With the exceptional support of the Musée Marmottan Monet in Pariscurated by Maria Teresa Benedetti and Giulia Perin
Display by Stefano Arienti curated by Chiara Bertola
In the year internationally dedicated to Impressionism, GAM - Turin’s Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea presents the ‘Berthe Morisot. Impressionist painter’ exhibition from 16 October 2024 to 9 March 2025, celebrating the story and artistic career of the only woman among the founders of the Impressionist movement.
The exhibition is organised and promoted by the Fondazione Torino Musei, GAM Torino and 24 ORE Cultura - Gruppo 24 ORE, curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti and Giulia Perin, and realised thanks to the sponsor BPER Banca. The exhibition enjoys the exceptional support of the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the institution with the largest collection of Berthe Morisot’s works, some important ones of which are on loan at the exhibition here.
The exhibition illustrates Morisot’s connection with the poetics of the Impressionist movement and brings out her highly personal stamp in capturing the transience of the moment, a symbol of the fragility of existence, capable of gracefully representing the elements of nature and reality.
Through a selection of around 50 works, including famous paintings, drawings and prints, drawn from prestigious public institutions – including, in addition to the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Musée d’Ixelles in Brussels, the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) in Paris – and important private collections, the exhibition retraces Berthe Morisot’s life and career, from her beginnings in connection with her artistic and human association with Édouard Manet, to her full adhesion to Impressionist poetics.
The exhibition is divided into four thematic sections devoted to the main subjects in Morisot’s production – the family sphere, female portraits captured in moments of intimacy or in the brilliance of social life, outdoor locations with a focus on landscapes and gardens, and figures in nature – and recounts her light, sometimes surprisingly elliptical and modern style. Light, the undisputed protagonist of Berthe Morisot’s production, envelops and radiates the surface of the works through brilliant brushstrokes, reaching its maximum expression in the en plein air scenes, always characterised by vibrant and chromatically intense atmospheres. Alongside these sections, there is also a room dedicated to an important collection of Berthe Morisot’s works on paper from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, which are as fundamental as the paintings for retracing the stages of her creative path.
Enriching the exhibition itinerary is Stefano Arienti’s intervention, conceived and realised in close collaboration with the exhibition curators with the intention of offering visitors an immersive experience to appreciate Morisot’s works better in a context that enhances their beauty and historical setting. Within the sections of the exhibition, Arienti uses different materials such as revisited portraits of Morisot, olfactory elements, satin and organza fabric ribbons, wallpapers, and objects from the period, to provide a backdrop for the impressionist artist’s wonderful and airy paintings. This approach fully reflects Arienti’s poetics, which often uses very recognisable images and elements to manipulate and rework them in new and meaningful ways.
To learn more about Berthe Morisot and other aspects of her artistic career, visitors may wish to go to the ‘Impression, Morisot’ exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa from 11 October 2024 to 23 February 2025, curated by Marianne Mathieu. Reduced admission upon presentation of the ticket for the Turin exhibition.
Stefano Arienti’s intervention is set in the rooms of the Berthe Morisot exhibition to evoke the domestic atmosphere of the subjects proposed by the Impressionists. Arienti covers the walls with striped or floral organza wallpaper and ribbons, typical of the period, and introduces furnishing details such as a piano, a coat rack and a showcase with fruit by Francesco Garnier Valletti from the Museo della Frutta in Turin.
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HOLIDAY TIMES
Friday 1 November 10am - 6pmSunday 8 December 10am - 6pmMonday 23 December 10am - 2pmTuesday 24 December 10am - 2pmWednesday 25 December CLOSEDThursday 26 December 10am - 6pmMonday 30 December 10am - 6pmTuesday 31 December 10am - 2pmWednesday 1 January 2pm - 6pmMonday 6 January 10am - 6pm
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