Roy Lichtenstein Girl in the mirror, private collection
“The attraction” by Beatrice Brandini
From today, September 24, until January 8, 2023 Palazzo Medici Riccardi hosts a beautiful and prestigious selection of works of art by 20th-century masters from private Florentine and Tuscan collections.
Plinio Mesciulam Half-bust of a woman, private collection
Mimmo Rotella, private collection
Joan Mirò composition, private collection
Passione Novecento: from Paul Klee to Damien Hirst is a project of the Museo Novecento, curated by Sergio Risaliti, promoted by the Metropolitan City of Florence and organized by MUS.E, and wants to underline how the tradition of collecting, which was born in this building thanks to Cosimo il Vecchio and Lorenzo il Magnifico, is still well rooted and engaging in our time and in our territory.
Fausto Melotti The invisible acrobat, private collection
Andy Warhol portrait of Man Ray, private collection
Roy Lichtenstein Coup de chapeau II, private collection
The Palazzo, residence of the Medici family, was commissioned in 1444 by Cosimo il Vecchio to the architect Michellozzo, preferred to his colleague Brunelleschi as the proponent of a project “too sumptuous and magnificent such as to bring him envy among its citizens rather than grandeur and ornament for the city “ (G.Vasari, 1568). And it constitutes a fundamental model of Renaissance civil architecture.
Sergio Risaliti, curator of the exhibition, at a press conference
Alighiero Boetti tapestries, private collection
Arturo Martini, private collection
It is a journey through the art of the twentieth century, where we can admire the masterpieces of Savinio and de Chirico, of Morandi and Melotti, of Lichtenstein and Warhol, of Boetti and Burri, just to name a few, a journey that wants to highlight the importance and love for collecting also understood as patronage. Investing in art means investing in culture and beauty, if the Medici had not done so many centuries ago, we would not be able to admire those Renaissance masterpieces recognized all over the world today.
Wonderful views of Palazzo Medici Riccardi
If this palace, with the Michelozzo courtyard, the Medici garden, the chapel of the Magi with the frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli, the Luca Giordano Gallery, the archaeological itinerary, the marble museum and more, were to be found in any other European capital, would give rise to at least 5 different museums. Go and visit it, the exhibition on the twentieth century is just one more reason to do so.
Good life to everyone!
Beatrice