Florence is set to see a giant sculpture in piazza della Signoria as Museo Novecento brings about a packed Supernovecento programme that sees us through spring and summer.
The first is the all-female lineup of Messaggere, inaugurated on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, on show until June 8. Works by Chiara Baima Poma, Fatima Bianchi, Lucia Cantò, Parul B. Thacker and Tuli Mekondjo deeply investigate the relationship between art and spirituality across their diverse means of expression.
Simultaneously on show will be Marion Baruch’s Un passo avanti tanti dietro, launched on March 15 and displayed until June 8. Curated by Sergio Risaliti and Stefania Rispoli, the multifaceted career of the tireless artist born in Timisoara, Romania in 1929 is retraced, with her living and breathing textiles flowing across the exhibition space. Created using fabric scraps, her sculpture installations treat themes of identity, the patriarchy, the internet and our consumer society.
The other headline event this month is the three-site exhibition of works by the internationally renowned artist Thomas J Price. A large-scale figurative sculpture will be placed in piazza della Signoria from March 14 to September 14, standing 3.6 metres tall in dialogue with the historical works. Museo Novecento and Palazzo Vecchio dive deeper into his artistic career from March 14 to June 11, drawing our attention to how and why things are made, with references to ancient, classical and neoclassical sculpture.
