Favignana's Palazzo Florio Hosts Exhibition on the History of the Calendar Within Insolito Marsala 2026
The exhibition titled "Il tempo sul muro. Storia del calendario. Dall'antichità a oggi" is currently hosted at Palazzo Florio in Favignana and will run until October 11, with a potential extension of one week. This event is part of the Insolito Marsala 2026 festival, taking place from September 30 to October 4 in western Sicily. Organized by Eureka. Cultura e Innovazione and Tempo. Cultura in movimento, and curated by Riccardo Grozio and Giorgio Triani, the exhibit examines the calendar's influence on daily life, tracing its development from Roman times to the Gregorian reform of 1582. It also considers how calendars have transformed into marketing instruments and the effects of digital formats. The exhibition raises questions about who governs our perception of time—be it nature, the divine, government, commerce, algorithms, or ourselves. Article by Domenico Ioppolo.
Key facts
- Exhibition "Il tempo sul muro. Storia del calendario. Dall'antichità a oggi" runs at Palazzo Florio, Favignana, until October 11, with possible one-week extension.
- Part of Insolito Marsala 2026 festival, September 30–October 4, across western Sicily.
- Curated by Riccardo Grozio and Giorgio Triani, with contributions from Marisa Addomine and Ferruccio Farina.
- Produced by Eureka. Cultura e Innovazione and Tempo. Cultura in movimento, in collaboration with Mercanteinfiera.
- Explores calendar history from Roman agricultural calendars to the Gregorian reform of 1582.
- French Republican calendar introduced in 1793, abolished by Napoleon at end of 1805, Gregorian restored January 1, 1806.
- Pirelli calendar launched in 1964, became a cult object and status symbol.
- Exhibition questions who controls time: nature, sacred, state, market, algorithms, or ourselves.
Entities
Artists
- Riccardo Grozio
- Giorgio Triani
- Marisa Addomine
- Ferruccio Farina
- Plinio Nomellini
- Napoleone Bonaparte
- Domenico Ioppolo
Institutions
- Palazzo Florio
- Insolito Marsala 2026
- Eureka. Cultura e Innovazione
- Tempo. Cultura in movimento
- Mercanteinfiera
- Olio Sasso
- Motta
- Carli
- Piaggio
- Olivetti
- Campari
- Pirelli
- Artribune
Locations
- Favignana
- Italy
- Sicily
- Marsala
- Palazzo Florio
- Via Florio 1