Italian startup Institution launches online course on 19th-century art
An innovative startup from Santa Sofia, Romagna, called Institution, is offering an online art course titled "From Francisco Goya to Paul Cézanne: Ten Online Lessons to Understand 19th Century Art." Running from October 14 to December 16, 2025, the live sessions will be held on Zoom every Tuesday at 6 PM. The course features expert lectures on significant art movements, such as Preromanticism and Art Nouveau. Notable speakers include Guido Bartorelli on October 14 and Fabiola Naldi on October 21, culminating with Giuseppe Virelli on December 16. The course fee is €12 per lecture or €90 for the entire series, with discounts for students.
Key facts
- Institution is a startup founded by Hu Huiming, Tom Cebic, and Lucilla Grossi in Santa Sofia, Romagna.
- The online course covers 19th-century art from Goya to Cézanne.
- Ten live streaming lectures on Zoom from October 14 to December 16, 2025.
- Sessions are every Tuesday at 6 PM.
- First lecture on October 14 by Guido Bartorelli on Preromanticism.
- Other lecturers include Fabiola Naldi, Pierluca Nardoni, Elisa Baldini, Fabriano Fabbri, Silva Grandi, Pasquale Fameli, Claudio Musso, and Giuseppe Virelli.
- Cost: €12 per lecture, €90 full course; under-26: €8 per lecture, €60 full course.
- Institution also runs Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Vero Stoppioni and Parco delle Sculture di Santa Sofia.
Entities
Artists
- Francisco Goya
- Paul Cézanne
- Johann Heinrich Füssli
- William Blake
- Antonio Canova
- Jacques-Louis David
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Caspar David Friedrich
- J.M.W. Turner
- Théodore Géricault
- Francesco Hayez
- Eugène Delacroix
- Gustave Courbet
- Jean-François Millet
- Honoré Daumier
- Édouard Manet
- Claude Monet
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Edgar Degas
- Giovanni Boldini
- Giuseppe De Nittis
- Medardo Rosso
- Leonardo Bistolfi
- Georges Seurat
- Paul Gauguin
- Guido Bartorelli
- Fabiola Naldi
- Pierluca Nardoni
- Elisa Baldini
- Fabriano Fabbri
- Silva Grandi
- Pasquale Fameli
- Claudio Musso
- Giuseppe Virelli
Institutions
- Institution
- Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Vero Stoppioni
- Parco delle Sculture di Santa Sofia
- Università di Padova
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
- Università di Bologna
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Bergamo
- Università eCampus
Locations
- Santa Sofia
- Romagna
- Italy