Events in Lucca

Dressing the Opera is the title of the Opera Costumes Exhibition which opens on Sunday 17 December in the Villa Bertelli spaces promoted by the Villa Bertelli Foundation in collaboration with the Puccini Festival Foundation.An exhibition dedicated to the stage costumes with the costumes of some memorable productions of the Puccini Festival of Torre del Lago including those born for the Puccini installations of the Scolpire project, the work signed by great contemporary artists such as Igor Mitoraj, Cordelia Von Den Steinen, Regina Schrecker, Guillermo Mariotto.The costumes that you can admire in the exhibition tell some significant stages of the experimental path launched by the Puccini Festival Foundation to combine the Puccini heritage with experimental research, the evolution of the style and the new languages of visual art. An exhibition that shows through the combination of fabrics, jewels, colors, the indisputable artistic quality of Made in Italy for theatrical costume and the extraordinary craftsmanship of theatrical workshops.To organize the exhibition was the Villa Bertelli Foundation in collaboration with the Puccini Festival Foundation. "An initial opportunity for collaboration between our two institutions - says the President the lawyer. Ermindo Tucci - which represent an excellence of our territory. A first initiative that sanctioned the desire to collaborate and create a system to offer everyone to their audience the offer of our beautiful territory. But also the will to make Villa Bertelli a multi-purpose center, a place of culture that embraces all disciplines and a place that can take a look at the past, the present and the future as well as a cultural place of excellence, available to citizens and guests, open all year and not just in summer. "We welcome with great pleasure this beautiful opportunity for collaboration between the City of Viareggio and the City of Forte dei Marmi and the two important cultural institutions of the Puccini Festival and Villa Bertelli - declares the Councilor for Culture of the City of Viareggio Sandra Mei convinced that making a system by implementing projects that aim at a concrete integration of the cultural and tourist offer allows us to attract more guests and above all to cut costs to promote territories with enormous potential. The exhibition of opera costumes is then able to witness the extraordinary artistic journey of our Foundation in involving contemporary artists for the staging of the immortal masterpieces of PucciniFrom December 21st to January 7th the exhibition it will remain open every day, except for December 25th, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Then it will open on Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Villa Bertelli - Via Mazzini 200 (Vittoria Apuana) (Vittoria Apuana), Vittoria Apuana - SCHEDULE: dalle ore 16.00 alle ore 19.00 - INFO: Villa Bertelli – Via mazzini 180 – tel.0584/787251 Ufficio Informazioni Turistiche – Via Spinetti 44 – tel 0584/280292 - Tel. 0584 787251

Written and directed by Giancarlo Marinelliwith Fabio Sartor and Caterina MurinoI was inspired by a true story. Vera not in the tragedy written here. But in the assumptions that could have led to that tragedy. In reality no one has killed anyone. At least not physically. And yet, out of every hypocrisy, I have to admit it: listening to those who told it to me, for a moment, the specter flashed through me. Which is the title of this work. The idea of killing. I am a "feminist" man from birth: I love women; I wake up in the morning to meet a woman; I write and direct, always thinking about women. I never raised a finger against a woman. And I will never do it. Yet, empathizing in the protagonist of this story, that spectrum has surfaced. It will also happen to the public who will attend the show. And he will hate me, and he will hate himself for it. In truth, I did not intend to write a text on "femicide" on the contrary, or worse, on "murder". I wanted to tell a story about love as a weapon of mass destruction. On love as a deadly trap. On the love that should be the negation of every common place. And that instead becomes the most commonly lethal of clichés. I wanted to stage a story that scares the public like when you read in a newspaper about a possible epidemic, a virus that could affect everyone: "What if it happened to me?". The answer is not there. It can not be there. Because the theater never deals with the vaccine. But only of the contagion.Giancarlo Marinelli
TYPE: Theatre and Dance - VENUE: Teatro Comunale di Pietrasanta, Pietrasanta - SCHEDULE: ore 21.00 - INFO: 0584 265733 - info@laversilianafestival.it - 0584795511

The exhibition "Forms and colors in the works of Giovanni Lazzarini" will be inaugurated on Friday, January 26.The exhibition, born in the close collaboration with the artist's family, is realized by the Municipality of Viareggio with the contribution of CIR food cooperative in Italy for catering, the Banca del Monte di Lucca Foundation and Arci Lucca Versilia.The appointment for the vernissage is at 5 pm at Villa Paolina.Painter and trailer, Giovanni Lazzarini is known in the world of art and papier-mache with the pseudonym of Menghino. He dedicated himself to painting encouraged by Uberto Bonetti, of whom he had married his sister Bianca, and from the beginning he reveals a singular character. As part of the Carnival, in addition to his skills as a worthy performer Menghino stands out for having adopted in the papier-mache subjects of Italian and international political satire, while in art he has developed his own personal vision of the viareggino world characterized by characters related to the world of the sea and of the docks.Over sixty works, including paintings and sculptures, to rediscover and illustrate the work of a great Master strongly linked to the city as he himself describes: «I tried to paint this particular Viareggio on thread of memory, between stories and lived life, between reality and imagination. The technical means of artisan origin, a way of expressing me almost "vernacular", my long observations of the ex voto in the church of Sant'Andrea, even before discovering Lorenzo Viani, made me fully agree with those who want to insert my work in the great strand of art and popular culture ".The exhibition will be open until April 22nd.« I thank the Administration and all the people who have been close to us and who helped to set up the exhibition - said Giovanna Lazzarini, daughter of Menghino -: my father was very attached to this villa, he loved these spaces that today see him as a protagonist. A non-random choice that I hope will please all those who want to visit the exhibition. "« The beauty of historic places, like the Villa Paolina - concludes the Councilor for Culture Sandra Mei - combined with the beauty of works, double attraction for anyone who wants to visit the exhibitions, and take the opportunity to see one of the great masters of the Viareggina pictorial traction. " VILLA PAOLINAForms and colors in the works of Giovanni LazzariniOpening Friday, January 26th 2018 5pmUntil Sunday 22nd April 2018
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Musei Civici di Villa Paolina Bonaparte, Viareggio - SCHEDULE: ore 17.00

The gallery Ismi Arte Contemporanea in Viareggio will host, from 3 to 24 February, 'Tableau Tablette' by Massimo Soldaini and Massimo Pistelli, an art exhibition that is also an original furnishing project.The idea behind the project involves a system of composition of works of art, through 50 × 50 cm modules, of which the authors present a selection of their aggregations on show. These are tiles in which different techniques are added, from painting to collage, but which can also hold several different hands. In this case there is also photography, with some shots by the photographer Martina Ridondelli.'Tableau Tablette' is an innovative proposal, between art and design, created by a designer and architect, Massimo Soldaini, and It has become a real workshop like the old ones, where no distinction was made between artistic production and craftsmanship and where even different hands, following the same project and the same spirit, met to give life to the works, enriching them with their individual experiences and sensibility.The inauguration of the exhibition will be held on Saturday 3rd February at 6.00 pm at the Ismi - Contemporary Art Gallery (piazza Massimo d'Azeglio, 22). Free admission.
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Viareggio, ISMI arte contemporanea, Viareggio - SCHEDULE: dalle ore 18 - INFO: info: 335 5883108 - ismiartecontemporanea.it - 335 588 3108

The Saturdays of the Garden return to the Garden of the Snail of Pietrasanta. Saturday, January 20 starting at 10.30 large and small you can have fun with the potato plantation, some "seasonal readings" and a solidarity snack offered by Bottega del Sur. The initiative organized by the Bottega della Rocca and Ecoland as part of the project Pietrasanta child-friendly will be an opportunity for the whole family to spend some pleasant hours outdoors and in contact with nature. All participants are asked to bring two potatoes of a particular shape, color and consistency (those that are on the market to be eaten are fine), an eventual reinforcement for a snack and a book for children.info: Emilio Bertoncini 3477016556. The next events are scheduled for February 10th and March 10th.
TYPE: Events for children - VENUE: Giardino della Lumaca (Pietrasanta), Pietrasanta - SCHEDULE: dalle ore 10.30 - INFO: Emilio Bertoncini 3477016556

The second of the four major exhibitions to be held from December to spring in the exhibition spaces of the city both at Gamc and at Villa Paolina. The appointment is for Sunday (December 17) with Uberto Bonetti. Beyond the mask, exhibited in the rooms of the Viani modern and contemporary art gallery and open until April 2018. Geri, Bonetti, Menghino and Possenti: four great masters of the '900, a series of works, many of which are only exhibited at the moment of their donation to the city, two splendid places of Villa Paolina and the Viani modern and contemporary art gallery, a single common thread: Viareggio. A project conceived and realized by the Municipality of Viareggio, born in the close collaboration with the families of the artists, thanks to the contribution of the Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Foundation.For the occasion also Happy Sunday: l 'display and sale at a special price, the preview of the new collection of bags signed by Gamc and Viareggio even more beautiful, made for the City of Viareggio by the publishing house free zone. The Bonetti exhibition includes works donated by the same artist to the City of Viareggio. Donation characterized by over two hundred and fifty numbers, largely chosen by the author and then finally formalized by the daughters, in 1996. The corpus of the exhibition illustrates all aspects of the varied and multifaceted production of the artist held over seventy years. Viareggio has been for over fifty years, with rare exceptions, the author of the official carnival posters and those of some editions of the Viareggio Prize. Bonetti's exhibition is ideally connected to the exhibition dedicated to Giovanni Lazzarini, Forme e colori in the works of Giovanni Lazzarini, scheduled for Friday, January 26, at Villa Paolina. Finally, an important exhibition dedicated to Antonio Possenti is underway in the spring."Finally the exhibition schedule is back and finally all the exhibition spaces in Viareggio are involved - said the councilor for culture Sandra Mei - the beauty of the historical places, like the Villa Paolina, combined with the beauty of the works, double attraction for anyone who wants to visit the exhibitions, and take the opportunity to see collections that usually and long ago, are not exposed. attention to the viareggina reality and to our great pictorial traction - concludes Mei - a varied cultural offer for what is more than a tribute to the great masters who have projected our city on the stage of international art ".In these days, always at Villa Paolina, Contaminations and reflections in the painting of Loriano Geri, open until Sunday 21 January, during the opening hours of the vil la: from wednesday to saturday from 3.30 to 7.30, on sunday from 9.30 to 13.30 and from 15.30 to 19.30. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Galleria di arte moderna e contemporanea Lorenzo Viani - Via Mazzini 22, Viareggio - SCHEDULE: dal mercoledì al sabato dalle 15,30 alle 19,30, la domenica dalle 9,30 alle 13,30 e dalle 15,30 alle 19,30. Chiuso il lunedì e il martedì. - INFO: 0584 581118 - 0584 581118 - gamc@comune.viareggio.lu.it.

In the tradition of major exhibitions aimed at the enhancement of contemporary art through monumental exhibitions in the most representative public places, Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 12 the town of Pietrasanta inaugurates the personal exhibition Things want to exist of the Tuscan artist Roberto Barni (Pistoia, 1939).Some of the symbolic places of Pietrasanta for about three months will host the project promoted, as well as by the Municipality, by the Versiliana Foundation, chaired by Massimiliano Simoni, artistic director of Start, and with the support of the Poggiali Gallery of Pietrasanta.Throughout the Christmas period, and until 25 February, no less than 17 large patinated bronze works can be admired in Piazza del Duomo, in the Church and in the Cloister of Sant'Agostino side by side, in the latter cases, in interiors, from works on canvas and paper.The work of Roberto Barni is presented through the exhibition of works colarmente iconic made in the last 20 years and here, edited by Enrico Mattei, are collected for the occasion with the title Things want to exist.The works in Piazza del DuomoIn piazza find space Impresa, sculpture of over four and a half meters, Continuo of 1999, Double Controversia of 2017, also of almost five meters, Sadovasomaso, Impresa and Walking on the Cross that have accompanied all the recent poetics of the Tuscan artist, including the presence in the Basilica of Santa Maria dei Frari during the 2017 Venice Biennale, and which are gathered together for the first time because "things want to exist given that between being and not being there are the entities themselves, in this case the sculptures, which decide to be present "as the artist himself says because" they have intrinsic strength ".The works in the Sant'Agostino complexSculptures appear throughout the exhibition they self-determine theirs space: in Sant'Agostino appear men in a basket, Capogiri d'Oro of 2017, for the first time in a public exhibition after the Basilica dei Frari in Venice and in the Cloister the Celeberrima Atto muto, whose first version had been presented at the the entrance of the Gardens at the Venice Biennale in 1988. Since the sculptures, similarly to things, want to exist, they find space, like apparitions, Adagio, which manifests itself in the garden of Sant'Agostino, Remar Contro or NSC in the Church of Sant'Agostino.For the occasion the exhibition catalog will be created with texts by Alberto Boatto and Enrico Mattei, and the latter, among other things, writes: "My curiosity about the research Roberto Barni's sculptural has always been addressed on the embarrassing situations of his men, a small serial and inexpressive army that moves through an underlying disquiet ". And again: "the common denominator of these sculptures is their style, which is not to be recognized, but to know, as the artist explains. On their skin you can read the imprint of Roberto's hand which becomes his resistance to emptiness ".Opening Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 at 12 pmOpening hours: 4.00pm - 7.00pm | closed on Mondays; Saturday and Sunday 10.00am - 1.00pm 4.00 pm - 7.00 pmSpecial openings:Friday 8 December 10.00 am - 1.00 pm | 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm Monday 25 December 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm Monday 1 January 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Chiostro di S. Agostino/La Rocca, Pietrasanta - SCHEDULE: Orari: 16.00 – 19.00 | chiuso il lunedì; sabato e domenica 10.00 – 13.00 | 16.00 – 19.00 Aperture straordinarie: lunedì 25 dicembre 16.00 – 19.00 lunedì 1 gennaio 16.00 – 19.00 - INFO: Telefono per informazioni: +39 0584 795500 Sito ufficiale: http://www.museodeibozzetti.it

The exhibition "Forms and colors in the works of Giovanni Lazzarini" was inaugurated on Friday, January 26th. The exhibition, born in the close collaboration with the artist's family, is realized by the Municipality of Viareggio with the contribution of CIR food cooperative Italian for catering, the Banca del Monte di Lucca Foundation and Arci Lucca Versilia. Painter and carter, Giovanni Lazzarini is known in the world of art and papier-mache with the pseudonym of Menghino. He dedicated himself to painting encouraged by Uberto Bonetti, of whom he had married his sister Bianca, and from the beginning he reveals a singular character. As part of the Carnival, in addition to his skills as a talented performer Menghino stands out for having adopted in the papier-mache subjects of Italian and international political satire, while in art he has developed his own personal vision of the Viareggio world characterized by characters related to the sea world and of the docks.Over sixty works, including paintings and sculptures, to rediscover and illustrate the work of a great Master strongly linked to the city as he himself describes: «I tried to paint this particular Viareggio on thread of memory, between stories and lived life, between reality and imagination. The technical means of artisan origin, a way of expressing me almost "vernacular", my long observations of the ex voto in the church of Sant'Andrea, even before discovering Lorenzo Viani, made me fully agree with those who want to insert my work in the great strand of art and popular culture ".The exhibition will be open until April 22nd.«I thank the Administration and all the people who have been close to us and helped to set up the exhibition - said Giovanna Lazzarini, Menghino's daughter -: my father was very close to this villa, he loved these spaces that today see him as a protagonist. A non-random choice that I hope also like everyone who wants to visit the exhibition. "«The beauty of the historical places, like the Villa Paolina - concludes the Councilor for Culture Sandra Mei - combined with the beauty of the works, double attraction for anyone who wants to visit the exhibitions, and take the opportunity to see one of the great masters of pictorial traction Viareggina »
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Musei Civici di Villa Paolina Bonaparte, Viareggio - SCHEDULE: dalle ore 15.30 alle ore 19.30 - INFO: Tel. 0584 966342 - 0584 966346

It was inaugurated yesterday (December 22) at the Fortino the inauguration of the exhibition L'uomo dei Macchiaioli - the multiple looks of Mario Borgiotti, curated by the Centro Matteucci Foundation for Modern Art in Viareggio, in collaboration with the Villa Bertelli Foundation. An event that is part of the calendar of Christmas at Forte, promoted by the Department of Culture and Tourism.A tribute to the refined collector and passionate expert of the Macchiaioli, but also a recognition to the artist Mario Borgiotti, with the exhibition of some of his landscapes, urban views and the best known portraits."It is with pride - said the president of Villa Bertelli Ermindo Tucci - that we start the cultural season with a significant and exhaustive exhibition of the artist Borgiotti, which includes the Leghorn, Florentine and Milanese years. Forty years after his death, Forte dei Marmi intends to honor the great Livornese, who was also a devoted guest of our city, where he had his home. Without a doubt - the commissioner Polacci and Tucci conclude - what will be inaugurated at the Fortino, is the most complete exhibition that has ever been presented ». read also:[Forte dei Marmi sera]New Year's shopping in Forte dei MarmiThe stores that will not remain open have been asked to leave at least the lights of the shop windows lit to ensure a warmer and more festive atmosphereAfter the inauguration the exhibition will remain open to the public starting today (December 23rd) and until March 18th 2018, with the following opening hours: from 23 December to 7 January every day from 10 to 12.30 and from 15 to 19. Christmas to New Year 16 -19. From January 8, the timetable will change and the exhibition will be open and open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 to 12.30 and from 15 to 19. Monday and Tuesday the exhibition will be closed.
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Fortino in Piazza Garibaldi, Forte dei Marmi - SCHEDULE: dalle ore 10.00 alle ore 12.30 dalle ore 15.00 alle ore 19.00 chiuso lunedì e martedì - INFO: 0584 280292

At the Mosaica Book Bar in Lido di Camaiore the new photographic exhibition by Iacopo Giannini Ars CarnevalarisThe new personal exhibition of the photographer Viareggino Iacopo Giannini is called "Ars Carnevalaris", which will open on Saturday 3 February 2018 inside the Mosaica Book Bar in Lido di CamaioreThe exhibition, which consists of 16 black and white photographs, selected by the artistic director Gianni Francesconi, formerly Facility Manager of the Lucca Center of Contemporary Art Museum of Lucca, is a collection of images that represent the carnival of Viareggio.The exhibition has a double key to reading, the first, reportage, where the photographer Viareggino wanted to tell according to their key reading what is the most important carnival event in the world representing the allegorical floats, masks and masks that make the carnival the most popular event by the viareggini.The second key to reading is a introspective journey of the artist, where, through the "gazes" of the masks and the people portrayed, we can interpret the mood of the author in his last year, here we will see, shots of joy and sadness, of reflection and of ambiguity.During the inauguration, a debate will take place in the presence of the author and moderated by Simona Barberi in which the artist's work will be told.Iacopo Giannini , born in 1977, is an Italian freelance photographer, winner of numerous national and international prizes and awards, his photographic works are published regularly in major national and foreign newspapers and magazines.The exhibition will remain open every day from February 3rd to March 15th 2018 and can be visited at the "Mosaica Book Bar" in the Anna Magnani court in Lido di Camaiore from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm, with closing day on Sunday.
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Mosaica Book Bar - Via Anna Magnani, 1, Lido di Camaiore - SCHEDULE: dalle ore 8.00 alle ore 23.00 - INFO: Tel. 0584 67139

"Synthesis of Abstraction" is a retrospective that the Circolo CasAle dedicates to the figure of Franco Miozzo, a complex and versatile artist among the greatest contemporaries who lived and worked in Versilia.Miozzo is he was a painter, sculptor and graphic artist, as well as a Plastic and Drawing teacher at Stagi Stagi Institute in Pietrasanta.His artistic reflection often led him to express himself in a figurative way, at the same time achieving certain "synthesis of abstraction". The review in progress at CasAle analyzes the informal part of the artist's painting, of which some of the best abstract and material creations belonging to the Miozzo family's private collection are exhibited.Wednesday, February 21st starting at 18:00, will take place the event for the presentation of the exhibition, by the Critic of Art Lodovico Gierut.An aperitif will follow. The event, organized by Marzia Martelli and Diego Alexander, will be open until March 11th 2018.
TYPE: Exhibitions - VENUE: Circolo Culturale CasAle - via della Resistenza 1210, Ripa - INFO: Infoline: 0584 760854 /338 9770762