The exhibition on Felice Casorati set up in the rooms of the Palazzo Reale in Milan keeps drawing attention. More than one hundred works take a close look at the twentieth-century artist’s career, guiding the public through the discovery of a style that made history

Which artists inspired Felice Casorati? And what stories do the subjects of his paintings hold? Giorgina Bertolino, Fernando Mazzocca and Francesco Poli, curators of the exhibition held at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, offer answers to these and other questions about a painter capable of portraying a time suspended between tradition and modernity.

BIO
Giorgina Bertolino, after gaining a degree at the University of Turin, she developed her main areas of study in the field of twentieth-century art history. She is the author of the general catalogues of Felice Casorati (with F. Poli; 1997, 2004), Pinot Gallizio (edited by M.T. Roberto) and Nella Marchesini (2015). She has curated I mondi di Riccardo Gualino (with A. Bava; Turin, Musei Reali, 2019); Dalle bombe al museo 1942-1959 (with R. Passoni; Turin, GAM, 2016); Felice Casorati. Collezioni e mostre tra Europa e Americhe (Alba, Fondazione Ferrero, 2014).

Fernando Mazzocca, after graduating from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, he taught at the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and the Università Statale in Milan. One of the leading specialists of the Neoclassical, nineteenth and early twentieth century, he has published numerous volumes and realised major exhibitions on movements and of a monographic nature held at leading Italian exhibition venues since 1978.

Francesco Poli, a graduate in philosophy from the University of Turin, he is an art historian and critic. He has taught History of Contemporary Art at the Brera Academy and Université Paris 8. He has published numerous essays on modern and contemporary art including: La Metafisica; Minimalismo, Arte Povera, Arte Concettuale; Il sistema dell’arte contemporanea; Arte moderna. Dal postimpressionismo all’informale; Arte contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dalla fine degli anni’50 ad oggi; La Scultura del Novecento; Mettere in scena l’arte contemporanea (with F. Bernardelli); Il pittore solitario. Seurat e la Parigi moderna; L’ironia è una cosa seria. Strategie dell’arte d’avanguardia e contemporanea. He writes for La Stampa and specialised magazines. He has also curated numerous exhibitions in museums, public and private spaces.

INFO
Casorati
until 29 June 2025
PALAZZO REALE
Piazza del Duomo 12, Milan
https://www.palazzorealemilano.it/mostre/casorati

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