Exhibit about Axel Munthe at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm
November 26 sees the opening of a unique exhibition by the renowned artist Sandro Chia at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, commemorating 75 years since the passing of Swedish writer and physician Axel Munthe.Here and Elsewhere: Chia, Munthe, Ponti in Conversation features a selection of unpublished works on paper by Chia, displayed in cases designed by Giò Ponti, alongside historic images of Axel Munthe.
The exhibition is designed as a dialogue between Chia's artwork, Munthe's biography, and Ponti's architectural design. It emerged from ongoing discussions between curators Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio and the Italian artist, who is a leading figure in the Transavantgarde art movement.
The exhibition comes less than a month after the opening of Residents of Another Place: Sandro Chia Meets Axel Munthe, at Villa San Michele in Capri where pantings of the same series are exposed inside Munthe’s extraordinary villa on Capri, today a house museum open to the public.
The collaboration between Il Festival del Paesaggio, Stiftelsen San Michele, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, launched in 2023 with Matteo Nasini's project Welcome Wanderer.
Dates:
Opening : November 26, 2024
27 November 2024 - 21 March 2025