: https://www.mudec.it/ita/piet-mondrian-dalla-figurazione-allastrazione/

foto3-manifesto mostra -MONDRIAN_1076x770-min — Locandina mostra

Founded by Marco Fiedler and Achim Reichert, Paris-based design studio VIER5 is showcased in the “Win a new car” exhibition at the IN-DESIGN space at the Macro Museum in Rome. Archival images, objects and designs present the studio’s work from 2002 until today. VIER5’s practice is based on a classical notion of design as they strive to create new offerings in the visual communications sphere.

Dates: 3 November 2021 - 6 February 2022

Location: MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art

Promoters: ROMA Culture

Site: http://www.museomacro.it

foto1- Museo Macro_800_0 — MACRO - Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Roma.

American Pop Artist Jeff Koons, one of the most successful artists on the world art scene, displays his visionary and surrealist works in Florence at Palazzo Strozzi. Characterized by brightness, many of the works are in stainless steel, imbued with a particular energy through the use of extravagant colours.

Dates: 2 October 2021 - 30 January 2022

Location: Palazzo Strozzi

Curators: Arturo Galansino, Joachim Pissarro

Site: http://www.palazzostrozzi.org

foto 2- Ballon Dog -Jeff Koons — Balloon Dog (Red), un lavoro realizzato tra il 1994 e il 2000 in acciaio inossidabile lucidato a specchio con verniciatura trasparente [Collezione privata. © Jeff Koons]

As part of the commemorations for the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche at Palazzo Ducale in Urbino hosts the “Città di Dio. Città degli uomini Architetture Dantesche e Utopie Urbane” exhibition, focusing on the influence of the Somma Poeta’s imagery on artists, architects and illustrators. A hundred contemporary Italian architects of all ages revisit the “Divine Comedy” in a series of drawings.

Dates: 26 November 2021 - 27 March 2022

Location: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche | Palazzo Ducale di Urbino.

Curators: Luigi Gallo and Luca Molinari

Site: http://www.gallerianazionalemarche.it/

foto 2- progetto-danteum-1-lingeri-terragni-1 — Urbino, in mostra il Danteum, l'edificio che doveva omaggiare Dante nell'Italia fascista

Forty works, some being seen for the first time, are on show at the “Silicon Dioxide” exhibition dedicated to English sculptor Tony Cragg at the Museo del Vetro di Murano in Venice from 3 December 2021 to 13 March 2022. The exhibition covers the main stages of the artist’s career, from his assemblages to landmark large-scale works and more recent pieces that display Cragg’s curiosity for the many effects that can be achieved using stained glass.

Dates: 3 December 2021 - 13 March 2022

Location: Museo del Vetro di Murano

Curators: Berengo Studio, in collaboration with the Musei Civici di Venezia.

Site: http://museovetro.visitmuve.it/