{"id":5655,"date":"2026-09-09T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/mostre-musei\/mostre\/vanitas-fiori-e-simboli-da-hayez-a-casorati\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:13:40","slug":"vanitas-fiori-e-simboli-da-hayez-a-casorati","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/en\/exhibitions-museums\/exhibitions\/vanitas-fiori-e-simboli-da-hayez-a-casorati\/","title":{"rendered":"VANITAS. Fiori e simboli, da Hayez a Casorati"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left is-c24-content-alighwide is-c24-featured-image in-view\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">VANITAS. Fiori e simboli, da Hayez a Casorati<\/h1><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">08&nbsp;October&nbsp;2026 \u2013 31&nbsp;January&nbsp;2027<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-c24-metadata-columns-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column c24-metadata-column-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:280px\">\n<div class=\"c24-metadata-column c24-rounded-box\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VANITAS_Locandina_Sito-202x300.jpg\" class=\"post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"VANITAS. Fiori e simboli, da Hayez a Casorati - Poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VANITAS_Locandina_Sito-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VANITAS_Locandina_Sito-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VANITAS_Locandina_Sito-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VANITAS_Locandina_Sito-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VANITAS_Locandina_Sito.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>  <div class=\"has-light-2-background-color p-4 m-0 d-flex flex-column\">\n\n    \n    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">\n      <time  datetime=\"2026-10-08\">\n        08&nbsp;October&nbsp;2026 \u2013 31&nbsp;January&nbsp;2027      <\/time>\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"c24-notes\">\n      <h2>La Galleria BPER | Palazzo Barbantini-Koch<\/h2><p>Corso della Giovecca 108, Ferrara <\/p>      <p><b>Opening hours<\/b><br \/>\n Thursday 2:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM<br \/>\n Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 \u2013 19:00<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span> Closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <i>Last admission one hour before closing<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <span data-teams=\"true\"><strong>Tickets<\/strong><br \/>\n Reservations and ticket purchases will be available soon.<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \/ <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/en\/exhibitions-and-museum-management\/\">Exhibitions and museum management<\/a><\/span> \/ <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.24orecultura.com\/en\/exhibitions-museums\/exhibitions\/\">Mostre<\/a><\/span> \/ <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">VANITAS. Fiori e simboli, da Hayez a Casorati<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-c24-metadata-columns is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The BPER Gallery is inaugurating its new spaces at <strong>Palazzo Barbantini-Koch<\/strong> in Ferrara with  <strong><em>VANITAS. Flowers and Symbols, from Hayez to Casorati <\/em><\/strong>, an exhibition curated by <strong>Fernando Mazzocca and <\/strong><strong> Elena Lissoni<\/strong> and produced in collaboration with <strong>24 ORE Cultura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restoration of a historic building in the city has given rise to a <strong>new space dedicated to art<\/strong>, which features an <strong>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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through more than <strong>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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition begins with the European botanical fervor and the Romanticism of <strong>Francesco Hayez<\/strong> \u2014represented by significant new discoveries and previously unseen works, such as the large <em>*Vase of Flowers*<\/em> \u2014and then expands to include the leading figures of Naturalism, Divisionism, and Symbolism, culminating in the suspended, meditative vision of <strong>Felice Casorati<\/strong>. The flower thus becomes an image rich in meaning, capable of conveying both beauty and fragility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradition of <strong><em>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 <strong>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 <strong>Amanzia Gu\u00e9rillot<\/strong>\u2014and with the challenge of sculpture, from <strong>Vincenzo Vela<\/strong> to the diaphanous, contemporary marble works of <strong>Gigi Guadagnucci<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<div class=\"wp-block-contact-form-7-contact-form-selector\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BPER Gallery | Palazzo Barbantini-Koch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5653,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-5655","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VANITAS. 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