14 Italian Artists Explore Happiness at Serlachius Museum in Finland

The Serlachius Museum in Mänttä, Finland, presents 'The Quest for Happiness. Italian Art Now', a group exhibition curated by Maria Stella Bottai, Lorella Scacco, and Pirjo Immonen. The show features fourteen mid-career Italian artists, including ZimmerFrei, Yuri Ancarani, Goldschmied & Chiari, Marzia Migliora, Silvia Camporesi, Federica Di Carlo, Loris Cecchini, and Matteo Montani. The title references Enrico Deaglio's 2013 book 'La felicità in America'. The exhibition occupies the museum's main hall, with two parallel project rooms screening videos by ZimmerFrei and Ancarani. Goldschmied & Chiari's installation 'Dove andiamo a ballare questa sera?' (2015) is embedded in the museum wall. Marzia Migliora created a new work, 'Lo spettro di Malthus' (2019), for the museum, responding to 18th-century economist Thomas Malthus's theory on resource depletion. The exhibition runs until March 29, 2020. A performance by Marinella Senatore, involving local residents, is scheduled for March 8, 2020. The show is supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki, MiBACT, and Italian Council, celebrating 100 years of Italy in Finland. The Serlachius Museum, founded by Gösta Serlachius, is known for its Finnish Golden Age art and European old masters; its Fine Arts Foundation began collecting contemporary art in 2012.