12 Jan Guernica, an Icon of Peace
After the exhibition in the Senate of the Republic, the cartoon of Guernica will be in Emilia-Romagna (14 January-28 February). The president of the Region Stefano Bonaccini will be present. Shuttle service reserved for the journalists
Bologna – From 14 January to 28 February 2018, the Museum MAGI ‘900 will give hospitality to the suggestive exhibition Guernica, an Icon of Peace, dedicated to the cartoon created by Pablo Picasso, with his masterpiece work, as a model for the tapestry currently exhibited at the UN Security Council in New York.
The idea of the exhibition was born because of a long research realized by the Art historician, Serena Baccaglini who, during her studies to the great Spanish Artist, discovered an incredible cooperation among Pablo Picasso, Nelson Rockefeller (one of the most great patron in XX century) and the artist Jacqueline de la Baume Durrbach, who recreated and wove the painting of Guernica through the ancient art of the arazzo.
The press preview is scheduled on Saturday, 13 January at 11.30 at Museum Magi‘900 (via Rusticana, a/1) in Pieve di Cento (Bologna): the president of the Region Emilia-Romagna Stefano Bonaccini, the Mayor of the Municipality of Pieve di Cento Sergio Maccagnani, the founder of the Museum MAGI’900 Giulio Bargellini and the curator of the exhibition Serena Baccaglini will be present.
The event has a great symbolic meaning and is under the patronage of the Region Emilia-Romagna.
The Honor Committee is composed by
Jesùs Manuel Gracia Aldaz, Spanish Ambassador to Italy
Aldo Amati, Italian Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Stefano Bonaccini, president of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Silvia Costa, member of the European Parliament
Evangelos Kekatos, vice Mayor of the Municipality of Kefalonia (Greece)
Susy Snyder, president of Ican – 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Scientific Committee, led by the curator of the exhibition Serena Baccaglini, is composed by Cynthia Bronson Altman, curator at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York
Mario Virgilio Montañez Arroyo, director for cultural promotion at the Picasso Foundation, Malaga
Glorvina Durrbach-Célérier, on behalf of René Dürrbach and Jacqueline de La Baume-Dürrbach’s heirs
Patrizio Battistelli, emeritus professor, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Rome
Antonella Cancellier, professor, Università degli Studi, Padua
Vittorio Cigoli, emeritus professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
Giuliano Pisani, classical philologist and Art historian
Lionello Puppi, emeritus professor, Università degli Studi Ca’ Foscari, Venice
The journalists can use the shuttle service from the Region Emilia-Romagna Palace (viale Aldo Moro, 52- Bologna) departing at 10.45 a.m.
After the press preview, there will be a visit at the museum MAGI’900 (the program ends at 4 p.m.).