Dantedì 2024: AI exhibition, performances, and concerts across Italy celebrate Dante Alighieri

The fifth edition of Dantedì, Italy's national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri, takes place on March 25, 2024, with events across the country. At MAXXI in Rome, the exhibition 'Artificial Hell' (March 22–April 28, 2024) uses AI-generated images by Riccardo Boccuzzi, curated by Elisabetta Bruscolini, to depict Dante and Virgil's infernal journey. The Museo di Sant'Eustorgio in Milan offers special Monday opening hours (10–18) for the Cappella Portinari. At Teatro Celebrazioni in Bologna on March 23, the NoGravity dance company presents 'Divina Commedia Reloaded,' a mix of dance, illusion, and circus arts inspired by Kandinsky, Magritte, Dalí, Mondrian, and Caravaggio. In Milan's Palazzo Marino on March 26, the Orchestra Milano Strings Academy performs classical works by Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach, Haendel, and Korsakov alongside readings from Inferno by students of Liceo Classico 'Tito Livio' and actress Michela Costa. At Museo del Ferro in Brescia on March 23–24, Centopercento Teatro and musil Brescia host performances and exhibitions of preparatory drawings from the GAMMA film archive. At Palazzo del Poeta in Palermo, a reading of Count Ugolino's canto is led by Laura Mollica, Maurizio Muraglia, and Marco Pavone, directed by Rosa Di Stefano.