Italia Germania.
Pittura e scultura tra Ottocento e Novecento. Da Canova a Kiefer
November 13, 2026 – May 2, 2027
Ispirazione Europa. Dialoghi d’arte tra il XIX e XX secolo
Italia Germania. Pittura e scultura tra Ottocento e Novecento. Da Canova a Kiefer
November 13, 2026 – May 2, 2027
Promoted by the Municipality of Vicenza, the exhibition Italia Germania inaugurates Ispirazione Europa, an exhibition project comprising three events, scheduled between 2026 and 2028 at the Basilica Palladiana, dedicated to the artistic and cultural relations between Italy and Germany, France and Spain.
Curated by Gabriella Belli and Valerio Terraroli, Italia Germania traces two centuries of relations between Italy and Germany, exploring the encounters, exchanges and influences that contributed to the formation of European artistic culture. Through paintings and sculptures, the exhibition retraces the key stages of this dialogue, from nineteenth-century Classicism to the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century, from the experiences of the interwar period to the artistic explorations of the postwar years and the more recent expressions of contemporary art.
From Goethe and Canova to leading figures of Futurism, Expressionism and abstraction, and on to Joseph Beuys, Anselm Kiefer and the artists of the Transavanguardia, the exhibition highlights a network of relationships that transcended eras and borders, demonstrating how the encounter between the two cultures helped renew artistic languages and foster a shared European consciousness.
