The exhibition The Hidden Theatre. A story in images is a collection of unpublished photographs dating back to the years of the discovery of the Roman Theatre of Spoleto and its unearthing, from 1938 to 1960.
The exhibition, promoted by the Polo Museale dell’Umbria – Museo Archeologico e Teatro Romano di Spoleto, in collaboration with Astra onlus and the Archivio di Stato di Perugia, section of Spoleto, shows photographs coming from the Accademia Etrusca di Cortona and from the archive of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria. The exhibition reveals unpublished aspects of the discovery of the Roman theatre and the transformation of the complex of S.Agata from a judicial prison (1867-1957) to a museum.
The history of the monastery of S. Agata – already known thanks to the research of G. Curti, S. Di Sante Coaccioli, S. Gubbiotti, resulting in the 2011 documented book “The Roman Theatre and the former monastery of S.Agata. Chronicle of its transformations” – is now enriched by photographs taken by the then inspector archaeologist Umberto Ciotti, who documented every step of the demolition and excavation work.
Polo Museale dell’Umbria
Piazza Giordano Bruno 10 – Perugia – tel. 075 5759612
National Archaeological Museum and Roman Theatre of Spoleto
Via Sant’Agata 18A – tel. 0743 223277
Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, from 27 October 2018 to 24 February 2019
Toru Hamada and Angelo Dozio
Opening: Saturday, October 27 at 12:00
TORU HAMADA – Anthological
The exhibition is curated by Gianluca Marziani and Italo Bergantini, and organized in collaboration with Romberg Contemporanea. After the placement in June, during the Festival dei Due Mondi, of one of his sculptures in Carrara marble in front of the Teatro Nuovo, today comes a large exhibition that tells us about his poetic and inspired painting … The life of Toru Hamada resembles the processing cycle of his art. First of all, one feels the atavistic bond with Japan, ascribable to a state of being that favours atmospheric silence, the firmness of the gaze, the discipline between body and spirit. At the same time, one feels the second homeland in Europe, first in Pietrasanta and then in the French countryside of Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye, two places of solid culture that have welcomed both the man and the artist. Asia and Europe, two continents that today sum up in this Umbrian experience, in the heart of a Spoleto that has always conceived harmony between distant worlds.
ANGELO DOZIO – The discipline of constant doubt
Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive’s historical investigation continues among Italian artists who deserve a more exhaustive evaluation of their work over ten years. After Gianfranco Chiavacci, Gastone Biggi, Salvatore Emblema and Giuseppe Biasio, it is now the turn of Angelo Dozio with an anthological exhibition set up between the white rooms of the Piano Mostre and the noble furnishings of the Piano Nobile.
The exhibition is curated by Gianluca Marziani: “Reinterpreting the cycles of a long career, Angelo Dozio highlights a consistent value in the theme of transcendence. Technological intuition, the link with town planning and architecture, the implicit presence of sound, the clairvoyance of digital language are present, but in the end there’s a metaphysical suspension that emerges and surpasses the rest, an iconographic system that returns to the lines of the sacred cross, the curves of the Greek and Roman capitals, to the Florentine two-tone marble, to the plan of churches and basilicas, to the design of ideal cities… Dozio’s geometry goes beyond history and climbs into the values of the Absolute, where only painting can get, where design incorporates morality, where Beauty thinks beyond worldly contingencies.”
PALACE COLLICOLA ARTI VISIVE
Piazza Collicola, 1 Spoleto
Exhibition info: www.palazzocollicola.it
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The screening of “Amahl and the Night Visitors”, the one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti specifically composed for the U.S. TV; a film festival dedicated to the great women of history and the seventh art with guests such as Barbora Bobuľová, “Spoleto … in corto”, a festival of animated movies starring Simone Massi, Julia Gromskaya and Francesco Filippi; a celebration of Leoncillo, a leading figure in 20th century art, who was born in Spoleto, in the fiftieth anniversary of his death; concerts by Cristiana Pegoraro, Edoardo Riganti Fulginei and UmbriaEnsemble, dance shows, theatre, exhibitions, cribs and markets, and then, sporting events along the former railway Spoleto-Norcia, a women’s volleyball tournament and a day dedicated to the achievements of Spoleto’s athletes, animations for children, Christmas trees set up in the main squares and a New Year’s Eve show with music by famous composer Mogol with fireworks display: there are more than forty events that make up the program of Spoleto d’Inverno 2018-2019, most of which in the period from December 6, 2018 until January 14, 2019, the day of San Ponziano, patron saint of the city.
EVENTS SCHEDULE
Thursday 6 and Friday 7 December | Monumental complex of San Nicolò
SPOLETO IN CORTO
short films and music videos | 1st edition of “Spoleto Short Contest” | school project “Tutto o quasi sul fumetto” (Everything or almost everything about comics)
Organized by Association TEUDE in collaboration with the National Association “100 autori”
7-8-9 / 14-15-16 December | largo Moneta – giardini di viale Trento e Trieste
UN NAT@LE CHE SIA TALE
h 15.00-19.00 on 7 and 14 December – h 10.00-19.00 on 8,9,15 and 16 December
Volunteer and solidarity Christmas market
Organized by Association InSiemeVola
Saturday 8 December | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. | viale Trento e Trieste
FIERA DELL’IMMACOLATA – traditional fair
Saturday, December 8th, 12 a.m., Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
BIOGRAFIA PLURALE – VIRGINIA RYAN: ARTE, AFRICA E ALTROVE
book presentation
Organized by Galleria Officina d’Arte & Tessuti
Saturday, 8 December, 5 p.m., Teatro Nuovo “G.C. Menotti”
CONCERT OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
concert on the occasion of the Grand Gala of Avis with music from famous soundtracks directed by Maestro Angelo Silvio Rosati
Organized by the City of Spoleto Band
From Saturday 8 December to Monday 14 January | square next to via Fratelli Cervi
FROZEN PARK – ice rink
3.00-7.30 p.m. and 9.00-12.00 p.m. weekdays, holidays and holidays all day
Sunday 9 December | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. | historic centre
ANTIQUES’ MARKET
monthly market with special section “Christmas from schools”
Sunday 9 December | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Palatenda via Pasquale Laureti
CHRISTMAS DOG EXHIBITION
dog exhibition with dog race, 2nd edition, with the participation of “guests” from the Municipal Kennel to promote their adoption
Organized by Arci Caccia Umbria, Spoleto district
Sunday 9 December | 9 a.m.
2nd PHOTOGRAPHIC WALK ON THE FORMER RAILWAY SPOLETO-NORCIA
guided walk to Caprareccia with Santa Claus and the Dotto train
Organized by the Italian Red Cross, local committee of Spoleto.
In case of bad weather the event will be held on 16|12
From Monday 10 to Saturday 15 December | Sala Pegasus and Sala Frau
SPOLETO FILM FESTIVAL – “PRIMO PIANO : PIANETA DONNA”
“From women in history to women in movies.”
Competitive festival of debut works by Italian and foreign authors, curated by the Cultural Association AmaRcorD.
Monday 10 December 6 p.m. | Sala Frau | Festival opening and screenings
From 10 to 14 December 6 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. | screening of movies and short films in competition. With the participation of directors and actors.
Friday 14 6 p.m. | Scheggino, multipurpose room | film screening.
Saturday 15 10 a.m. | Municipal Library “G. Carducci” at Palazzo Mauri | round table “From
women in history to women in the history of cinema”.
Saturday 15 9 p.m. | Hotel Albornoz | red carpet and gala dinner with awards ceremony for the winning films
Saturday 15 December | 5 p.m. | Teatro Nuovo “G. C. Menotti”
IN…CANTO DI EMOZIONI
Christmas concert
Organized by the Municipal School of Music and Dance “Alessandro Onofri”
Sunday 16 December | 11 a.m. | Sala Pegasus
CONCERT IN HONOR OF DEBUSSY
concert by Galleria Officina d’Arte & Tessuti
Sunday 16 December | 11 a.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
FAMIGLIE AD ARTE – CHRISTMAS EDITION
Games, riddles and workshops to stimulate creativity
In balance with Alexander
Organized by Sistema Museo
Sunday, 16 December | 4.30 p.m. | Teatro Nuovo “G.C. Menotti”
LA BOTTEGA DEI GIOCATTOLI (THE TOY SHOP)
Theatrical performance included in the review “La Domenica dei Sogni”
Thursday, 20 December | 4 p.m. | Town Hall
SPOLETO CELEBRATES LEONCILLO
celebration of the great artist from Spoleto on the fiftieth anniversary of his death
Sunday, 23 December | 3.30 p.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
FAMIGLIE AD ARTE – CHRISTMAS EDITION
Games, riddles and workshops to stimulate creativity
A Calder Christmas
by Sistema Museo
Sunday, 23 December | 9 p.m. | Teatro Nuovo “G.C. Menotti”.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS CONCERT
concert by A. Cicillini, C. Rossi, L. Ranieri, M. C. Berioli with the participation of C. Pegoraro and the “Octava Aurea” children’s choir.
Organized by UmbriaEnsemble
Free admission upon reservation (no seat assignment):
IAT Spoleto – Largo Ferrer 6 | 0743 218620 | info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Wednesday, 26 December | 6:30 p.m. | Teatro Caio Melisso “Spazio Carla Fendi”
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
screening of the one-act opera by G. C. Menotti directed by Thomas Schippers
Afterwards: Amahl and Spoleto conversation with Umberto de Augustinis, Giorgio Ferrara, Alessio Vlad and Andrea Tomasini
Special event organized by the Festival Foundation
Thursday 27 December | 4 p.m. | Complesso Monumentale San Nicolò
DAY OF SPOLETO’S GREATEST ATHLETES
Spoleto awards its athletes for their achievements in domestic and international competitions
from Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 December | communal sports areas |
2018 “CITY OF SPOLETO” NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT
volleyball tournament between women’s national teams under 12-13-14-16-18
Organized by A.S.D. Volley Spoleto
Saturday 29 December | 4 p.m. | Villa Redenta – Sala Monterosso
BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH
Children’s Choir of Spoleto and Valnerina
Organized by Teatro Lirico Sperimentale “A. Belli”
Saturday, 29 December | 9 p.m. | Teatro Nuovo “G.C. Menotti”
LET’S SAY GOODBYE TO 2018 WITH ROSSINI AND VIVALDI
Concert with music from Vivaldi to Rossini on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death with Cristiana Pegoraro at the piano and the Rome Chamber Ensemble directed by Lorenzo Porzio.
Free admission upon reservation (no seat assignment):
IAT Spoleto – Largo Ferrer 6 | 0743 218620 | info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Sunday 30 December | 3.30 p.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
FAMIGLIE AD ARTE – CHRISTMAS EDITION
Games, riddles and workshops to stimulate creativity
Sandy’s joys
Organized by Sistema Museo
Sunday 30 December | 5 p.m. | Complesso Monumentale San Nicolò
THE MUSIC OF THE BARBERINI
concert with Lucia Napoli, mezzo-soprano and Francesco Cera, harpsichord
Organized by Accademia degli Ottusi
Monday 31 December | Piazza Garibaldi
NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOW
10.30 p.m. Sardinia Rock presents “The great successes of Mogol”
At Midnight: fireworks display
From Thursday, January 3 to Saturday, January 5 | Teatro Nuovo “G. C. Menotti”
DANCE ACROSS UMBRIA – INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION
3 January Hip Hop, 4 and 5 January Classic-Modern-Contemporary
Organized by CSEN Umbria
Saturday 5 January | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Piazza Garibaldi
EPIPHANY FAIR
Sunday 6 January | 3 p.m. | Piazzale Auditorium della Stella
FEAST OF THE BEFANA
animation for children with arrival of the Befana
Organized by the Italian Red Cross, local committee of Spoleto
Sunday 6 January | 3.30 p.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
FAMIGLIE AD ARTE – CHRISTMAS EDITION
Games, riddles and workshops to stimulate creativity
Color Workshop: Red!
Organized by Sistema Museo
Sunday, 6 January, 5 p.m., Teatro Caio Melisso “Spazio Carla Fendi”
EPIPHANY CONCERT
Epiphany concert with Edoardo Riganti Fulginei at the piano
Free admission upon reservation (no seat assignment):
IAT Spoleto – Largo Ferrer 6 | 0743 218620 | info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Sunday 13 January | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. | historic centre
ANTIQUES’ MARKET
monthly market of handicrafts and antiques
Sunday, 13 January | 4.30 p.m. | Teatro Nuovo “G.C. Menotti”
L’ISOLA CHE NON C’È…ADESSO C’È
theatrical performance included in the review “La Domenica dei Sogni”
Sunday 20 January | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. | viale Trento e Trieste
SAN PONZIANO FAIR
fair on the occasion of Spoleto’s Patron Saint
OTHER EVENTS
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16, Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 December | 4.00-6.00 p.m.
CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
Santa’s sleigh stops in Spoleto from the Immaculate Conception untill Christmas
animation, workshops, sweets, songs,
music and dancing in the town center
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16, Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 December | 4.00-6.00 p.m.
DOTTO TRAIN
the little train will take you through the streets of the historic centre
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16, Saturday 22, Sunday 23 and Monday 24 December
ZAMPOGNA PLAYERS
duo with ciaramella e zampogna in traditional costumes, through the squares and streets of the historic center
Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 December
“G. Fantini” BRASS GROUP
squares and streets of the historic center
EXHIBITIONS
TORU HAMADA AND ANGEL DOZIO
27 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
by Gianluca Marziani and Italo Bergantini
ALPHABETS
7 December 2018 – 7 April 2019
7 December 11.00 a.m. Rocca Albornoz, Spoleto / 4 p.m. Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio
8 December 12.00 a.m. Tempietto del Clitunno, Campello sul Clitunno
Project by Studio A’87, Viaindustriae, Polo Museale dell’Umbria | curated by Emanuele De Donno,
Giuliano Macchia, Franco Troiani
FIBER ART BIENNIAL
8 December 2018 – 16 January 2019
Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Textile and Costume Museum, Officina d’Arte e Tessuti
by Giuseppina Caldarola in collaboration with Gianluca Marziani
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO ANNA MAGNANI
10-15 December 2018
Ex-Monte di Pietà (Via Saffi)
curated by AmaRcorD Ass. Culturale, as part of the Spoleto Film Festival “Pianeta Donna”
REUSE AND RECOVERY OF THE ANCIENT IN THE SPOLETO AREA IN LOMBARD AGE
14 December 2018 – 6 October 2019
National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, Spoleto
Temple of Clitunno, Campello sul Clitunno
by Associazione Italia Langobardorum and Polo Museale dell’Umbria
EXEMPLA 1.0
8 December 2018 – 14 January 2019
Urban Center, Corso Mazzini – ADD-art Gallery, via Palazzo dei Duchi
by cultural association Ofarch, Galleria ADD-art and Andrea Tomasini
CRIBS
SPOLETO, THE CITY IN A CRIB – 9th edition
14 December 2018 – 14 January 2019
historic centre
by Spoleto’s Pro Loco “A. Busetti”
THE CRIB AT THE STATION
8 December 2018 – 14 January 2019
Spoleto railway station | exhibition by Mauro Scarabottini
Holidays and holidays’ eves 2.00-8.00 p.m., weekdays 5.00-8.00 p.m.
Tenth edition of Viaggiatori sulla Flaminia, an initiative organized by MIBAC – Polo Museale dell’Umbria, Studio A’87 and Viaindustriae, with the coordination of Paola Mercurelli Salari, Emanuele De Donno and Franco Troiani, with the aim of encouraging a comparison between many contemporary artists with different styles.
Following the theme chosen for this year, ALFABETI (Alphabets), three exhibitions have been set up at Rocca Albornoz in Spoleto, Palazzo Ducale in Gubbio and Tempietto del Clitunno in Campello sul Clitunno, inspired by writing in all its semantic and symbolic variations, offering different artistic languages and tools (ranging from artist’s books to serial or multiple works and video installations).
The opening of the event will take place on Friday, December 7 at 11 am at the Rocca Albornoz in Spoleto.
At 4 p.m. on the same day, the exhibition will also be inaugurated and presented at the Palazzo Ducale in Gubbio.
Finally, on Saturday 8 December, at 11 a.m., installation and performance at the Tempietto di Campello sul Clitunno.
Participating artists:
Andrea Abbatangelo, Affiliati Peducci Savini, Vincenzo Agnetti, Doug Aitken, Getulio Alviani, Marco Baldicchi, Nanni Balestrini, Fiona Banner, Toni Bellucci, Mirella Bentivoglio, Gianni Bertini, Joseph Beuys, Valentino Biagioli, Irma Blank, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Mario Boldrini, Stefano Bonacci, Stanley Brown, Tiziano Campi, Sauro Cardinali, Francesco Carone, Nicola Carrino, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, Umberto Cavenago, Bruno Ceccobelli, Banu Cenettoglu, Mario Ceroli, Giuseppe Chiari, Claudio Costa, Gino De Dominicis, Mario Diacono, Corrado D’Ottavi, Arthur Duff, Alberto Faietti, Giulia Filippi, Tommaso Faraci, Robert Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jeff Gibbons, Gilbert & George, Giuliano Giuman, Dan Graham, Aldo Grazzi, Giorgio Griffa, Nedda Guidi, Richard Hamilton, Dick Higgins, Douglas Huebler, Allan Kaprow, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Jeffrey Isaac, Myriam Laplante, Ketty La Rocca, Sol LeWitt, Sean Lynch, Stelio Maria Martini, Mario Merz, Afranio Metelli, Eugenio Miccini, Jonathan Monk, Miriam Montani, Maurizio Nannucci, Hermann Nitsch, Nuvolo, Olaf Nicolai, Luca Maria Patella, Giulio Paolini, Anne & Patrick Poirier, Ugo Piccioni, Cesare Pietroiusti, Lamberto Pignotti, Luca Pucci, Umberto Raponi, Giacomo Silva + Floriana Onidi, Gianni Emilio Simonetti, Slavs and Tatars, Daniel Spoerri, Nello Teodori, Luciano Tittarelli, Tommaso Tozzi, David Tremlett, Franco Troiani, Franco Vaccari, Ben Vautier, Claudio Verna, Cesare Viel, Emilio Villa, Lawrence Weiner, Stephen Willats, Alberto Zanmatti.
EXEMPLA, OBJECTS AND THINGSITIES, IS A WIDESPREAD EXHIBITION OF THINGS MADE BY ARTISANS
inauguration 8 December
18:00 ADD-art contemporary art gallery, Via Palazzo dei Duchi 6
19:30 Urban Center Spoleto, Corso Giuseppe Mazzini 58
ORGANIZATION
ADD-art, OFARCH Officina d’Architettura, Andrea Tomasini
with the collaboration of Viaindustriae, Spoleto Municipal Library and the support of Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Silvia Beccaria, Auro and Celso Ceccobelli, EL gioielli, Guido Lilli, Giuliana Nagni, Piloh, David Pompili, Vagamé
WHAT
Exempla is an exhibition and a narration of the different possible variants of the discourse on things and objects in everyday life, made by creators who design them and whose uniqueness lies in the gestures of the hands with which they are made. Exempla exhibits artifacts – things produced by craftsmen – capable of maintaining their functional value without losing the beauty and identity most typically related to the unique work. Exempla will show these artifacts/manufactures and will organize meetings with the artists invited to exhibit, seminars on the system of things and objects, book presentations, readings of poets and collective public readings to mark the plural nature of things and highlight the resonances that live in them.
Exempla is an exhibition of savoir-faire and faire-savoir, the beauty of small things in everyday life.
WHERE
Urban Center Spoleto, ADD-art gallery, Casa dell’Architettura Spoleto and other exhibition spaces in the historic center Spoleto
SPONSORHIP
City of Spoleto, Order of Architects P.P.C. Perugia, F.U.A. Fondazione Umbra per l’architettura
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Emanuele Elisei
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Photos by Edward Quinn
15 December 2018 – 31 March 2019
MAG Palazzo Bufalini Piazza Duomo Spoleto
On the occasion of the forty-fifth anniversary of his death, and in conjunction with numerous exhibitions around the world dedicated to him, Spoleto celebrates the genius of the Spanish artist with the exhibition PICASSO. INTIMATE PORTRAIT Photos by Edward Quinn, presenting a large series of shots, some of them unpublished, taken by Edward Quinn (Dublin 1920-Switzerland 1997), the photojournalist who followed Picasso (1881-1973) to the Côte d’Azur and portrayed him, with his permission, for about twenty years.
From December 15, 2018 to March 31, 2019, MAG MetaMorfosi Art Gallery in Palazzo Bufalini in Piazza Duomo will feature about eighty photos (two sizes on display 40×50 and 30×40 cm) that tell the story of an absolutely private Picasso: among his women, lovers and friends, among his children, the result of many passions over the years, among the many friends and acquaintances who populated his canvases as well as the laid tables and the beaches by the sea. As many as 26 of these photos are unpublished and never printed before. The photos come from the Quinn Archive, Zurich, and were selected by the exhibition’s curator, Wolfgang Frei, the photographer’s nephew.
The exhibition, produced and organized by MetaMorfosi under the patronage of the City of Spoleto, is the result of the special friendship that linked Picasso to Edward Quinn, as his nephew explains by reconstructing their first meeting on the Côte d’Azur: “”Lui, il ne me dérange pas”, (“He does not bother me”) says Picasso after having been photographed for the first time during his work on March 23, 1953. So Quinn became one of the few photographers who was allowed to photograph him at work and who was accepted in his private life.
Born in 1920, Quinn moved to Munich in the late 1940s. Probably there has never been a place like the Côte d’Azur of the 1950s and 1960s where so many stars, politicians and artists have lived or spent their holidays. One of the personalities who settled on the Côte d’Azur was Picasso: he already was a star. Quinn managed to take his first photos of Picasso with his two children in 1951. The artist liked the photos and agreed to the request for further shots. Two years later, the first photo shoot took place with Picasso working with ceramics. Quinn did not belong to the breed of the insistent paparazzi, like tabloid photographers. In this he was too much of an Irish gentleman. He soon became a friend of Picasso, as shown by the 1954 dedication to the linocut “Toros en Vallauris”: “Para el amigo Quinn – el buen fotógrafo”.
“Even if Quinn – Frei tells us – was a dear friend, it was almost never possible to make an appointment with Picasso in advance. Often Picasso gave the order not to be disturbed. Almost all visits were unexpected and improvised. However, this was in line with Quinn’s way of working: his shots did not need long technical preparations. He didn’t use the tripod and refused to artificially light the rooms and have Picasso pose for a photo. The aim was to show under what conditions the artist created his works”.
The objective was unconventional, credible, authentic, documentary photography. The photographs on display, many of which have never been published, reveal how the artist was inspired by everyday things and people, but also by the extraordinary things that surrounded him. In this vision of his personality, of the people behind the images, also clichés about reality and opposites become visible: free time alongside work, everyday life in relation to art, Casanova and the family man, the clown and the extrovert joker, but also the very attentive master.
A fascinating intimate portrait of the artist that covers a period of over 20 years and tells an unusual Picasso, authentic and rich in humanity.
A selection of images in the exhibition can be downloaded from the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/Picasso-Spoleto
PICASSO. INTIMATE PORTRAIT
Photos by Edward Quinn
15 December 2018 – 31 March 2019
MAG Palazzo Bufalini Piazza Duomo Spoleto
OPENING TIMES:
Tuesday/Sunday 10.00-18.30
25 December: 10.00-12.30 – 15.30-18.30
31 December: 10.00-18.30
1 January: 12.30-18.30
ENTRANCE: full 5.00 € reduced 3.00 €
INFORMATION: 0743 225302
MetaMorphosis Press Office
Maria Grazia Filippi
mariagraziafilippi@associazionemetamorfosi.com
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National Museum of the Duchy (Spoleto) and Temple of Clitunno (Campello sul Clitunno)
The intentional reuse of Roman worked stone in the Lombard Period
Organized by Associazione Italia Langobardorum and Polo Museale dell’Umbria
Opening: Tuesday, December 18 at 12:00 at the Temple of Clitunno and at 15:00 at the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto.
The respect and emulation of the ancient, very widespread in the Lombard period, is one of the most obvious phenomena of that process of acculturation and integration of Lombards, very important for their affirmation. It is along the Flaminia Nova, in the stretch between Spoleto and Campello, that one can find numerous monuments that testify to the reuse of ancient materials in buildings of the early Middle Ages and Romanesque age, many of which arose near cemetery areas outside the city.
The exhibition is part of the cycle of events entitled Longobardi in vetrina (Lombards in the limelight), a project within a series of activities promoted by the Associazione Italia Langobardorum – management structure of the UNESCO site Longobards in Italy. The places of power (568-774 A.D.) of which the municipalities of Spoleto and Campello are founding members – for the dissemination of knowledge of Lombard culture.
The exhibitions will be accompanied by educational and training activities and conferences that makes this project the first nationwide exhibition dedicated to the Lombard people, the largest in terms of extension and involvement of institutions and archaeological heritage. The 15 exhibitions will all be inaugurated by the end of January 2018 and will be collected in a single printed catalogue and in a single virtual exhibition created with MOVIO, the multifunctional open source platform promoted by MiBAC, used to create and publish exhibition guides, digital extensions of real and virtual exhibitions.
www.longobardinvetrina.it
Longobardi in vetrina is part of the project Exchange and sharing between museums to enhance the Lombard heritage for which the Association has obtained from MiBACT the admission to funding under Law 77/2006 ‘Measures for the protection and use of UNESCO sites’.
From 23 December to 6 January Spoleto will host an Ice Crib of 35 square meters, the largest in Italy, made by the Italian Association of Ice Sculptors.
The Christmas crib will be located in Piazza Pianciani.
The work was created by the Italian Association of Ice Sculptors, celebrating a centuries-old art born in the early twentieth century.
The Nativity, which will pay homage to the figure of St. Francis, will be placed inside a refrigerated truck and kept at a constant temperature of -2 °, a space where the public can admire over 18 tons of pure crystalline ice transformed into statues of real size.
The Nativity scene can be visited from 23 December to 6 January, from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 3.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m., while on Sundays from 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. The 25th of December and the 1st of January it will be open only in the afternoon. The cost of the ticket is € 2.00 for adults and 1 euro for children.
During the Christmas period, on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 December, some sculptors of the Association will perform in the historic center of Spoleto to demonstrate how a work of ice is born.
The event is organized by the Italian Association of Ice Sculptors in collaboration with the City of Spoleto – Department of Culture and Development.
The Italian Association of Ice Sculptors, chaired by Amelio Mazzella, boasts numerous and prestigious participations and organizations of World competitions. The sculptors of the Association competed in ice sculpture competitions, which are part of the cultural program of the Winter Olympics, in 2002 in Salt Lake City (USA), in 2010 in Vancouver (Canada). On the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, they also organized an important event in Pragelato, involving 40 artists from 24 countries.
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Municipal Library G. Carducci – Palazzo Mauri, from 9 October every Tuesday at 21.00
THE RETURN HOME
Living on land, travelling by sea, telling stories
Reading group #spoletolegge
With the collaboration of Andrea Tomasini
Odyssey by Homer
Eneid by Publio Virgilio Marone
The return by Claudio Rutilio Namaziano
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss
During the Christmas season the Polo Museale dell’Umbria and the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto in collaboration with Sistema Museo propose a special program of thematic guided tours to the Rocca Albornoz of Spoleto aimed at enhancing the prestigious monument and the important pictorial cycles that adorn the Camera Pinta (painted room) of the papal fortress.
Scheduled thematic guided tours:
Saturday 8 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Wednesday 26 December 2018 – 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.
The governor’s rooms, Rocca Albornoz hall of honour and the Camera Pinta
Saturday 29 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Monday, 31 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The Rocca Albornoz, a self-sufficient fortress
Wednesday, 2 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Thursday, 3 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Landscapes, coats of arms and knights, the pictorial decoration of the Rocca Albornoz
Friday 4 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Saturday 5 January 2019 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Sunday 6 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
When the Fortress was a prison, transformations from 1817 to 1982
The guided tours are free for Spoleto Card holders and are open to all with a participation fee of € 3.00, subject to the purchase of the ticket to the monument.
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz ticket office
Reservation required:
0743 224952
museoducatospoleto@sistemamuseo.it
During the Christmas season the Polo Museale dell’Umbria and the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto in collaboration with Sistema Museo propose a special program of thematic guided tours to the Rocca Albornoz of Spoleto aimed at enhancing the prestigious monument and the important pictorial cycles that adorn the Camera Pinta (painted room) of the papal fortress.
Scheduled thematic guided tours:
Saturday 8 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Wednesday 26 December 2018 – 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.
The governor’s rooms, Rocca Albornoz hall of honour and the Camera Pinta
Saturday 29 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Monday, 31 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The Rocca Albornoz, a self-sufficient fortress
Wednesday, 2 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Thursday, 3 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Landscapes, coats of arms and knights, the pictorial decoration of the Rocca Albornoz
Friday 4 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Saturday 5 January 2019 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Sunday 6 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
When the Fortress was a prison, transformations from 1817 to 1982
The guided tours are free for Spoleto Card holders and are open to all with a participation fee of € 3.00, subject to the purchase of the ticket to the monument.
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz ticket office
Reservation required:
0743 224952
museoducatospoleto@sistemamuseo.it
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January 4-5 | Teatro Nuovo “G. C. Menotti”
DANCE ACROSS UMBRIA – INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION
Organized by CSEN Umbria
Further information:
danceacrossitalia@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/danceacrossitalia/
www.csen.it – www.csenumbria.it
Tel. 345 2426030
During the Christmas season the Polo Museale dell’Umbria and the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto in collaboration with Sistema Museo propose a special program of thematic guided tours to the Rocca Albornoz of Spoleto aimed at enhancing the prestigious monument and the important pictorial cycles that adorn the Camera Pinta (painted room) of the papal fortress.
Scheduled thematic guided tours:
Saturday 8 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Wednesday 26 December 2018 – 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.
The governor’s rooms, Rocca Albornoz hall of honour and the Camera Pinta
Saturday 29 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Monday, 31 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The Rocca Albornoz, a self-sufficient fortress
Wednesday, 2 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Thursday, 3 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Landscapes, coats of arms and knights, the pictorial decoration of the Rocca Albornoz
Friday 4 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Saturday 5 January 2019 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Sunday 6 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
When the Fortress was a prison, transformations from 1817 to 1982
The guided tours are free for Spoleto Card holders and are open to all with a participation fee of € 3.00, subject to the purchase of the ticket to the monument.
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz ticket office
Reservation required:
0743 224952
museoducatospoleto@sistemamuseo.it
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During the Christmas season the Polo Museale dell’Umbria and the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto in collaboration with Sistema Museo propose a special program of thematic guided tours to the Rocca Albornoz of Spoleto aimed at enhancing the prestigious monument and the important pictorial cycles that adorn the Camera Pinta (painted room) of the papal fortress.
Scheduled thematic guided tours:
Saturday 8 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Wednesday 26 December 2018 – 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.
The governor’s rooms, Rocca Albornoz hall of honour and the Camera Pinta
Saturday 29 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Monday, 31 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The Rocca Albornoz, a self-sufficient fortress
Wednesday, 2 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Thursday, 3 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Landscapes, coats of arms and knights, the pictorial decoration of the Rocca Albornoz
Friday 4 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Saturday 5 January 2019 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Sunday 6 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
When the Fortress was a prison, transformations from 1817 to 1982
The guided tours are free for Spoleto Card holders and are open to all with a participation fee of € 3.00, subject to the purchase of the ticket to the monument.
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz ticket office
Reservation required:
0743 224952
museoducatospoleto@sistemamuseo.it
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
During the Christmas season the Polo Museale dell’Umbria and the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto in collaboration with Sistema Museo propose a special program of thematic guided tours to the Rocca Albornoz of Spoleto aimed at enhancing the prestigious monument and the important pictorial cycles that adorn the Camera Pinta (painted room) of the papal fortress.
Scheduled thematic guided tours:
Saturday 8 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Wednesday 26 December 2018 – 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.
The governor’s rooms, Rocca Albornoz hall of honour and the Camera Pinta
Saturday 29 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Monday, 31 December 2018 – 3.30 p.m.
The Rocca Albornoz, a self-sufficient fortress
Wednesday, 2 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Thursday, 3 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
Landscapes, coats of arms and knights, the pictorial decoration of the Rocca Albornoz
Friday 4 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
The great fortress, from its origins to the prison era
Saturday 5 January 2019 – 3.30 p.m.
Stories of love and weapons, the Camera Pinta frescoes
Sunday 6 January 2019 – 11.30 a.m.
When the Fortress was a prison, transformations from 1817 to 1982
The guided tours are free for Spoleto Card holders and are open to all with a participation fee of € 3.00, subject to the purchase of the ticket to the monument.
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz ticket office
Reservation required:
0743 224952
museoducatospoleto@sistemamuseo.it
FAMIGLIE AD ARTE – CHRISTMAS EDITION
Games, riddles and workshops to stimulate creativity
Organized by Sistema Museo
Sistema Museo in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the City of Spoleto, presents Natale a Palazzo!, a special Christmas edition of Famiglie ad Arte, an educational project aimed at children and their families.
The four free appointments are included in the program Spoleto d’Inverno (Spoleto by winter), which will take place at Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts on Sundays from December 16, 2018 to January 6, 2019.
The meetings, dedicated to Alexander Calder, will allow families to meet one of the greatest artists of all time. Games, riddles and workshops will stimulate participants’ imagination and dexterity through the creation of artistic works with a Christmas theme inspired by the works of the great American master.
Reservation is required by contacting the number 0743 46434.
PROGRAMME
Sunday 16 December | 11 a.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
In balance with Alexander
Sunday, 23 December | 3.30 p.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
A Calder Christmas
Sunday 30 December | 3.30 p.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
Sandy’s joys
Sunday 6 January | 3.30 p.m. | Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
Color Workshop: Red!
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Sunday, 6 January, 5 p.m., Teatro Caio Melisso “Spazio Carla Fendi”
EPIPHANY CONCERT
Epiphany concert with Edoardo Riganti Fulginei at the piano
Free admission upon reservation (no seat assignment):
IAT Spoleto – Largo Ferrer 6 | 0743 218620 | info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Municipal Library G. Carducci – Palazzo Mauri, from 9 October every Tuesday at 21.00
THE RETURN HOME
Living on land, travelling by sea, telling stories
Reading group #spoletolegge
With the collaboration of Andrea Tomasini
Odyssey by Homer
Eneid by Publio Virgilio Marone
The return by Claudio Rutilio Namaziano
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss
MEZZ’ORA DOPO LA CHIUSURA
STILL LIFE
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura, the event organized by Sistema Museo, waits for you on Friday 11 January 2019 at 19.00 at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive.
The meeting will focus on still-life painting, whose evolution will be explained thanks to the important paintings featured at Palazzo Collicola’s Piano Nobile, such as the one executed in Guercino’s workshop.
The event will be followed by an aperitif, thanks to the collaboration with Con Spoleto – the Spoleto hotel managers’ association.
Meet at 19h00 at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
Participation fee
Guided visit – Full € 7,00
Reduced fee € 5,00 for Spoleto Card holders
Aperitif – € 5,00
Please reserve within Friday at 13.00:
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743.46434
As in past years, Spoleto’s Department of Culture organizes The fun before the theatre – as the children called it last year – the project of theatrical mediation held by the Cultural Association Il Teodelapio in the person of Lorella Natalizi, teacher of theatre for children.
The meetings are linked to La Domenica dei Sogni family theatre festival and will be held on the Saturdays preceding the Sunday shows, at 11 a.m. at the Municipal Library.
Through an image, a piece of text or a theatre play, the main theme of each show will be explored: friendship, relationship, diversity, insecurities, the desire for poetry.
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Works from Shakespeare, Ibsen, De Filippo, Bulgakov and Mamet. Actors such as Umberto Orsini, Lunetta Savino, Luca Barbareschi, Gianfelice Imparato, Michele Riondino. Dance shows inspired by Gershwin and Shubert, the Bible revisited in a comic way by the talented Oblivion youtubers, one of the most famous musicals of all time: these are the eight shows of Spoleto’s 2018/2019 Theatre Season. All of them, except for one at Teatro Caio Melisso, will be staged at Teatro Nuovo “Gian Carlo Menotti”.
Theatre Season Programme (PDF)
SPOLETO CARD Thematic Guided Tours
Guided tours to Spoleto’s cultural heritage
11.30 a.m.
THE ROMAN DOMUS
Patrician house of the 1 century A.D.
Meeting place: Roman House
Free of Charge for Spoleto Card holders
Without Spoleto Card: € 3.00 + museum ticket
For information and reservations:
Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952
e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
For more information visit www.spoletocard.it
LA DOMENICA DEI SOGNI – Teatro Famiglia
SUNDAY OF DREAMS – Family Theatre
Conceived by Vincenzo Cerami
Sunday 13 January 2019
Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti, 4.30 p.m.
THE ISLAND OF NEVERLAND… IS NOW A FOREVERLAND
Ass. Culturale Tieffeu
by and with Francesca Prete and Riccardo Toccacielo
direction, sets and puppets by Mario Mirabassi
This is a true, or almost true, story that could take place anywhere, in any city of the world. It is the story of a group of young people and of an abandoned and uncultivated green space, the only one left among buildings and concrete, the last meeting point of the children of the district. But one day that space is taken away from them to build a large gambling center owned by the local boss who dominates the entire city. From here, the story develops with their parents and LIBERA association coming to support the children’s action.
Tickets and subscriptions
children and young people up to 18 years free of charge
single entrance € 6,00 (adults only)
Duration of shows: about 60 minutes
Ticket purchase: the day of the show 15.45-16.30
For information and reservations:
Municipality of Spoleto – Direzione Sviluppo – Assessorato alla Cultura
Tel. 0743 218615 – scuola.musicadanza@comune.spoleto.pg.it
The Library goes to the theatre! – Every Sunday at the theatre, books on loan for children
Municipal Library of Spoleto
Municipal Library G. Carducci – Palazzo Mauri, from 9 October every Tuesday at 21.00
THE RETURN HOME
Living on land, travelling by sea, telling stories
Reading group #spoletolegge
With the collaboration of Andrea Tomasini
Odyssey by Homer
Eneid by Publio Virgilio Marone
The return by Claudio Rutilio Namaziano
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss
MEZZ’ORA DOPO LA CHIUSURA
THE TASTE OF ART.
Food in the works of Palazzo Collicola
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura, the event organized by Sistema Museo, waits for you on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 19.00 with a visit entitled The taste of art. Food in the works of Palazzo Collicola.
Through the paintings on display at the Piano Nobile, we will retrace the link that has always connected art to food, to discover ancient dishes and the many curiosities related to this type of representation.
The event will be followed by an aperitif, thanks to the collaboration with Con Spoleto – the Spoleto hotel managers’ association.
Meet at 19h00 at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive.
Participation fee
Guided visit – Full € 7,00
Reduced fee € 5,00 for Spoleto Card holders
Aperitif – € 5,00
Please reserve within Friday at 13.00:
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743.46434
Monumental Complex of San Nicolò, h 9.30
FAUNA 2019
First Study Day on the Italian Wildlife at Spoleto as part of the project The Ragni Collection as a tool for scientific research and historical memory of the Spoleto and Umbrian natural heritage
Organized by Comune di Spoleto, University of Perugia, Ragni family, Hyla Naturalistic Studio, WildUmbria Association and co-funded by the Cassa di Risparmio Spoleto Foundation.
The event is organized by the City of Spoleto in collaboration with the Ragni Family, the Consorzio Bonifica Umbra, the Academy of the Ottusi and will be attended by scholars, researchers and representatives of public, regional and national scientific institutions.
A year after his death, even in this way we want to pay tribute to Bernardino Ragni (Spoleto 1946-2018) who spent his life studying and learning about wildlife. A passion born as a boy that was then transferred to his work as a professor at the University of Perugia in order to protect and maintain the animal species and the environment in which they live.
Bernardino Ragni, former researcher of animal biology and professor of environmental zoology and fauna management at the University of Perugia, was an expert in biology and conservation of tetrapods, sustainable use and conservation of living natural resources, landscape and territory. Author and co-author of over 160 scientific and specialist publications, he was a member of the Species Survival Commission and of the IUCN’s Cat Specialist Group, The World Conservation Union, and founder of the Society of Environmental Biology.
Press Info: aciemmearte@gmail.com, 339.5993281
SPOLETO CARD Thematic Guided Tours
Guided tours to Spoleto’s cultural heritage
11.30 a.m.
THE COLLICOLA FAMILY
Meeting place: Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
Free of Charge for Spoleto Card holders
Without Spoleto Card: € 3.00 + museum ticket
For information and reservations:
Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952
e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
For more information visit www.spoletocard.it
Municipal Library G. Carducci – Palazzo Mauri, from 9 October every Tuesday at 21.00
THE RETURN HOME
Living on land, travelling by sea, telling stories
Reading group #spoletolegge
With the collaboration of Andrea Tomasini
Odyssey by Homer
Eneid by Publio Virgilio Marone
The return by Claudio Rutilio Namaziano
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss
OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND OTHER STORIES
Cycle of meetings at the Archaeological Museum and Roman Theatre of Spoleto
The new cycle of meeting organised at the National Archaeological Museum and Roman Theatre in Spoleto by the director Fabio Pagano is entitled Di archeologia e altre storie (Of archaeology and other stories).
Wednesday, January 23, at 17, Valerio Chiaraluce, Luca Donnini, Massimiliano Gasperini (Astra non-profit organization) will talk about the latest findings at the archaeological site of Carsulae (***postponed to February 6***).
This meeting will be followed on February 20 by Ma da dove venivano questi Longobardi? (But where did these Lombards come from?) with Fabio Pagano, on March 20 Quando Luca Signorelli lavorò a Spoleto (When Luca Signorelli worked in Spoleto) with Federica Zalabra (Mibac – Direzione Generale Musei), on April 17 Decorazione scultorea del Teatro Romano di Spoleto. (Sculptural decoration of the Roman Theatre of Spoleto) with Giulia Rocco of the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’. The meetings will end on May 15 with Gabriella Sabatini (Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell’Umbria) and Luca Donnini, who will focus on Spoleto (PG) – Via Monterone. Il tratto della porta ubica e delle mura civiche romane. Nuove acquisizioni. (Spoleto (PG) – Via Monterone. The stretch of the ancient gate and of the Roman city walls. New acquisitions.)
Manual Intelligence: Craft Production and Techniques in the Lombard Period
24 January – 21 July 2019
Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto | MuCiv – MAME of Rome
Openings
Thursday 24 January at 16 – Spoleto
Tuesday 29 January at 11.30 a.m. – Rome
15 exhibitions are held at the same time and 7 themes are treated within the project Longobards in the limelight. Exchanges and sharing between museums to enhance the Longobard heritage, conceived and coordinated by Italia Langobardorum Association, management structure of the UNESCO site “Longobards in Italy. The places of power (568-774 A.D.).
An ambitious project that enjoys the patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and obtained the contribution of MIBAC Law 77/2006, dedicated to Italian UNESCO sites.
The project aims at raising knowledge about Longobard culture through the enhancement of the museums located in the seven monumental complexes that are part of the UNESCO site, but also of those sites that were involved by the passage of the Longobards. Collaboration and synergy between museums are encouraged by temporary exchanges of artworks, divided into thematic exhibitions, hosted in the 6 museums of the UNESCO site network (National Archaeological Museum of Cividale del Friuli, antiquarium of Castelseprio, Museum of Santa Giulia in Brescia, National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, Diocesan Museum of Benevento, TECUM Museums of Monte Sant’Angelo) the Temple of Campello sul Clitunno, and eight other museums throughout Italy.
Exchanges between museums, temporary exhibitions and cultural support activities are also enhanced by an online virtual exhibition created with MOVIO (www.longobardinvetrina.it) and by a single catalogue, characterising this project as the first exhibition to be held nationwide, conceived as a set of exhibitions on Longobard culture; the largest exhibition in terms of territorial extension and involvement of institutions and historical-archaeological heritage.
Spoleto has focused on the theme of Manual Intelligence: Craft Production and Techniques in the Lombard Period.
Two exhibitions, promoted by the City of Spoleto, will be held at the Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto and at the MuCiv – MAME of Rome.
These exhibitions illustrate the technical-productive knowledge of the Lombards in Italy and identify the processes that led this people to integrate their technical heritage, typical of the Germanic population, with the Roman-Byzantine Mediterranean matrix, in a period of transition between the late ancient period and the early Middle Ages.
The Lombards had a particular “vocation for iron, steel and metallurgy” in line with the high technological level of production processes in the rest of the Germanic world, distinguishing themselves in the production of jewellery, weapons and tools.
To illustrate their craft skills, metal objects found in the necropolises of Nocera Umbra (PG) and Castel Trosino (AP) were selected. These objects were created with different techniques: mould casting, cloisonné, punching, filigree, damascening and niello.
Finally, there is also a brief reference to ceramic production, which shows its own clearly identifiable characteristics.
Opening ceremonies will be held on Thursday, January 24 at 16 in Spoleto and on January 29 at 11:30 in Rome.
Further information at www.longobardinitalia.it
In 1999 a seventeen-year-old girl was miraculously saved, thanks to a liver transplant, after taking half a tablet of ecstasy. This small amount of drugs, taken that one single time, was enough to provoke an almost life-threatening, toxic fulminant hepatitis in the young girl. Giorgia Benusiglio has since decided to turn that dramatic experience into a life lesson, engaging in a long activity of prevention and awareness against drugs, speaking – in books, publications and in many participations in famous TV and radio programs – of her fortunes and the risks related to the use of narcotics. Giorgia Benusiglio graduated in Primary Education Sciences at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, embarking on an educational and specialist path that made her an expert on these issues, writing books, taking care of projects, acting as testimonial for important organizations and leading more than 2000 meetings with hundreds of thousands of kids all over Italy.
Giorgia Benusiglio will be in Spoleto on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th January to meet kids and parents. The event, which falls within the framework of initiatives in favour of city schools on the theme of health education and addiction prevention, is entitled I Won’t Quit and is organized, in collaboration with the Spoleto Social Sport association and the R. Lanari Police School, in a cycle of three meetings at the presence of Giorgia Benusiglio and the Captain of the Guardia di Finanza Luigi D’Onofri. Two meetings, Friday 25 and Saturday 26 January, at the Auditorium of the Police School, will be reserved for students of the III classes of secondary schools of the first degree and classes I, II, III, IV and V of secondary schools of the second degree. Open to the public, and especially addressed to parents, is the third meeting, scheduled for Friday, January 25 at 17.30 at the City Library “Giosuè Carducci” at Palazzo Mauri.
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MEZZ’ORA DOPO LA CHIUSURA
PINO PASCALI
The game of sculpture
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura, the event organized by Sistema Museo, waits for you on Friday, January 25, 2019 at 19.00 with Pino Pascali. The game of sculpture.
The event will be dedicated to the great Apulian artist whose Cetacean Tail is on display at Palazzo Collicola, that also hosted many of his creations on the occasion of the exhibition Pascali and Leoncillo in 2008. Through the support of images, we will retrace the short and brilliant career of the young sculptor, who has left an indelible mark in 20th century art.
The event will be followed by an aperitif, thanks to the collaboration with Con Spoleto – the Spoleto hotel managers’ association.
Meet at 19h00 at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
Participation fee
Guided visit – Full € 7,00
Reduced fee € 5,00 for Spoleto Card holders
Aperitif – € 5,00
Please reserve within Friday at 13.00:
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743.46434
As in past years, Spoleto’s Department of Culture organizes The fun before the theatre – as the children called it last year – the project of theatrical mediation held by the Cultural Association Il Teodelapio in the person of Lorella Natalizi, teacher of theatre for children.
The meetings are linked to La Domenica dei Sogni family theatre festival and will be held on the Saturdays preceding the Sunday shows, at 11 a.m. at the Municipal Library.
Through an image, a piece of text or a theatre play, the main theme of each show will be explored: friendship, relationship, diversity, insecurities, the desire for poetry.
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SPOLETO CARD Thematic Guided Tours
Guided tours to Spoleto’s cultural heritage
11.30 a.m.
The CHURCH OF SS JOHN AND PAUL
The martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Meeting place: Church of Saints John and Paul
Free of Charge for Spoleto Card holders
Without Spoleto Card: € 3.00 + museum ticket
For information and reservations:
Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952
e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
For more information visit www.spoletocard.it
LA DOMENICA DEI SOGNI – Teatro Famiglia
SUNDAY OF DREAMS – Family Theatre
Conceived by Vincenzo Cerami
Sunday 27 January 2019
Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti, 4.30 p.m.
THE MAGNIFICENT IMPOSTOR
Teatro Laboratorio Brescia
by and with Alessandra Domeneghini
directed by Sergio Mascherpa
“What would you have done in my place?” This is the question that Giorgio Perlasca addresses to his interlocutor, to raise many other questions… Would I be able to oppose the horrible facts I am witnessing? Would I risk my life to save unknown people? Would I be able to draw on that part of myself that tries to fight injustice? It is precisely because of the many reflections that his story manages to generate that we want to talk about him again, about the “magnificent impostor”: and we would like to do so because the times we are living in are difficult times, and they often require us to appeal to the moral strength that we carry inside ourselves.
Tickets and subscriptions
children and young people up to 18 years free of charge
single entrance € 6,00 (adults only)
Duration of shows: about 60 minutes
Ticket purchase: the day of the show 15.45-16.30
For information and reservations:
Municipality of Spoleto – Direzione Sviluppo – Assessorato alla Cultura
Tel. 0743 218615 – scuola.musicadanza@comune.spoleto.pg.it
The Library goes to the theatre! – Every Sunday at the theatre, books on loan for children
Municipal Library of Spoleto
Works from Shakespeare, Ibsen, De Filippo, Bulgakov and Mamet. Actors such as Umberto Orsini, Lunetta Savino, Luca Barbareschi, Gianfelice Imparato, Michele Riondino. Dance shows inspired by Gershwin and Shubert, the Bible revisited in a comic way by the talented Oblivion youtubers, one of the most famous musicals of all time: these are the eight shows of Spoleto’s 2018/2019 Theatre Season. All of them, except for one at Teatro Caio Melisso, will be staged at Teatro Nuovo “Gian Carlo Menotti”.
Theatre Season Programme (PDF)
Municipal Library G. Carducci – Palazzo Mauri, from 9 October every Tuesday at 21.00
THE RETURN HOME
Living on land, travelling by sea, telling stories
Reading group #spoletolegge
With the collaboration of Andrea Tomasini
Odyssey by Homer
Eneid by Publio Virgilio Marone
The return by Claudio Rutilio Namaziano
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss
SPOLETO CARD Thematic Guided Tours
Guided tours to Spoleto’s cultural heritage
11.30 a.m.
THE INTELLIGENCE OF HANDS
Handicraft production and working techniques in the Lombard age
Visit to the exhibition
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz – ticket counter
Free of Charge for Spoleto Card holders
Without Spoleto Card: € 3.00 + museum ticket
For information and reservations:
Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952
e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
For more information visit www.spoletocard.it
Municipal Library G. Carducci – Palazzo Mauri, from 9 October every Tuesday at 21.00
THE RETURN HOME
Living on land, travelling by sea, telling stories
Reading group #spoletolegge
With the collaboration of Andrea Tomasini
Odyssey by Homer
Eneid by Publio Virgilio Marone
The return by Claudio Rutilio Namaziano
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss