Fed: Italian masterpieces to come to NGA

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2001
Fed: Italian masterpieces to come to NGA

CANBERRA, Dec 4 AAP - Some of the greatest Italian masterpieces of the past three centuries
will be on show at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra next year.

The exhibition will represent a vast range of artistic styles and movements in art.

It will celebrate the best of Italian art as it developed during the past three centuries
throughout the many regions of Italy.

The exhibition has been arranged by the Italian government as its major international
cultural promotion in the visual arts for 2002.

It is being curated by the Arte e Civilta Fondazione Culturale Lombarda and the Soprintendenza
of Rome, under the direction of Professor Claudio Strinati.

"We are thrilled to bring this magnificent exhibition to both Canberra and Melbourne
... (this) will arguably be one of the best ever exhibitions to travel to Australia,"

NGA chairman Harold Mitchell said today.

The exhibition will feature several major works by each of four key artists: Titian,
Caravaggio, Canaletto and Tiepolo.

Other artists featured include Leonardo, Coreggio, Giorgione, Moroni, Pontormo, Rosso,
Veronese, Caracci, Reni, Guercino, Ricci, Bernini and Canova.

`The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art' will be shown at the National Gallery
of Australia from March 28 to June 16, 2002, and at the Melbourne Museum from July 5 to
October 6, 2002.

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KEYWORD: MASTERPIECES

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