Exhibitions
Fondazione 107
A est di niente – arte contemporanea dall’Asia centrale postsovietica
Turin, 28th May – 27th September 2009
This exhibition brings to Torino the most innovative and daring art from a tantalisingly mysterious world, known to the general public mainly through dramatic events: the war of spies and of reciprocal destabilisation between the Tsarist and British Empires.
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Glenn Brown
Turin, 28th May – 4th October 2009
The exhibition of works by Glenn Brown (London, 1966), realized in collaboration with the Liverpool Tate Gallery, presents paintings by the British artist, who is contended for by the most important museums in the world and was a finalist of the Turner Prize in 2000. Glenn Brown gave a significant contribution to international contemporary art, particularly in the field of painting, through his works that synthesize the classical and the contemporary, ranging from the academic field to the field of popular culture.
Museo di Antichità
Luxus. Il piacere della vita nella Roma Imperiale
Turin, 26th September 2009 – 10th January 2010
An exhibition dedicated to the positive value of the concept of luxury, seen as the incentive that leads man towards eternity and perfection. Thanks to loans from internationally prominent museums, the exhibition will be divided into five sections and will offer visitors the possibility to understand the meaning of luxury for the ancients and to admire objects, essences, flavours, jewels and everything referring to the sphere of beauty and joie de vivre.
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
La scimmia nuda. Storia naturale dell’umanità
Turin, 4th April 2009 – 10th January 2010
In this bicentenary year of Charles Darwin’s birth, this exhibition is particularly appropriate because it was in Torino where the first pronouncements in his favour were made: the exhibition is introduced by documents, publications, portraits, instruments, works and installations.