GIORGIO DE CHIRICO – Painting is a magical art + (Pizza)
Details
Dear all
I would like to invite you to visit together the exhibition: GIORGIO DE CHIRICO – Painting is a magical art
More info can be found at the link here below :
https://iicpraga.esteri.it/cs/gli_eventi/calendario/giorgio-de-chirico-dipingere-e-larte-magica/
info on Giorgio De Chirico can be found at the link here below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico
Exhibition Overview
The exhibition was curated by Lorenzo Canova, professor of the history of contemporary art at the University of Molise and member of the scientific council of the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, and is organized by the ALEDYA Foundation and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague in cooperation with the Casa d'Arte San Lorenzo in San Miniato (Pisa) under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Prague.
The exhibition will be divided into three parts, specially designed for the impressive spaces of the institute, a major architectural complex from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The Baroque chapel will display works that chart a very long and important period in the master's career, from the 1930s to the early 1970s, from metaphysical architecture, through vedutes of Venice to famous Italian squares. The chapter hall will display a significant selection of works dedicated to de Chirico's so-called "baroque" phase, from paintings of horses and riders to still lifes, which the artist liked to call "quiet lives". The last part, located in the foyer, will present the artist's work in the field of graphics, to which he attached great importance. Drawings, sketches, lithographs and engravings from the archive of the great printer Alberto Caprini, with whom the master had a long relationship based on mutual respect and collaboration, will be exhibited.
On display will be around 60 works from important Italian and European private collections. There will be references to de Chirico's previous stays in Prague, his friendship with the great Czech painter Jan Zrzavý, and a tribute to the master by Mario Schifano, a significant figure in Italian and international art of the second half of the 20th century. Numerous information panels will guide visitors through the poetics and creative world of Giorgio de Chirico.
meeting point : entrance from main door of Italian Cultural Institute
Vlašská 34, 118 00 Prague 1
16 PM / on 28th March 2026
short agenda:
introduction project;
ice breaker
visit of the exhibition
sharing impressions
Pizza together
estimated duration: approximately 3 hours
admission cost : information ( not available)
A fee of 4 euro (96.96 CZK) is needed in order to confirm your attendance for the pizza ( and to book the restaurant accordingly)/ no refund in the event of not attendance of the event
The fee will be used to cover unpaid bills ( if any) and is not going to be refunded at the end of the event.
if you can't find the group phone at : 00420770171095
I look forward to meeting you
ps please do not accept if you are not sure to come and give the opportunity for others to join