Museo Fortuny

Past exhibitions

WINTER AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Fortuny and Wagner

From December 8, 2012 to April 8, 2013

From December 8th 2012 to April 8th 2013 – The result of a long research on the iconographic and aesthetic influence of Richard Wagner and the ‘Wagnerism’ on the visual arts in Italy between the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th […]

AUTUMN AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Béatrice Helg

From September 1 to November 19, 2012

“Risonanze” is Helg first exhibition in an Italian Museum. It includes a selection of twenty-four colour works, many of them are unreleased photographs, specially created by the artist for Palazzo Fortuny. […]

AUTUMN AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Franco Vimercati

From September 1 to November 19, 2012

The exhibition documents the œuvre of Franco Vimercati (Milan, 1940-2001) through the presence of over 100 of his works. Concentration and sequences of images are the peculiar aspects of his work. […]

AUTUMN AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Maurizio Donzelli

From September 1 to November 19, 2012

Visitors can enjoy a full approach to the poetic elements of Maurizio Donzelli’s work, always focused on the concept of drawing, the discovery of images, the observer’s unavoidability in the definition of work of art, in the relation between light and colour […]

AUTUMN AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Annamaria Zanella

From September 1 to November 19, 2012

A refined and never commonplace artist, Annamaria Zanella presents a wide-ranging selection of her most recent creations at Palazzo Fortuny. Materials of jewellery are transformed into precious forms and geometries narrating fragments of the artist’s personal life, going beyond the mere function of ornament. […]

SPRING AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Diana Vreeland. After Diana Vreeland

From March 10 to June 25, 2012

This is the first major exhibition to be dedicated to the extraordinary and complex personality of Diana Vreeland (Paris 1903–New York 1989) […]

SPRING AT PALAZZO FORTUNY. Waxing eloquent. Italian Portraits in Wax

From March 10 to June 25, 2012

The world’s first exhibition on wax portraits will analyse a field that has been studied very little by art historians: that of life-size wax figures […]