The Experience of Art
Gianluca Poldi talks about Giovanni Boldini
25.05.2023, 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
On 25th May 2023, from 6pm to 7.30pm, Gianluca Poldi, expert in scientific analyzes for the study and conservation of works of art, will analyze the creative process of Giovanni Boldini, an Italian painter who between nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a beloved portraitist of Parisian high society. The meeting is an opportunity to present the new volume edited by Poldi, with Fabio Frezzato, Giovanni Boldini. Il processo creativo. Indagini scientifiche e conservazione, Antiga Edizioni, Cornuda (Treviso) 2022.
Gianluca Poldi, Giovanni Boldini tra finito e non finito
25th May 2023, 6pm* – 7.30pm
Orchid Room – Villa Cerruti
Gianluca Poldi
Professor, Università di Bergamo. Physicist, he holds a doctorate in Science for Cultural Assets (Florence) and one in Literature (Bergamo). He specializes in scientific analysis, above all non-invasive, for the study and conservation of works of cultural interest. He has taught at the universities of Milan and Verona and examined thousands of paintings in museums and private collections in Italy and abroad, dedicating numerous studies to the pictorial technique of various artists, among them Mantegna, Bellini, Bramantino, Carpaccio, Lotto, Titian, Tiepolo, up to Segantini, Boccioni, de Chirico, Albers.
Info
The conferences, for a maximum of 16 people, include a special visit to the Villa.
Reservation is required on this page.
The cost of the full ticket is € 26.50; reduced ticket € 19.50 (journalists, groups of 3 or more people, Abbonamento Musei Piemonte Valle d’Aosta); € 10.00 for university students up to the age of 26 and equivalent institutions. The ticket includes admission to Castello di Rivoli which can be visited on the same day, before the meeting. The Museum closes at 5.30pm, but it is possible to go to the Ticket Office in the Manica Lunga until 5.45pm.
The shuttle to the Cerruti Collection leaves at 5.55pm from the square in front of Castello di Rivoli.
* Tickets must be collected by 5.45pm at Castello di Rivoli Ticket Office