Once a month there are in-depth talks in English on the Pinacoteca’s masterpieces: the initiative, called MEETING ART, does not require booking. All activities are included in the cost of the museum entrance ticket (except for those free of charge by law).
The calendar with the dates is periodically updated.
venerdì 16 e 23 ottobre, ore 16
The October meeting focuses on the mythological and pagan masterpieces of Bolognese painting at the Pinacoteca. The tour begins in the 17th century with Guido Reni'sAriadne: Ariadne - an emblem of female grace and a precious fragment of a canvas commissioned by the English Crown - and continues with Francesco Albani's Toilet of Venus, a theme dear to the Venetian tradition. The 18th century reveals its contrasting souls through Giuseppe Maria Crespi's ironic and grotesque interpretation of myth Latona Turning the Lycian Peasants into Frogs, and the Arcadian classicism of Donato Creti(Thetis dipping Achilles in the Styx and Arcadian scene)