Artbox on Sky Arte Highlights Berthe Weill, First Female Gallerist

The ninth episode of Artbox, now in its eleventh season, airs on Sky Arte on Tuesday, January 20. The episode begins in Naples, featuring two exhibitions at the MANN – Museo Archeologico Nazionale that explore the work of Russian photographer Gabriel Ivanovič de Rumine and Italian painter Luigi Bazzani, both of whom engaged with the timeless myth of Pompeii. The episode continues with the segment Invito al viaggio, curated by Maria Vittoria Baravelli, which examines the act of looking at art, referencing Leonardo's Mona Lisa, Hitchcock's cinema, and Marina Abramović's performance The Artist Is Present. Further segments focus on the exhibition Eterno e visione. Roma e Milano capitali del Neoclassicismo at Gallerie d'Italia in Milan, and La misura nelle cose, which gathers works by artist Giulia Marchi at the offices of law firm LCA in Milan. The episode concludes with a review by art historian and curator Alice Ensabella of the exhibition Berthe Weill. Galeriste d’avant-garde at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. Weill opened her first gallery in Paris in 1901, becoming the first female art dealer and the first to sell a work by Picasso. The episode ends with the Agenda and news section.