Lorenzo Bonechi Conversation, 1994. Pieralli Collection
Faces by Beatrice Brandini
Museo Novecento presents “La città delle donne”, exhibition by Valdarno artist Lorenzo Bonechi, curated by Sergio Risaliti and Eva Francioli, in collaboration with the Archivio Lorenzo Bonechi, an exhibition that will remain open from today, July 4, until October 29, 2025.
Lorenzo Bonechi, Figura, 1993. Private collection
A glimpse of the exhibition Lorenzo Bonechi, La città delle donne
“The Museo Novecento hosts this exhibition dedicated to Lorenzo Bonechi, an artist of extraordinary depth, seventy years after his birth,” said the councilor for culture Giovanni Bettarini. “The city of women offers us the opportunity to explore his artistic universe, where ethereal and sacred figures intertwine with landscapes and minimal architecture, creating a dialogue between spirituality and humanity. This exhibition, curated by the Museo Novecento and in collaboration with the Archivio Bonechi, represents a dutiful tribute to an artist who has left an indelible mark on the international scene.”
Lorenzo Bonechi; Figures, 1994. Lorenzo Bonechi Archive
Lorenzo Bonechi, The Pergola, 1992, Gian Enzo Sperone Collection
The exhibition path seems to take the visitor by the hand, leading him on a journey into the feminine universe, that of women in solidarity with each other, who only apparently seem detached, in reality are noble and welcoming figures in their essential beauty.
Lorenzo Bonechi, Figura, 1988. Tommaso Carini Collection.
Lorenzo Bonechi, Conversation, 1994. Lorenzo Bonechi Archive
“Bonechi was a painter and sculptor of extraordinary spiritual and poetic density, a secluded figure, highly cultured and sensitive, visionary in the true sense of art, interpreter of iconographies that express the human tension towards the absolute, the inalienable desire for transcendence, the reverberation on earth of the harmonies of the cosmos”. Sergio Risaliti
Sergio Risaliti, Director of the Novecento Museum in a press conference
A beautiful glimpse of the exhibition, photo by Leonardo Morfini, press kit.
“Lorenzo Bonechi’s female figures tell us about a contingent yet eternal humanity, fixed in a timeless dimension that enlivens space through fixed and immutable poses. Dressed in simple and contemporary clothes, the artist studies and reconstructs their figures in detail starting from the observation of reality”. Eva Francioli.
A beautiful glimpse of the exhibition, photo by Leonardo Morfini, press kit.
Lorenzo Bonechi The city of women
Arturo Martini: The Wait or Susanna, 1935, donation from Alberto Della Ragione to the Museo Novecento. This wonderful statue, located at the entrance to Bonechi’s exhibition, seems ecstatic, the prelude to the show you are about to witness.
It is a very beautiful exhibition, Bonechi’s paintings truly transport you to a dreamlike, idealized and harmonious world. In times when media exposure, where appearances count more than being and seem to be the only way, Bonechi’s works, and in particular these ethereal women, look at you with humanity, whispering the beauty of the universe.
Good life to all!
Beatrice