Italian Museums Celebrate Valentine's Day with Art and Love
Italian museums are hosting special events for Valentine's Day 2018, offering unique ways to celebrate love through art. The Istituto Autonomo Villa Adriana e Villa d'Este in Tivoli is running a social media campaign featuring contemporary artworks by Banksy, Constantin Brancusi, and others superimposed on ancient sites, with a live event at the Santuario di Ercole Vincitore on February 14. Accademia Carrara in Bergamo invites couples to explore the legendary love story of Raphael and his muse La Fornarina, with extended hours and guided tours. The MAXXI in Rome screens Elisabetta Lodoli's documentary 'Ma l'amore c'entra?' about domestic violence. Palazzo Reale in Turin offers a sentimental tour of royal wedding gifts. Villa Colloredo Mels in Recanati holds lectures on eros in the works of Lorenzo Lotto and Giacomo Leopardi. Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan relaunches its #lovebrera selfie campaign featuring Hayez's 'The Kiss'.
Key facts
- Multiple Italian museums organize Valentine's Day events.
- Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este use social media to feature contemporary art on ancient sites.
- Accademia Carrara highlights Raphael and La Fornarina love story.
- MAXXI screens documentary on domestic violence by Elisabetta Lodoli.
- Palazzo Reale in Turin offers sentimental tour of royal wedding gifts.
- Villa Colloredo Mels holds lectures on Lorenzo Lotto and Giacomo Leopardi.
- Pinacoteca di Brera runs #lovebrera selfie campaign with Hayez's 'The Kiss'.
- Events include free entry, guided tours, and social media contests.
Entities
Artists
- Francesco Hayez
- Banksy
- Constantin Brancusi
- Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
- Francesco Vezzoli
- Edward Munch
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Jesper Just
- Yan Fudong
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Cindy Sherman
- Luigi Ghirri
- Raffaello
- Francesco Gandolfi
- Felice Schiavoni
- Giuseppe Sogni
- Dionigi Faconti
- Giorgio Vasari
- Elisabetta Lodoli
- Lorenzo Lotto
- Giacomo Leopardi
Institutions
- Istituto Autonomo Villa Adriana e Villa d'Este
- Villa Adriana
- Villa d'Este
- Santuario di Ercole Vincitore
- Accademia Carrara
- GAMeC
- Gallerie Nazionali d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini
- MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
- Palazzo Reale di Torino
- Musei Reali di Torino
- Villa Colloredo Mels
- Pinacoteca di Brera
- Artribune
Locations
- Tivoli
- Italy
- Bergamo
- Rome
- Turin
- Recanati
- Milan
- Modena
- Trastevere
- Siena