20th Century Etruscans

 

Mart and Fondazione Luigi Rovati present 20th-century Etruscans: a major exhibition project on the fortune that Etruscan culture had on moderns and contemporaries.

 

Two exhibitions in two cities: from December 7 to March 16 in Rovereto, from April 2 to August 3 in Milan.

 

 

The project

Mart and Fondazione Luigi Rovati offer for the first time a comprehensive view of the vast and articulated phenomenon that was the rediscovery of Etruscan civilization in the last century, through a project in two different and complementary stages, from early December '24 to early August '25, curated by a single curatorial team.

 

In the two exhibitions, visual art dialogues with the applied and graphic arts: from painting to goldsmithing, passing through statuary and documenting the return of forms, techniques and materials such as painted terracotta, metals, wall and vase painting, and bucchero (the traditional black pottery used by the Etruscans to make vessels). Comparisons between ancient and modern are explored in a timely manner through photographic reproductions, publications, and a valuable selection of extraordinary archaeological pieces.

 

Etruscans of the Twentieth Century is also a catalog, published by Fondazione Luigi Rovati, containing essays by the curators and the curator and texts by distinguished scholars and scholars such as Matteo Ballarin, Fabio Belloni, Martina Corgnati, Alessandro Del Puppo, Maurizio Harari, Claudio Giorgione, Mauro Pratesi, and Nico Stringa.
The exhibition catalog is available in advance at the Fondazione Luigi Rovati shop and online.

 

For FLR Card holders and Friends of the Mart, admission is free during the opening period of the two exhibitions and reduced during the rest of the year. For ticket holders of the other institution during the duration of the two exhibitions, admission is reduced.

 

In addition, until April 1 you can purchase a preview ticket for the 20th Century Etruscans exhibition at the special price of 12 instead of 16 euros.

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INFORMATION

20th Century Etruscans

April 2 - August 3, 2025

Fondazione Luigi Rovati

Corso Venezia 52, Milan