Padua Honors Silvana Weiller with Retrospective at Centro Culturale Altinate

Padua is paying tribute to Silvana Weiller (Venice, 1922–2022) with a major retrospective titled "Silvana Weiller. Paesaggi e leggende" at the Centro Culturale Altinate – San Gaetano. Weiller, a Venetian-born artist, moved to Padua after World War II and became a significant figure in its cultural scene during the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition spans from the 1930s to the early 2000s, featuring around one hundred works including figurative and abstract paintings, mini-drawings, books written and illustrated by the artist, and documents of her art criticism. The show is organized around themes: in the Agorà area, curators highlight Weiller's Jewish cultural background through large paper scrolls up to four meters long, inspired by biblical episodes and characters (Jonah, Queen of Sheba, Esther), showing the influence of Chagall but with a more humanized, Venetian touch. The balconies display figurative works with natural and urban scenes, such as "Paesaggio giallo" (1959) and "Notturno veneziano," where lyrical vision combines with solid construction. In the 1970s, Weiller shifted to aniconic painting, with compositions inscribed in squares, geometric lines alternating with informal styles, yet retaining fragments of nature. Works like "Terra, Matericità, Spazialità rappresa" from the 1980s exemplify this phase, where form dissolves into small units. The exhibition runs at the Centro Culturale Altinate in Padua.