MIA Art Collection, in collaboration with DIFC Dubai and under the auspices of Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Abu Dhabi, brings “LAVINIA: In the Footsteps of a Female Italian Iconic Artist”, an exceptional exhibition curated by a team of international curators directed by Alejandra Castro Rioseco with special co-curator Mr. Matteo SORMANI, that brings never seen artworks to Dubai, a privilege to the eye of the art lover and enthusiast, in the imponent DIFC The Gate as background, during Art Dubai.
The exhibition transports us to the baroque period in 16th century Italy, or late mannerism, with works exclusively by women artists, and is centered around an exclusive artwork of that period by the famous and iconic artist Lavinia Fontana, one of the most renowned women artists in history.
This is a captivating exhibition of female artistic voices, inspired by the fundamental reality that one of the most famous artists of the time was a woman, named Lavinia Fontana. She produced over 125 artworks of which only 34 are recovered with her original signature. Lavinia Fontana is a true icon of the arts and her works have been exhibited in the most important museums in the world. Her work is now brought for the first time to Dubai by MIA ART Collection and will be exhibited in the DIFC, The Gate.
MIA ART Collection creates this magnificent exhibition including 4 young Italian woman artists of the proper MIA Art Collection, Ana Botticini , Mara Fabbro, Isadora Capraro, Silvia Giordani. The exhibition impeccably blends the Baroque classic painting with new expressions by Italian hands and in doing so generates a true travel through time embarking in one of the richest countries in art and culture in the world, Italy.
The world of art teaches us that the vast majority of the art pieces that we see in museums are pieces by male artists while the woman’s gaze therein is almost non-existent. Once again, driven by its mission to promote visibility of women artists in the world, MIA ART Collection choses to highlight such an important figure, an icon of its time of several centuries ago, and in doing so allows us to reflect on our current reality of women artists and their visibility.
Open to public from March 1st till 30th at The Gate at DIFC – West Lobby.
Check our PRESS RELEASE HERE, and the LAVINIA TALKS HERE
