Lake Garda's Art and Landscape: From Klimt to Contemporary Exhibitions

The article surveys art and landscape around Lake Garda, Italy, highlighting several exhibitions and historical sites. Gustav Klimt painted two works, 'Malcesine sul Lago di Garda' and 'La chiesa di Cassone', during his 1913 stay at Hotel Morandi in Tremosine, using a telescope to view Malcesine. At Fondazione Cominelli in Cisano del Benaco, 'Il Giappone di Fosco Maraini' displays photographs and notebooks from the ethnologist's 1938 journey to Hokkaido, organized with the Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario Vieusseux. In Salò, MuSa – Museo Salò hosts 'Da Giotto a de Chirico. Tesori Nascosti' featuring works from private collections by Luini, Savoldo, Romanino, de Chirico, Morandi, Casorati, and others, alongside 'Il Grand Tour dei fotografi' curated by Italo Zannier. At MAG – Museo Alto Garda in Riva del Garda, 'Assorti nel Paesaggio' presents Nordic painters' Garda landscapes from the 19th and 20th centuries. Forte Garda exhibits 'Arte Forte' with site-specific works by Julia Bornefeld and Gjon Jakaj. Music events include 'I Suoni delle Dolomiti' and a San Lorenzo night concert at Campo di Brenzone, a medieval village reachable only on foot. The article concludes with the Limonaie del Garda, lemon terraces that inspired Goethe, and the new Museo del Castel in Limone sul Garda documenting this agricultural heritage.