{"id":3367,"date":"2025-03-04T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2025\/03\/italian-exhibitions-in-riga-press-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:11:38","slug":"italian-exhibitions-in-riga-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambriga.esteri.it\/lv\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2025\/03\/italian-exhibitions-in-riga-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Exhibitions in Riga: Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>In 2025, two major Italian exhibitions arrive in Riga. Press conference with the Minister of Culture and the Mayor of Riga.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two major Italian exhibitions will land in Riga in 2025, as announced by the Minister of Culture of Latvia, Agnese L\u0101ce, and the Mayor of Riga, Vilnis \u0136irsis, alongside the Ambassador of Italy, Alessandro Monti, during a press conference held at the Latvian National Museum of Art on the morning of March 6.<\/p>\n<p>From May 22 to August 24, the Riga Bourse Art Museum will host \u201cItalian Arts and Crafts from the 6th to the 19th Century\u201d, in collaboration with Palazzo Madama and the Turin Museums Foundation. From July 5 to October 26, \u201cLight from Italy: From Fattori to Morandi\u201d will be presented, organized by the Latvian National Museum of Art in cooperation with the Uffizi Galleries. Both exhibitions are sponsored and supported by the Embassy of Italy in Riga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExhibitions created with Turin and Florence represent a major and effective act of cultural diplomacy,\u201d declared <strong>Minister of Culture Agnese L\u0101ce<\/strong>, \u201cdemonstrating the excellent relations developed with Italy and significantly enhancing the cultural offerings of our capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready to welcome a large number of visitors to Riga for these two exhibitions,\u201d remarked <strong>Mayor Vilnis \u0136irsis<\/strong> with satisfaction, \u201cwhich constitute a first-class cultural event not only for Latvia and its capital but for the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis truly is the year of Italy in Latvia,\u201d added <strong>Ambassador of Italy Alessandro Monti<\/strong>. \u201cAt a time of great vitality for both Italian and Latvian culture, these exhibitions reflect the creative connection that increasingly links our countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference, curators of the exhibitions and representatives of the participating museums also spoke. Present for \u201cLight from Italy\u201d were curators Astrida Rogule, Guicciardo Maria Sassoli de\u2019 Bianchi Strozzi Cavina, Vanessa Gavioli, and Elena Marconi. For \u201cItalian Arts and Crafts\u201d, participants included Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa, director of Palazzo Madama, and Vita Birzaka from the Riga Bourse Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLight from Italy: From Fattori to Morandi\u201d<\/strong> is one of the most ambitious Italian exhibition projects ever presented in Latvia. It will be showcased in the main building of the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMM) from July 5 to October 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will feature masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries, particularly from the Palazzo Pitti collection, in dialogue with late 19th and early 20th-century works from the LNMM collection. It marks the first exhibition of this scale undertaken by the Uffizi in Northern Europe, with 86 works of art arriving from Florence, along with archival materials, photographs, and documents relating to connections between Italian and Latvian artists at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibition is curated by a Latvian-Italian team: Elena Marconi and Vanessa Gavioli from Palazzo Pitti, together with Guicciardo Maria Sassoli de\u2019 Bianchi Strozzi Cavina and Astrida Rogule.<\/p>\n<p>According to Guicciardo Sassoli, \u201cThis exhibition will highlight, for the first time abroad, the Uffizi\u2019s collection of 19th and 20th-century art.\u201d Vanessa Gavioli added, \u201cThis is an almost unprecedented loan for the Uffizi, with over 85 works traveling.\u201d Elena Marconi emphasized, \u201cThis significant cultural diplomacy initiative aims to breathe new life into the bond between Riga and Florence, two cities also connected by a 25-year-old twinning agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is organized by the Latvian National Museum of Art in collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries and the association \u201cNuova Artemarea,\u201d with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Riga City Council, the Embassy of Italy in Riga, and the Latvian Embassy in Rome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u201cPalazzo Madama: Italian Arts and Crafts from the 6th to the 19th Century\u201d<\/strong> will take place from May 22 to August 24, 2025, at the Riga Bourse Art Museum. The exhibition will feature over 100 masterpieces of applied and decorative arts from the Palazzo Madama collection in Turin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraftsmanship is the secret behind Italian creativity and genius,\u201d commented Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa, director of Palazzo Madama. \u201cThe exhibition we bring to Riga spans nearly fifteen centuries of Italian art, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, showcasing masterpieces across various crafts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The selection includes Murano glass, Venetian enamels, Renaissance bronzes from Veneto, furniture and wrought iron from Lombardy, central Italian majolica, porcelain from Doccia, Vecchio, Cocchi, and Naples, textiles and lace, micro-carvings in wood and ivory, as well as decorative book covers. The focal point of the exhibition will be Renaissance art from the 15th and 16th centuries and its influence on European art in later centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is supported by the Boris and In\u0101ra Teterev Foundation. The Riga Bourse Art Museum has previously collaborated successfully with the foundation, including on Latvia\u2019s first joint project with the Uffizi Galleries\u2014the 2021 exhibition <strong>\u201cSelf-Revelation: Tintoretto, Omar Galliani, Lorenzo Puglisi.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is curated by Daiga Upeniece (Riga Bourse Art Museum) and Elisabetta Rabajoli (Turin Museums Foundation), with exhibition design by Latvian designer Reinis Suhanovs. This exhibition is also sponsored and supported by the Embassy of Italy in Riga.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Edijs Palens \/ LETA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2025, two major Italian exhibitions arrive in Riga. Press conference with the Minister of Culture and the Mayor of Riga. 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