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January 31, 2020 The '900 Italian. A century of art ”at the Civic Museums in the Eremitani, organized by the Councilorship for Culture of the Municipality in collaboration with COR, Create Organize Realize by Alessandro Nicosia.In the intentions of its curators, Maria Teresa Benedetti and Francesca Villanti, the Paduan review wants to tell "a story" of the Italian twentieth century, one of its possible readings, through a selection of ninety emblematic masterpieces, with the aim of providing the visitor with ideas of reflection for his understanding, thanks to the vision of extraordinary works that document the high international value of Italian creative events.
The exhibition will remain open until 10 May. Among the exhibited authors: Giorgio De Chirico, Alberto Savinio, Filippo De Pisis, Giorgio Morandi, Carlo Carrà, Felice Casorati, Gino Severini, Mario Sironi, Renato Guttuso, Osvaldo Licini, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Lucio Fontana, Emilio Isgrò, Gruppo Enne.
The mayor of Padua, Sergio Giordani, and the councilor for culture, Andrea Colasio, stress that "having reached the end of the second decade of the 21st century, everywhere there is a marked sensitivity towards the unique, varied and rich epic of Italian art of the twentieth century. An epic opened by the unrepeatable season of the historical avant-garde, passed through movements and schools often capable of dominating the national scene, or isolated figures of talent out of the ordinary, until the repeatedly announced death of painting and its constant opposite renovation".
"Of this compelling and precious cultural heritage, which has had so much weight in the formation of our contemporary identity, this exhibition hosted at the Eremitani Museum wants to tell a story. It does so through a core of works of exquisite value and interest, in an exciting path capable of combining different experiences, but all essential ".