Ferrara Opens Museum Dedicated to Michelangelo Antonioni

Ferrara is anticipating more than one million visitors between 2019 and 2024 and has unveiled its cultural agenda for 2024. A highlight will be the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea's conversion into the Spazio Antonioni, a dedicated museum for filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni. This project, designed by Alvisi Kirimoto and curated by Dominique Païni, will feature over 47,000 items from Antonioni's archive, which is held by the Comune di Ferrara, and is set to open in summer 2024. The program also includes an M.C. Escher retrospective at Palazzo dei Diamanti starting March 23, a display on Renaissance pastiglia caskets, and a 16th-century Ferrara painting exhibition beginning October 12. From July 6, monographic exhibitions at Castello Estense will highlight Antonio Maria Nardi and Maurizio Bottoni. Mayor Alan Fabbri and culture assessor Marco Gulinelli acknowledged Vittorio Sgarbi for his role in curating the exhibitions. Plans for a Museum of the Risorgimento and Resistance at Casa della Patria are also underway.