Press conference:
Light from Italy: From Fattori to Morandi
On Friday, 4 July 2025, at 11.00 the Latvian National Museum of Art invites mass media representatives to the press conference at the exhibition Light from Italy: From Fattori to Morandi. Masterpieces from the Uffizi Galleries in dialogue with Latvian art classics.
Venue:
Main building of the Latvian National Museum of Art /
Great Exhibition Hall (-1st floor)
Jaņa Rozentāla laukums 1, Riga
Registration of participants:
10.30–11.00
From 5 July to 30 November 2025, the exhibition Light from Italy: From Fattori to Morandi will take place in the Great Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art where masterpieces from the Pitti Palace Gallery of Modern Art at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence enter into dialogue with outstanding works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries from the collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art.
For the first time in Northen Europe, a substantial collection from the Uffizi Galleries is exhibited – 74 masterpieces from the permanent exhibition and holdings of the Pitti Palace Gallery of Modern Art. This selection represents the main movements and directions of Italian art, from the Macchiaioli group to Divisionism, from Symbolism to forms of Italian Expressionism, from Futurism to Modern Classicism.
The works of Italian artists are displayed in conversation with late 19th century and Classical Modernist heritage from Latvia, which art experts in Latvia and around the world consider to be among the most internationally recognized aspects of Latvian cultural patrimony.
The title of the exhibition, Light from Italy, reflects a trend from the mid- and late 19th century – light became the principal element in the worldview of several artistic movements. It is no coincidence that the end of the 19th century is called visual art’s “years of light”, when fundamental changes took place in the aim, content and form of art. Artists in both Italy and Latvia were captivated by solutions for using light or its lack to tell a story and create a special mood.
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