Agostino Arrivabene's Sacred Art at Raccolta Lercaro, Bologna

The Raccolta Lercaro in Bologna presents 'La Linea Verticale', a solo exhibition of Agostino Arrivabene (born 1967 in Rivolta d'Adda), curated by Giovanni Gardini in collaboration with Primo Marella Gallery. The show features 22 paintings and drawings from the artist's latest production, exploring the sacred through Byzantine material preciousness, Flemish optical clarity, and Paduan tenebrism. Works like 'Eros e Thanatos cacciati dall'inferno' (2024) and 'Santa I' (2024), 'Santa II' (2024) reference mythological and Leonardesque themes. The exhibition's title piece, 'La Linea Verticale II' (2017), embodies liberation and ascent toward the divine through meta-pictorial gesture and destruction-rebirth. Gardini described the curatorial process as 'almost archaeological', involving months of immersion in the artist's studio. The exhibition runs at Raccolta Lercaro, an institution open to contemporary art languages, positioning itself as a reference point in Bologna's exhibition geography.