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VANITAS. Fiori e simboli, da Hayez a Casorati<\/h1>

08 October 2026 \u2013 31 January 2027<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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La Galleria BPER | Palazzo Barbantini-Koch<\/h2>

Corso della Giovecca 108, Ferrara <\/p>

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The BPER Gallery is inaugurating its new spaces at Palazzo Barbantini-Koch<\/strong> in Ferrara with VANITAS. Flowers and Symbols, from Hayez to Casorati <\/em><\/strong>, an exhibition curated by Fernando Mazzocca and <\/strong> Elena Lissoni<\/strong> and produced in collaboration with 24 ORE Cultura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The restoration of a historic building in the city has given rise to a new space dedicated to art<\/strong>, which features an original exhibition exploring the depiction of flowers<\/strong> in Italian art from the 19th century to the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through more than 40 works, including paintings and sculptures,<\/strong> the exhibition traces the evolution of a genre that, from a still-life subject and decorative motif, has transformed into a means of expressing feelings, anxieties, and profound reflections on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition begins with the European botanical fervor and the Romanticism of Francesco Hayez<\/strong> \u2014represented by significant new discoveries and previously unseen works, such as the large *Vase of Flowers*<\/em> \u2014and then expands to include the leading figures of Naturalism, Divisionism, and Symbolism, culminating in the suspended, meditative vision of Felice Casorati<\/strong>. The flower thus becomes an image rich in meaning, capable of conveying both beauty and fragility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tradition of vanitas<\/em>\u2014<\/strong> in which the transience of nature becomes a metaphor for the precariousness of existence\u2014runs through the entire exhibition and intertwines not only with the great poetry of Manzoni, Leopardi, Baudelaire, D\u2019Annunzio, and Pascoli,<\/strong> but also with the rediscovery of figures who had long remained in the shadows\u2014such as the painter Amanzia Gu\u00e9rillot<\/strong>\u2014and with the challenge of sculpture, from Vincenzo Vela<\/strong> to the diaphanous, contemporary marble works of Gigi Guadagnucci<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A collective dialogue between painting, sculpture, and literature that invites us to rediscover how a seemingly familiar subject can become a powerful reflection on life, time, and memory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n

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