Palazzo Te in Mantua Celebrates 500 Years with Special Projects
Palazzo Te in Mantua is marking its 500th anniversary with a series of exhibitions, installations, and events scheduled for 2025. Among the highlights is a special Amarone wine, created in collaboration with Villa della Torre, honoring the Camera del Sole e della Luna. Additionally, a limited edition board game titled Il Gioco del Ramarro, featuring illustrations by Flaminia Veronesi, will be released. The exhibition "Dal caos al cosmo. Metamorfosi a Palazzo Te," curated by Claudia Cieri Via, is open until June 29 and showcases Renaissance artworks from prominent museums. In October, a video installation by Isaac Julien will be unveiled in the renovated Fruttiere spaces, followed by the debut of "Il Labirinto" by Balich Wonder Studio in late 2025. Various cultural events will also take place throughout the year.
Key facts
- Palazzo Te in Mantua celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2025.
- A new Amarone wine dedicated to the Camera del Sole e della Luna was launched in collaboration with Villa della Torre.
- The wine is the third in a series; previous bottles honored the Camera di Amore e Psiche and the Camera della Caduta dei Giganti.
- A limited edition of the Gioco dell'Oca board game, renamed Il Gioco del Ramarro and illustrated by Flaminia Veronesi, was released.
- Exhibition 'Dal caos al cosmo. Metamorfosi a Palazzo Te' runs until June 29, curated by Claudia Cieri Via.
- The exhibition includes loans from the Louvre, Albertina Vienna, Prado, Galleria Borghese, and Uffizi, featuring Correggio's Danae.
- In October 2025, Isaac Julien will present a new video installation at the restored Fruttiere spaces, curated by Lorenzo Giusti.
- Balich Wonder Studio will open 'Il Labirinto' in the Giardino dell'Esedra in late 2025.
- A year-long program of concerts, theater, dance, readings, artist residencies, and workshops on the theme of Metamorphoses is planned.
- Three new seminar rooms have been added for educational activities.
Entities
Artists
- Giulio Romano
- Federico II Gonzaga
- Flaminia Veronesi
- Claudia Cieri Via
- Correggio
- Isaac Julien
- Lorenzo Giusti
- Stefano Baia Curioni
- Carlo V
- Giulia Giaume
Institutions
- Palazzo Te
- Villa della Torre
- Mastella Allegrini
- Fondazione Palazzo Te
- Louvre
- Albertina di Vienna
- Prado
- Galleria Borghese
- Uffizi
- MoMA
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Centre Pompidou
- Balich Wonder Studio
- Artribune
Locations
- Mantua
- Italy
- Veneto
- Vienna
- Austria
- Madrid
- Spain
- Rome
- Paris
- France
- Chicago
- United States
- New York