We’ve seen It in the modern painting of Tamara de Lempicka or in the cinema of Luchino Visconti. But very few know the real story of The Kiss, the iconic work that Francesco Hayez painted in Milan during the Risorgimento. Meanwhile, we forgot its full name - The Kiss. An Episode of Youth. Customs of the XIV Century. But can we really be sure they loved each other so in the Middle Ages? Fascinated by those obscure centuries like all the Romantics, Hayez set his painting in a distant epoch to take it out of the context he lived in. The passionate encounter between lovers, in fact, seems a prelude to a painful departure. Where will the youth with the plumed cap head off to? Revealing this is the dagger hidden in his cloak - along with the patriotic ideas shared by Hayez and his patron - Count Alfonso Maria Visconti of Saliceto - the weapon indicates the armed struggle of that age. Furthermore, according to some, the embrace between the two young people represents a metaphor for the Unity of Italy. But be careful - a hidden figure observes the scene from beyond the shadows outside the door. Is it a spy, an impatient comrade or a mere servant? In seeking to discover this, we can enjoy one of the great paintings of all time, which, at the dawn of the Modern Age, brought the magnificent colours of Tiziano to a whole new context.
The opera directed by Ingo Metzmacher, based on the novel by Umberto Eco commissioned to the composer Francesco Filidei by La Scala together with the Paris Opera. A world premiere where Piermarini returns to the center of the international music scene after Giordano Bruno and L’Inondation.
2025 marks the centenary of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, the event that marked the affirmation of the “1925 Style” or Art Deco. To celebrate the anniversary, the exhibition presents extraordinary examples of Italian and European decorative arts.
Survey of Photography in Germany in the Twentieth Century
An exhibition that follows a typological and not chronological order, bringing together over 600 photographic works by 25 artists essential to reconstructing the history of photography in Germany in the twentieth century.
The Humanitarian Question Through Alessandro Grassani's Lens
Alessandro Grassani's photographs push us to open our eyes to facts that are too often forgotten, and above all they recall the sense of responsibility of each of us, asking us not to remain indifferent.
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