Giorgio De Chirico
The Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting a major exhibition on Giorgio de Chirico (Volos, 1888 – Rome, 1978), which caps off the international celebrations dedicated to one of the most brilliant and controversial figures in 20th-century art.
The exhibition, thanks to works from major international museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, The Menil Collection in Houston, private collections and Italian museums such as the Brera Art Gallery, the Museo del Novecento in Milan, the MART in Rovereto, the GAM in Turin, the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, tells the exceptional artistic story of the Pictor Optimus in its most extraordinary aspects.
A journey into the complexity of de Chirico’s work, rich in pictorial enigmas and mysteries, which unfolds in the halls of Palazzo Reale as a rich narrative of great relevance today.
An exhibition built around images and his painting “seen up close,” from the world of Greek mythology, laden with family memories, to his relationship with his mother, “the centauress” Gemma de Chirico, to the revolutionary and unprecedented discovery of metaphysical painting, which influenced all Surrealist painters and dazzled, among others, René Magritte, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dalí.
This exhibition aims to offer a fresh perspective on the complexity and multifaceted nature of a tireless innovator who left an indelible mark on 20th-century international painting.
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