Is the exhibition here? Borrowing from a famous phrase, here are some ideas-suggestions for this holiday weekend while waiting for the new year. From Milan passing through Legnano, Gallarate up to Varese
many exhibitions underway for the holidays. Beauty surrounds us. (sources arte.it and Yes Milano) …
MILANO – Mudec – NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN
We start from Milan, the cultural as well as economic capital of the country and the Region. At Mudec NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN. AND he THEY LAUGHED AT ME. Until January 28, 2024
Until January 28, Denis Curti, curates this solo exhibition organized by the Deloitte Foundation and Deloitte Italia in collaboration with 24 ORE Cultura present at the Mudec Photo. Newsha Tavakolian's work is presented – through an immersive installation – in the exclusive spaces of Mudec Photo, which since 2018 have continuously hosted exhibitions of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century and our contemporary era. http://mudec.it
Moroni – Il ritratto del suo tempo. Gallerie d’Italia
At the Gallerie d'Italia - Milan – MORONI (1521 – 1580). THE PORTRAIT OF HIS TIME, The exhibition started from 06 December 2023 to 01 April 2024, for a fee, is curated bySimone Facchinetti and Arturo Galansino. It is included in the Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023 program and is created in partnership with the Academia Carraraof Bergamo and the Brescia Musei Foundation strong>. The exhibition, the first dedicated to the career of Giovan Battista Moroni, presents over 100 works including drawings, books, medals, armor, but above all paintings coming from prestigious international museums such as the National Gallery in London, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Gemäldegalerie – Staatliche Museen in Berlin, the Musée du Louvre, the Museo Nacional del Prado, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Moroni's works are flanked by important figurative testimonies by Lotto, Moretto, Savoldo, Anthonis Mor, Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto.
https://gallerieditalia.com/it
Milan- Mussa, Royal Palace of Milan
Dal 06 Dicembre 2023 al 04 Febbraio 2024, inaugurata con la apertura della Scala, la mostra curata da Antonio Calbi è a ingresso gratuito ed è promossa dall’Ufficio Cultura del Comune di Milano.
Until 4 February 2024, in the ten rooms of the Appartamento dei Principi, Patrizia Mussa's exhibition presents a journey of analysis of theatricality in architecture through 60 large-format photographs where the photographic act joins the pictorial gesture through refined coloring interventions by hand.http://www.palazzorealemilano.it
Milano – Altro
In addition to those presented in Milan, From Perugino to Palazzo Marino to Beato Angelico to the Diocesan Museum are also underway. At Palazzo Reale and Triennale Gabriele Basilico. My cities
Sempre a Palazzo Reale si può visitare, dal 31 ottobre al 3 marzo 2024, Francisco Goya il mondo stava cambiando. E per concludere sempre a Palazzo Reale Giorgio Morandi con le sue nature morte, fiori epaesaggi, sarà in mostra a Palazzo Realefino al 4 febbraio 2024. Per ulteriori info vai su Yes Milano il portale delle Mostre Milanesi. www.yesmilano.it
Legnano – Helidon Xhixda reflects with light andThe Bronze Age necropolis in Canegrate
Two exhibitions so different from each other that they are worth visiting. One is Open Air or “Legnano, sublime reflected distortions” by Helidon Xhixda a reflection on light, but above all on the current social, climatological and cultural situation with five installations in five points of the city(see post) The second to Leone da Perego, The Bronze Age necropolis in Canegrate, refers to recent and previous discoveries for the so-called “Canegrate culture”. On display in Legnano the Bronze Age necropolis of Canegrate, the largest in Northern Italy will remain open until March 17th. An opportunity to learn about the history, or rather the prehistory of our territory. Opening hours:Saturday, Sunday and holidays – 10:00-12:30 | 3pm-7pm. Closing 25 December, 1 January 2024
GALLARATE: Dadamaino
From Dadamaino to today, at the Maga in Gallarate it is possible to have three new retrospective exhibitions to discover contemporary art. Until 4 April 2024, three different itineraries have been set up, starting from the avant-garde artist "student" of Fontana up to more recent research by Michele Ciacciofera and Giovanni Campus. The exhibition retraces the main stages of the career of Dadamaino (Emilia Maino), from 1959 to his death, presented through 80 works distributed along the entire route of the Museum. The upper floor is occupied by the beginnings, with the powerful invention of the Volumi, and the entire phase of youthful experimentation, compared and in dialogue with works by contemporary artists, from Piero Manzoni to Gianni Colombo. http://www.museomaga.it
VARESE: Civic Museums and Masnago Castle
Civic Museums of Varese, the exhibitions to see during the Christmas period. From the travels and archaeological discoveries of the Castiglioni brothers on display at Villa Mirabello, to the works of Guttuso, Baj, Tavernari on display at Masnago Castle, up to the exhibition dedicated to Bassanini, between architecture, engineering, design and construction business…
The exhibition “From the sixteenth century to the twentieth century” was recently inaugurated at the Masnago Castle. Unknown works from the collection of the Civic Museums of Varese”, which allows the public to rediscover works that have long been kept in municipal deposits and finally brought to light thanks to research for the new general catalogue. Some artists on display: Bertini, with “La siesta o Riposo campestre” from 1870, Bazzaro and Mosé Bianchi, but also De Bernardi,with a "View of the Sacro Monte di Varese" from 1934. In short, for these holidays, about 30 minutes from home, it is possible to discover the beauty that surrounds us...
Unfortunately I was away during the naming ceremony of the street after Santino Ceriani. But I consider it "dutiful" to remember this event also in conjunction with the celebrations of the centenary of the victory of Santino's fellow citizen, Libero Ferrario. The same goes for the merit to a man, an entrepreneur who knew how to "Enterprise" and which the entire Ceriani family was able to gather (photo by Beppe Fierro)…
Centenary of Libero Ferrario and Ceriani Group
In the year of the centenary of Libero Ferrario's world championship victory, the beginning of the celebrations for the centenary of Ceriani Group srl, the merit to Santino Ceriani s.r.l. ,received by his son Walter during the official ceremony in the Municipality and desired by the MayorRaffaele Cucchi, awarded a man, a "Visionary" entrepreneur: Santino Ceriani. The entrepreneur was awarded for the "maximum expression of appreciation of the entire community". In truth, further recognition was also paid to Sandro Cogliati. Together they were men of sport, supporters of the long wave of Parabiaghese cycling which gave us the champions Libero Ferrario, Giuseppe Saronni and most recently Martina Alzini, world champion in pursuit in 2022
Targa e benemerenza al contributo verso la comunità
In the presence of the excited Walter Ceriani, the merits were collected and then followed by the ceremony of unveiling the plaque to Santino Ceriani s.r.l. , laid by him together withMayor Raffaele Cucchi between viaSpagliardi, via del Riale and via Sant'Ambrogio. Why is it necessary to talk about it? Because, as I have always said, we live in a place of beauty, of men and women who have helped us grow also entrepreneurially, creating well-being for themselves and for the community, they have represented an indelible piece of history.
Generational change
I'm talking about Walter, but also six of his children and grandchildren, who have carried the name of Parabiagoaround the Alto Milanese area and all of Lombardy. Now the baton has been passed to the children and grandchildren, in particular to Tommaso and Federica who are already working in the company. In one of my interviews, the two stated: "We want to carry on what our grandparents and parents started". And these statements fill the heart and move towards the "concrete generational transition", not conferences! (see articleeinterview)
Official reasons
The text of the plaque installed on the flowerbed: "In Parabiago Santino Pasquale Ceriani, already an established manufacturer of Excelsior brand bicycles with which the talented cyclist Libero Ferrario won numerous races, sows the seed, becoming a FIAT dealer, from which a reality will flourish that for one hundred years (1923 - 2023) has successfully promoted the use of the automobile as an instrument of humanity's progress. In Parabiago Libero Ferrario brings, for the first time in Italy, the world champion jersey won in the cycling race held in Zurich on 25 August 1923. Ceriani and Ferrario, two friends, two people from Parabiago who will remain forever in the history of the city".
In the Alto Milanese area, an area that I believe is surrounded by beauty in every sense, "Christmas Concerts" have multiplied during the Christmas week. I followed some of them in chronological order such as "The Grand Christmas Concert in Parabiago", "The Christmas Gospel Concert" at the Galleria Theatre, the symphonic choir of the Amadeus Orchestra at the Leone da Perego...A joy in waiting...Here are my experiences…
The Grand Christmas Concert in Parabiago
Yesterday, December 23rd, the Grand Christmas Concert in Parabiago was staged, organized by the Municipal Administration of Parabiago at the Church of Saints Gervaso and Protaso for the exchange of greetings. It was a concert of "Traditional" Christmas music which featured the great Christmas hits and for the anticipation of the nativity. This can be understood from the repertoire: like, recalling some songs, “A Great Christmas”, Las Christmas”, an excellent performance of “We are the World”, the touching“Ave Maria”, .an engaging “You come down from the Stars” em>, a profound Adeste Fideles, up to the emotional “White Christmas” performed by a wonderful instrumentalist and vocalist Martina Santoro.
Up to this point we could say that there was a lot of involvement from all the participants who packed the SS provost's office. Gervasio & Protasio. The thing I liked was that two young conductors took turns on stage: Simone Clementi and Giovanni Savastio.
Furthermore, on the Altar there were four choirsnamely theSanta Cecilia, the Laudar Cantando, the SS Lorenzo and Sebastiano choir and “In letitia”. This is a beautiful example: many young people, around 180, who brought joy and happiness to the community
Christmas Gospel Concert at the Galleria Theatre
Another genre of music was staged on Wednesday 21st at the Galleria theater "The Christmas Gospel". Here the American group led by Vincent Bohanan & Sound of Victory performed proposing traditional gospel songs that captivated the audience, sold-out for the occasion, in > an atmosphere capable of combining spirituality and rhythm, religious feeling and joy of living.
Vincent & co, proposed songs such as “Oh Holy Night”, “Joy To The World”, the choir also danced “JoyFul, JoyFul”, a famous piece from the film Sister Act 2. But if the rhythm was still not enough, shouting “stand up” (everyone standing ed.), the room danced to ““Jerusalema”, until the encore of “Oh Happy Day” .
Here too, reflection is a must: a few days before Christmas, evenings like these, with this music that reaches straight to our hearts strong> shake us out of our “everyday life”. It is moments like these, however, from which we need to draw new life to listen to our hearts again. Music brings back the joy of living.
Concerto “Christmas is…” al Leone da Perego
Here at the Leone da Perego", the unsuitable place to host the Amadeus symphony choir and orchestra, was overcome by the skill of the director Marco Raimondi and of its orchestral members and choristers. The musical group performed in a solidarity concert in favor of the "La Sequia" Association, proposing pieces from the classical choral tradition performed and sung with skill . The director, my friend Maestro Marco Raimondi, at the end of the performance declared:“to make the public aware of and passionate about good music together with our support aimed at those who spend time and passion to help those less fortunate than us. For Amadeus it was a concert, together with the other two great concerts worth remembering, which ended with the now usual standing ovation from the audience and there cannot be a greater satisfaction for us. I agree with the statement and add thanks again to this area that pampers us, gives us evenings like these that make us feel part of this community. So much serenity and joy. Merry Christmas everyone
I had the pleasure of knowing the works of the sculptor Helidon Xhixda in Orta San Giulio in the "widespread" project on Verbano: "SoS Humanity". Finding it again in Legnano, for the exhibition “Legnano, sublime reflected distortions”, gave me joy and light, charge…
SOS Humanity "widespread" in Orta
I was on holiday in Orta San Giulio and I appreciated the "widespread" works of the collective of five great renowned artists international, among these Xhixda,Simone Benedetto, Silvia Della Rocca, Sergio Floriani, Omar Hassan who with their personal sensitivity and vision of the world have interpreted, in their own way, a aspect of this and other "emergencies", (link SOS HUMANITY Exhibition in Orta) Then the master of Albania struck me with his refractions towards the nature. The Installation at the Madonna del Sasso comes to mind, rather than the installation on the San Giulio island where the reflection is on the waters of Lake Orta, or on the mountains of the Madonna del Sasso with the Basilica reflected.
Works where on the one hand there was the "play" of light, to be reflected, and on the other to reflect on current situations. For example, the sensitivity of the artist(s) towards climate change, global epidemics, wars, social, moral and anthropological degradation, pollution of minds.. Themes More relevant than ever!
“Legnano, sublime reflected distortions” The exhibition in Legnano is an Open Air museum located in five locations in the city. At the inauguration, in the absence of the Maestro, the councilor for culture GuidoBragato expressed satisfaction: "it's a /strong>honor to be able to host an artist of the international caliber of strong>added:For the artist, the sense of making monumental art today means taking art out of museums to make it public, to bring it closer to the public and celebrate the social moment we live in! (Photo by Dario Croci of Sempionenews) I totally agree with the statements.
The Exhibition The exhibition located in different parts of the city has the aim of making citizens stop and reflect on the current situation.
For example, the work“La Clessidra” is a denunciation against the hectic times of cities...(photo by Anna Maria Macchi).
But not only that, in the other four installations, "through the perpetual movement of the surfaces, the boundaries seem to dissolve in space in a continuous creation and evolution".I like this about the artist: the profound observation of our society, of the critical issues and that thanks to the processing of stainless steel, he manages to "shape" creating emotions and effects. The "light" then becomes the element of refraction, reflection. But also an element of stimulus to seek the light and for me the light at this moment has only one name: PEACE!
Finally, I would like to point out that I had the opportunity to meet the artist for the first time in 2010 because he had created the "weight" of the Legnano palio. (The weight is a sculpture of 1176 g coinciding with the year of the battle, which is donated to the winning Contrada of the Legnano palio). La Flora won that year).
La Clessidra (Via Luini)
In the work "Clessidra", through abstraction, the artist elevates the experience from the sensitive state to the spiritual one. Its ogival shape, as the intersection of two perfect circumferences, becomes a visual representation of the union of two dimensions of being.
A depression runs along the entire work, like that thin thread of sand that flows inside two communicating vessels and is a measure of the flow of time.
Here, however, the line does not have a limit, it will not end with the passing of moments but is an infinite propagation from earth to sky in a momentum, in an upward motion towards the metaphysical. The work acquires a mystical sense and spiritual expansion. The complexity of the beauty that Xhixha seeks and pursues is the combination of fugacity and eternity. (Photo by Dario Croci – Sempione News)
Elliptical reflection (Palazzo Leone da Perego)
Le opere di Xhixha sono pervase da una costante energia che dà ritmo alle superfici creando un inarrestabile processo dinamico, dato dai riflessi racchiusi e riproiettati all’esterno.
La natura stessa del materiale, grazie alla capacità di assorbire e riflettere il gesto dell’artista, perde la durezza e diventa viva materia scultorea.
In the case of “Elliptical Reflection” the metal surface seems to contract as a result of an expansion of energy. The power that pervades the work is in turn released outwards in a continuous exchange of forces. (Photo by Dario Croci Y/N)
Conoscenza (piazza IV Novembre)
Six light rays from a focal point propagate towards Infinity. “Knowledge”, shining like a mirror, develops upwards from the earth, embracing the horizon. The light touching the surfaces, reflecting, illuminates us. Knowledge is the maximum form of knowledge, where the active intellect is endowed with awareness and freedom and it is precisely from this freedom that Xhixha creates transformations with his works. It is what human reason tends towards as liberation from intellectual, spiritual and moral unawareness. . Xhixha with its“Knowledge” offers ways of interacting capable of revealing, making people feel, strengthening and bringing to light properties of our knowledge that without this aesthetic intensification they would remain opaque. (Photo by Anna Maria Macchi)
Ionic column (piazzale antistante il Castello)
Una colonna lucente, un monolite di acciaio si erge all’infinito, magnifico nella sua presenza, in uno slancio spirituale teso verso il Trascendente. Lo sguardo, correndo sulle superfici che paiono elevarsi senza fine, si perde fra i netti profili angolari e le modulazioni concave e convesse. La materia, forte e possente, è pervasa da costante energia ed è ridefinita dinamicamente tramite la vitalità della pulsazione ritmica. L’artista, forte del legame con la tradizione e la classicità, ci presenta una contemporanea colonna ionica in acciaio: una presenza simbolica, uno slancio spirituale, una luminosa libertà. L’opera diviene rappresentazione ottica del mondo; come riflesso dello spazio e del tempo è un’inaspettata e sempre imprevedibile visione che ha il dono di saper accogliere e di poter riflettere. Si viene così a creare un dialogo tra artista e osservatore, in un continuo scambio di introspezione e l’opera si riconnette al momento stesso in cui la realtà si svela.
Italia (cortile Palazzo Malinverni)
“Italia” celebrates the bond and friendship between Albania and Italy and aims to be a tribute from the artist to the country that welcomed him. The work is directly connected to the life experience of the artist, who in 1991 reached Puglia on the ship Vlora coming from Durazzo, to become the greatest witness of Albanian culture in Italy today. The work ennobles intercultural dialogue in a burst of authentic humanity, becoming a message of freedom. Art, and in particular monumental sculpture, has a fundamental value in collective memory as it becomes an immortal testimony of the time in which we live, telling the story and human creativity. A dichotomy with an extremely profound meaning that does not neglect the exquisitely aesthetic and perceptive aspects. The topographical representation is rendered thanks to the persuasive and perpetual movement that the artist gives to the steel and it is precisely the material that manifests the solidity and strength of the values that the flag itself represents. An emblem that fills the hearts of all Italians, but at the same time arouses feelings and evokes universal values.
Bibliografia dell’Artista
Helidon Xhixha was born in Durres in 1970 into a family of artists where he grew up with innate respect for the arts, discovering at a young age his passion for sculpture, inherited from his father. Throughout his career he has developed an iconic style of sculpture, through the manipulation of reflective stainless steel, a material that is a key element of the artist, transforming it into a series of abstract sculptures that reveal their imposing majesty and beauty. With the success of recent years, first at the 2015 Venice Biennale and later at the 2016 London Design Biennale, and a solo exhibition at the Uffizi Galleries, Xhixha has secured a position at the top of the art world, making his sculptures immediately recognizable by contemporary audiences. Through a highly qualified intervention on steel, the material goes from being uninterruptedly linear to becoming distorted, intricate and fragmentary, resulting in a personal visual interpretation of the influence between metal and light, between the concrete and the ethereal. He currently lives and works between Milan and Dubai. His stainless steel installations are exhibited in public and private collections.
Non solo Mercatini a Natale, ma anche Spiritualità per fare comunità per la solidarietà. Questa la mia esperienza al “Concerto di Natale” in Basilica San Magno, organizzato dalla Fondazione Palio di Legnano, Confcommercio e il sostegno della Scuola Musicale Paganini per il restauro conservativo della Chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio…Seguitemi…
Artisti e Musica
Domenica 17 è andato in scena “Il Concerto di Natale”, organizzato dalle Scuole Musicali Nicolò .Paganini del direttore Fabio Poretti.
Le scuole che contano oltre 1200 iscritti e partecipano attivamente alla diffusione della musica sul territorio dell’Altomilanese, ha “portato” sul territorio grandi artisti di livello.
In particolare il Maestro Marco Colombo, che ha “introdotto” con dolcezza e umanità i vari testi ed accompagnato e diretto i vari artisti. La violinista Daniela Zanoletti, la soprano Tiziana Ravetti, il tenore Vitaliy Kovalchuck e l’organista Barbara Berlusconi. Artisti di fama Nazionale che hanno “donato” e fatto apprezzare sia la musica colta sia le musiche natalizie popolari. ( vedi programma in fondo insieme al servizio fotografico a cura di Sergio Banfi)
La serata
La motivazione, ribadita dal vice presidente della Fondazione Palio di Legnano, Luca Roveda è: “ quella di creare comunità attraverso iniziative in città legate al mondo del palio, ma non solo”. Grazie alla Fondazione il mio messaggio per questo Natale è “l’intraprendenza”e grazie alla flessibilità della Fondazione questo è possibile non solo per questo evento, ma anche per il mondo associativo ed imprenditoriale” ha aggiunto il Sindaco Lorenzo Radice. Il prevosto Don Angelo Cairati ha invitato “a donare per il restauro della chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio, la più antica della città”.
L’Intervento di restauro
Come precedentemente detto, le offerte raccolte saranno devolute a sostegno dell’intervento di restauro della Chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio, già oggetto di importanti interventi sostenuti dalla Fondazione Gatta Trincheri di Milano, presieduta dal past Gran Maestro Norberto Albertalli e su iniziativa del past Cavaliere Riccardo Ciapparelli.
“Questa serata vuole testimoniare il costante impegno di Fondazione Palio, non solo per una sempre più affinata organizzazione della manifestazione del maggio legnanese, ma anche in favore della cultura e del consolidamento della storia del Palio e dei beni architettonici storici ad esso correlato.” Ha dichiarato il Vicepresidente Luca Roveda.
I presenti
Il monito degli organizzatori è stato raccolto da tutta la comunità, mondo del palio compreso. A partire da Confcommercio Legnano presente il presidente Paolo Ferrè, il Cavaliere del Carroccio Andrea Monaci, dal Gran Maestro del Collegio dei Capitani Raffaele Bonito, dal presidente della famiglia Legnanese Gianfranco Bononi, ai presidenti dei diversi Lions Club e Rotary Club del territorio tutti si sono prodigati per “donare” per realizzare questa toccante serata. A loro un grazie di cuore!
La mia esperienza Il concerto è stato un viaggio musicale nella liriche, opere e middle della tradizione musicale mondiale che ha toccato le corde dei presenti, me compreso. “I Soli” del violino di Daniela Zanoletti, come gli acuti della soprano Tiziana Ravetti, nonche i passaggi del tenore Vitaliy Kovalchuck, con le belle parole del maestro Marco Colombo, ti toccano dentro.
E a dar una mano il contesto. Nella basilica di San Magno tutto si amplifica e le note arrivano direttamente al cuore. Osservando le “grottesche” di Gian Giacomo Lampugnani, sembra di salire in alto, innalzando lo spirito. Infine, coinvolgenti le letture sul primo presepe realizzato da Francesco a Greggio su un’idea di Ornella Ferrario
Cosa dire…il Natale è anche questo…Grazie a tutti!
