At Art Safari, in the new exhibition “The Charm of Antiquity: Art Treasures from the Intesa Sanpaolo Collections”, which opens on November 13
Art Safari announces the opening of the exhibition “The Charm of Antiquity: Art Treasures from the Intesa Sanpaolo Collections” on Thursday, November 13, presenting a selection of outstanding works from a vast collection, chosen for their artistic value and beauty.
These include Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece The Painter and His Outdoor Model (1963), as well as Il Canaletto’s Capriccio with Gothic Church and Lagoon (ca. 1720–1721). Other big names of the exhibition: Giovanni Paolo Panini, Pieter van Bredael, Jan Frans van Bloemen, Giovanni Ghisolfi, Carlo Labruzzi, Vincenzo Martinelli or Lord Mancini (Francesco Mancini).
Pablo Picasso visits the Roman city of Pompeii in March 1917, being impressed by the ancient frescoes. The discovery of the buried city at the foot of Vesuvius inspires him, and this fascination for the heritage of the ancient world comes to life today at Art Safari, where visitors can discover the unique way in which one of the most fascinating themes in the history of art and artistic taste is explored: Antiquity, seen as the absolute model of ideal beauty.
The master Il Canaletto, famous for the sensitivity with which he captures the Venetian atmosphere, became from his youth a representative of the pictorial genre called veduta (very detailed paintings of city landscapes). The work exhibited at Art Safari captures the mysterious charm of Venice, seen as if through a dream, on the border between reality and fairy tale.
Curator: Fernando Mazzocca, exhibition architecture: Diana Nicolaie, coordinator: Monica Dumitru. The exhibition is made in partnership with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Bucarest.
Pallady, Matisse and Enescu, part of the exhibition program
The current edition of the most loved event dedicated to art in Romania, Art Safari, is coming to an end. This exhibition season can still be visited until December 14, at the Dacia-Romania Palace on Lipscani 18-20.
And masterpieces by Henri Matisse are exhibited for the first time in our country, after a historic loan that Art Safari obtained in partnership with two of the most important museums in Paris: Musée de l’Orangerie and Musée Henri Matisse – Département du Nord. These works are exhibited in the exhibition dedicated to Theodor Pallady – Paris Pallady.
Art Safari brings to the public’s attention the life and creation of the composer George Enescu through a special exhibition, a related event held under the auspices of the George Enescu International Festival –
Enescu and the Minotaur. And the exhibition Young Blood 5.0. Hello Math! presents the new wave of contemporary artists. The full schedule of exhibitions is available here.
Art Safari also offers a series of special events, with guided tours during the day or at night, art workshops for both adults and children, but also workshops for babies organized together with the Opera Comica for children.
The full program of events can be consulted here.
About Art Safari
Art Safari, supported by Lidl, George, Glo, Rompetrol, Porsche, Kinder, Peroni, Edenred Romania, specializes in creating exhibition pavilions of visual art and national history. Annual organizer of the Bucharest Art Pavilion – the largest conglomerate of art exhibitions in Romania – now in its 17th edition, realizes, in partnership with Romanian and international art museums and private collectors, retrospective exhibitions that aim to recover heritage values. With a strong educational side, its mission is to bring art closer to the public and educate new generations, including by organizing art workshops for children, guided tours and contemporary art exhibitions in unconventional spaces, such as Henri Coandă Airport or the Bucharest metro. Art Safari, a cultural project financed by the Ministry of Culture, is carried out in partnership with the Bucharest City Museum. In the 16 editions so far, it has registered over 1 million visitors. More details: artsafari.ro.
