Pinocchio Illustrations Exhibition in Milan Traces the Puppet's Visual Evolution
Carlo Collodi first presented Pinocchio in the Giornale per i bambini in 1881. The initial illustrated edition was released in Florence by Felice Paggi in 1883, featuring artwork by Enrico Mazzanti. Numerous artists have since reimagined Pinocchio, including Carlo Chiostri in 1907, Attilio Mussino in 1911, and Rino Albertarelli during the 1940s. The exhibition titled 'Eccellenze Italiane. I vestiti nuovi di Pinocchio,' organized by Accademia Drosselmeier, will take place at Laboratorio di Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori in Milan from October 13 to December 19, 2026, displaying 50 illustrations. It will also be featured at the Shanghai Children's Book Fair and Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara in November 2026. A bilingual catalogue by Giunti Editore will accompany the exhibition, which is free to attend at Via Marco Formentini, 10, Milan.
Fatti principali
- Pinocchio first appeared in 1881 in serialized form in Giornale per i bambini, without illustrations.
- The first illustrated edition was published in 1883 in Florence by Felice Paggi, with drawings by Enrico Mazzanti.
- Carlo Collodi's 200th birth anniversary falls in 2026.
- The exhibition 'Eccellenze Italiane. I vestiti nuovi di Pinocchio' runs from October 13 to December 19, 2026, in Milan.
- It is promoted by Bologna Children's Book Fair and curated by Accademia Drosselmeier.
- The show features 50 illustrations: 27 by established illustrators and 23 by emerging artists chosen from 600 contest candidates.
- The exhibition will travel to Shanghai Children's Book Fair and Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara in November 2026.
- A bilingual catalogue is published by Giunti Editore.
Entità
Artisti
- Carlo Collodi
- Enrico Mazzanti
- Carlo Chiostri
- Attilio Mussino
- Luigi Cavalieri
- Maria Augusta Cavalieri
- Rino Albertarelli
- Emanuele Luzzati
- Iacopo Bruno
- Peter Bailey
- Gabriel Pacheco
- Guido Scarabottolo
- Tony Wolf
- Marcello Jori
- Minalima
- Roberto Innocenti
- Lorenzo Mattotti
- Beatrice Masini
- Livia Montagnoli
- Carlo Lorenzini
- Collodi
- Ferdinando Martini
- Charles Perrault
- Alessandro Paggi
- Guido Biagi
- Felice Paggi
- Antonio Latella
- Gianluigi Toccafondo
- Mario Serenellini
- Enrico Baj
- Ando Gilardi
- Emilio Isgrò
- Ugo Nespolo
- Tullio Pericoli
- Emilio Tadini
- Flavio Costantini
- Jim Dine
- Roland Topor
- Quentin Blake
- Mordillo
- Jacovitti
- Andrea Rauch
- Mimmo Paladino
- H.H. Lim
- Felice Levini
- Giorgio Manganelli
- Antonello Tolve
Istituzioni
- Bologna Children's Book Fair
- Accademia Drosselmeier
- Laboratorio di Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori
- Giunti Editore
- Bompiani
- Giornale per i bambini
- Felice Paggi
- Bemporad
- Shanghai Children's Book Fair
- Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara
- Istituti Italiani di Cultura
- Artribune
- Museo Luzzati
- Accademia Albertina di Torino
- Università di Salerno
- Mimar Sinan
Luoghi
- Milan
- Italy
- Florence
- Shanghai
- China
- Guadalajara
- Mexico
- Firenze
- Livorno
- Genova
- Campo de' Fiori
- Roma
- Torino
- Salerno
- Melfi