- BY ISSIMO
- September 12, 2023
Travelling to the Bel Paese this fall? Then add these to your calendar
Fall is slowly, sleepily making its way to us, and we’re looking forward to it! Autumn weather in Italy means mild temps, fewer crowds, empty beaches – Mezzatorre, Il Pellicano and La Posta Vecchia are all open till the end of October! – and a plethora of events to cater all tastes and whims – from cool music festivals to brainy cinema kermesses and theatre performances. All without the stifling heat of summer!
So get your diaries out and plan your next trip to the boot-shaped country around some of these happenings. They’ll make your visit all the richer.
RomaEuropa Festival
Spanning contemporary art, music, dance, theatre, new circus, kids’ shows and digital arts, the 38th Romaeuropa Festival, will bring some 90 performances, 500 artists from 34 countries and 300 replicas to the Eternal City over two months of programming, to investigate the capacity of the arts to cross physical and temporal boundaries, on a journey between the traditional and the contemporary.
This is one of the most prestigious festivals in Italy and Europe for the diffusion of performance arts, and this year is set to be one of its most ambitious editions to date. Get your tickets now and prepare to be wowed.
WHEN: September 6 – November 25
WHERE: Rome
WHEN: September 6 – November 25
WHERE: Rome
Vivan Maier – Anthology
Considered a leading exponent of street photography, Vivian Maier will land in Bologna with an extraordinary exhibition of nearly 150 original photographs. “Vivian Maier – Anthology,” set up in the Renaissance rooms of Palazzo Pallavicini and open to the public from September 7 until January 28, 2024, will tell the story behind the art of one of the most beloved and appreciated photographers of modern times.
WHEN: September 7 – January 24
WHERE: Bologna
Created by Chiara Campagnoli, Deborah Petroni and Rubens Fogacci and curated by Anne Morin, the exhibition will feature 111 black-and-white images, along with a section of 35 colour shots divided into six sections. Also new to the exhibition will be the viewing of Super 8s that will allow visitors to follow the gaze of the master as she approached street photography as early as the 1960s. The photographer’s collection of portraits, a distinctive feature of her visual investigation, will also be a prominent part of the exhibition.
Created by Chiara Campagnoli, Deborah Petroni and Rubens Fogacci and curated by Anne Morin, the exhibition will feature 111 black-and-white images, along with a section of 35 colour shots divided into six sections. Also new to the exhibition will be the viewing of Super 8s that will allow visitors to follow the gaze of the master as she approached street photography as early as the 1960s. The photographer’s collection of portraits, a distinctive feature of her visual investigation, will also be a prominent part of the exhibition.
Tiziano 1508. Agli Esordi di una Luminosa Carriera
Translated as “Tiziano 1508. At the Beginnings of a Luminous Career,” this stunning exhibition at the Gallerie Accademia di Venezia chronicles the birth of the talented artist through 17 works by Titian himself, alongside a dozen comparisons with paintings, engravings and drawings by some of his contemporaries, from Giorgione and Sebastiano del Piombo to Albrecht Dürer and Francesco Vecellio.
WHERE: Venice
WHEN: September 9 – December 3
Among the works on display are important loans such as the large print of the Triumph of Christ from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Risen Christ from the Uffizi, the Angel with Tambourine from the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome, the Madonna and Child between St. Anthony of Padua and St. Rocco from the Prado Museum, and the Baptism of Christ from the Capitoline Museums.The itinerary accompanies visitors in understanding the artist’s extraordinary ability to quickly assimilate diverse cultural components – particularly Giorgionesque, Düreresque, and Michelangeloesque – and steer the Venetian pictorial language toward a mixture of naturalism and classicism.
Among the works on display are important loans such as the large print of the Triumph of Christ from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Risen Christ from the Uffizi, the Angel with Tambourine from the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome, the Madonna and Child between St. Anthony of Padua and St. Rocco from the Prado Museum, and the Baptism of Christ from the Capitoline Museums.The itinerary accompanies visitors in understanding the artist’s extraordinary ability to quickly assimilate diverse cultural components – particularly Giorgionesque, Düreresque, and Michelangeloesque – and steer the Venetian pictorial language toward a mixture of naturalism and classicism.
JazzMi
Milan’s biggest jazz festival, JazzMi will bring twenty-five days of programming and over one hundred concerts all over Milan, from theatres and clubs to alternative spaces. International and Italian performers are set to explore the many forms that jazz takes in every part of the world, while films, exhibitions and special events will delve into the genre in ways that go beyond the realm of music.
Among the confirmed acts are Gilberto Gil, Ibrahim Maalouf, and Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – pretty big deals if you know your jazz.
WHEN: October 12 – November 5
WHERE: Milan
WHEN: October 12 – November 5
WHERE: Milan
Festival del Cinema di Roma
Now in its 18th edition, the Festival del Cinema di Roma is coming back this year with sections that open up to forms of cinema untethered from the classic narrative structure, a competition for the best feature, and the involvement of many Roman theatres aimed to revitalise and spread cinema throughout the city.
Expect experimental works next to commercial features, the return of some of the season’s most important titles to the screen, author talks, and a series of restored classics offering movie-goers unmissable lessons in cinema history. Excited yet?
WHEN: October 18-29
WHERE: Rome
WHEN: October 18-29
WHERE: Rome
