Double extension for the Carin Grudda exhibition and for the “From Palizzi to Severini” exhibition at the Civic Museum

“Two exhibitions that have met with great success in terms of participation, as well as criticism, and which will still be visible to residents and guests throughout the summer,” declares Mayor Angiolini.

A summer dedicated to widespread culture, which will be felt in Montepulciano during 2024. Not only the great musical and cultural events scheduled as per the programme, such as Cantiere, Bruscello, Bravìo delle Botti, Live Rock, etc., but also pictorial art and sculpture still available for residents and welcome guests. This is thanks to the decision taken by the Municipal Council of Montepulciano to extend both the widespread exhibition of large and imaginative Carin Grudda bronze sculptures until 31 October, including the installation of the pictorial works in the Fortezza which will remain on display until 30 July, and the exhibition “From Palizzi to Severini. Italian painters between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Bologna Buonsignori collection” at the Crociani Civic Museum, Pinacoteca, until next September 30th.

“By virtue of the success achieved so far and the possibility of enriching the cultural offer of the Montepulciano destination – underlines the Mayor Michele Angiolini – we have decided to extend these two exhibitions which have already received critical success so far and which we are sure will represent a further added value in the period of greatest influx in our city”.

The widespread exhibition “CARIN GRUDDA. The body, the image, the sign”, promoted by the Municipality of Montepulciano and the “Vittorio Caporrella” Art Foundation, involves the placement of the German artist’s works in squares and symbolic places of the historic Renaissance center of Montepulciano. The Garden and cloister of the Fortress, the Courtyard of Palazzo Bellarmino, the Logge del Grano host the astonishing figures of Carin Grudda – including the colorful Blau Miao, the Great Cerberus, the Great Pegasus, the Three Graces, the Phoenix , the external courtyard of Palazzo Cervini, the atrium of the Town Hall (open every day from 10.00 to 18.00), Piazzetta Vicolo del Leone. In addition to the large installations, there are further small sculptures and pictorial works exhibited in the “Maria Russo” and “Paul Harris” rooms of the Poliziana Fortress. Entrance to the exhibition set up in the Fortress is free, these are the opening hours: 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm from Tuesday to Sunday.

The exhibition “From Palizzi to Severini. Italian painters between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Bologna Buonsignori collection” is an exhibition promoted and organized by the Society of Executors of Pie Disposizioni and the Municipality of Montepulciano, in collaboration with the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Siena, Grosseto, Arezzo and with Opera Laboratories. Gino Severini, Filippo Palizzi, Lionello Balestrieri, Angiolo Tommasi, Giuseppe Stuart, Giuseppe Viner, Aleardo Paolucci, Paride Pascucci are some of the signatures that make up the rich Bologna Buonsignori collection that can continue to be admired in the Civic Museum. These are artists who, despite going through different phases and styles, represent a significant heritage of Italian painting between the 19th and 20th centuries and who, in many of the works on display, tell the story of our territory. Exhibition curated by Silvestra Bietoletti, Laura Martini and the Director of the Museum itself, Dr. Roberto Longi.

Timetables. The Crociani Civic Museum Pinacoteca, in via Ricci 10, a few steps from Piazza Grande, is open every day from 10am to 7pm, except Tuesdays. For information: tel. 0578 717300; email: info@museocivicomontepulciano.it.