Every week the Civic Museums of Bologna offer a rich calendar of events, to reveal their collections and tell about new and curious aspects and episodes of the history of the city, also through different points of view and unusual combinations between the different collections.
Here are the events scheduled from Friday 13th to Thursday 19th September.
We inform that from September 15th at the Museum of Industrial Heritage the exhibition “Professional training, female work and industry in Bologna: 1946-1970” reopens, which will remain visible until November 17th.
Friday, September 13th
5pm: Municipal Art Collections, Palazzo d’Accursio – Piazza Maggiore 6
“Alessandro Guardassoni (1819-1888). A Bolognese painter between Romanticism and devotion “
Inauguration of the exhibition. To follow, at 6.15 pm, inauguration of the exhibition at the Gualandi Foundation in favor of the deaf (via Nosadella 49) and finally, at 7.15 pm, visit to the church of Santa Cristina (via Saragozza 61).
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the artist’s birth, the city of Bologna pays tribute with an extensive program of initiatives to Alessandro Guardassoni (1819-1888), one of the most interesting personalities that emerged from the 19th century pictorial school of painting, to which we owe an original path of renewal of figurative languages.
Saturday, September 14th
8.30 pm: Certosa Cemetery – Via della Certosa 18
As part of the Certosa di Bologna exhibition. Summer and Bologna Summer
Calendar “ANIMENUDE. Theatrical walks in the Charterhouse ” Reflections on the transience of life in the classics of Italian literature. Stories of a humanity that finds itself naked and fragile in the face of death. In the suggestive stage of the Certosa, the recital by Alessandro Tampieri, with a new nocturnal path between suggestions of art and theater.
Sunday 15 September
10.30 am: Municipal Art Collections, Palazzo d’Accursio – Piazza Maggiore 6
“Alessandro Guardassoni (1819-1888). A Bolognese painter between Romanticism and devotion “
Guided tour of the exhibition by Paolo Cova, RTI Senza Titolo Srl, ASTER Srl and Tecnoscienza.
Admission: museum ticket (€ 6.00 full / € 3.00 reduced)
10.30 am: Museo della Musica – Strada Maggiore 34
“Canzonette and madrigali: discovering Salomone Rossi”
Guided tour of the works exhibited in room 5, included in the program of initiatives planned for the exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Bologna “La Casa della Vita. Ori and stories around the ancient Jewish cemetery of Bologna “. A focus that illustrates his main works preserved in the Music Museum and exhibited during the exhibition.
Admission: museum ticket (€ 5.00 full / € 3.00 reduced)
3.30 pm: Certosa Cemetery – Via della Certosa 18
“The recovery of the ancient Madonnas. A never interrupted devotional story ”
Discovering the votive images detached from the Churches of Bologna and collected in the fourteenth-century cloister of San Girolamo della Certosa. The detachment of the frescoes: a centuries-old history of technique and passion. Evolution, second thoughts, methods and conservative problems.
Reservations required at 3487407119 (morning) or at girottif.restauro@gmail.com .
Meeting at the main entrance of the Certosa (Church courtyard).
The event will also be held in case of bad weather.
Admission: € 10.00 (for each paying admission two euros will be donated to enhance the Certosa)
4.00 pm: Museum of Industrial Heritage – via della Beverara 123
“Jews and silk in Bologna. Centuries XIV-XVI ” On the occasion of the Day of Jewish Culture, the museum opens extraordinarily from 10am to 6.30pm.
At 4 pm he proposes a guided tour on the theme “Jews and silk in Bologna. XIV-XVI centuries “.
Reservations required at 051 6356611 (by 13.00 on Friday 13 September).
Admission: museum ticket (€ 5.00 full / € 3.00 reduced)
5pm: Museum for the Memory of Ustica – via di Saliceto 3/22
“Guided tour of the Museum for the Memory of Ustica”
A visit to the place that the French artist Christian Boltanski created for the city in memory of the victims of the tragedy of Ustica. An opportunity to reflect on the memory and identity of each of us, retracing the events of our contemporary history.
Reservations required at 051 6496628 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9 am-1pm) or at mamboedu@comune.bologna.it .
Museum admission: free
Guided tour: € 4.00. For Bologna Metropolitan Museum Card holders € 3.00
9pm: Certosa Cemetery – via della Certosa 18
As part of the Certosa di Bologna exhibition. Summer and Bologna Summer Calendar
“In the pleasant Cemetery at Bologna” A traveling performance that, starting from the story of Charles Dickens’ visit to Bologna in 1844, will reveal some of the most evocative views of the Charterhouse. The splendid architecture will be scenographies for the musical instruments used by Laura Comuzzi, Stefania Megale, Francesco Paolino, Marco Venturi, Diego Devincenzi , Massimiliano Amatruda , Mario Martignoni. Reservations required at 333 9719568 – giuma7@alice.it . Meeting 30 minutes before at the main entrance of the Certosa (Church courtyard). The event will also be held in case of bad weather. Admission: € 12.00 (for each paying admission two euros will be donated to enhance the Certosa)
Tuesday 17 September
9pm: Museo della Musica – Strada Maggiore 34
On the occasion of (s) Nodi: where the music intersects and in the context of Bologna Estate
“Sarajevo, chico Yerushalaim” Concert by Yefira & Asher Alkalay . With Aleksandar Sasha Karlic , vocals, oud , saz ; Simona Gatto, voice, Persian daf , darabuka , tapan ; Fabio Resta, Macedonian gajda , kaval , nay , clarinet; Diego remains, Tambur turkish, kemançe , gadulka , final and and with the special participation of Asher Alkalay , singing and qanun . Special project by the Jewish Museum of Bologna on the occasion of the exhibition “La Casa della Vita. Ori and stories around the ancient Jewish cemetery of Bologna “. Tickets can be booked (with payment on the day of the event) from the website www.museibologna.it/musica . Admission: € 10.00 / € 8.00
Wednesday 18 September
8.30 pm: Certosa Cemetery – Via della Certosa 18
As part of the Certosa di Bologna exhibition. Summer and Bologna Summer Calendar
“Matches of loving senses. Stories of virtues and sins”
Monuments hold many stories. Walking through arcades and galleries we will not only discover heroic or sublime experiences, but also curious, tragic or stormy existences. And the cemetery itself has been the stage for gallant and licentious adventures.
Reservations required on 348 1431230 (afternoon-evening). Meeting at the main entrance of the Certosa (Church courtyard). The event will also be held in case of bad weather. Admission: € 10.00 (for each paying admission two euros will be donated to enhance the Certosa)
Thursday 19 September
6.30 pm: MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna – via Don Minzoni 14
On the occasion of the exhibition Think of yourself free. Bologna Rock 1979
“From Clash to Radiohead , what politics do you play in Bologna?”
Meeting with Mauro Felicori , Nicola Sinisi, Lele Roveri.
Admission: free subject to availability
9pm: Certosa Cemetery – via della Certosa 18
As part of the Certosa di Bologna exhibition. Summer and Bologna Summer Calendar
“Notes from the Beyond. The roots of memory ” Two different events on the same evening.
At 9 pm, accompanied by actress Francesca Tranchida and musicologist Maria Chiara Mazzi, we will discover a city of theaters, music, operas and wars. At 21.30, following the environmental historian Francesco Nigro, we will discover that the plants that adorn the avenues are alive, while the monuments tell us other stories. And it will happen to meet the actor Filippo Pagotto , able to enchant you with his stories. Reservations required at 329 3659446 – Associazione.vitruvio@gmail.com . Meeting 15 minutes before at the main entrance of the Certosa (Church courtyard). For the 21.30 route, use a LED light or smartphone with LEDs. The event will also be held in case of bad weather.
Admission: € 14.00 (€ 8.00 for children under 12) (for each paying admission two euros will be donated to enhance the Charterhouse)
EXHIBITIONS
Industrial Heritage Museum – via della Beverara 123
“Professional training, women’s work and industry in Bologna: 1946-1970”
15 September – 17 November 2019
The exhibition, conceived and produced by the Industrial Heritage Museum and the Women’s Union in Italy (Bologna office ) in collaboration with the Fondazione del Monte di Bologna and Ravenna and the International Labor Organization (ILO) – Office for Italy and San Marino, is the first appointment of a three-year project promoted by the Museum of Industrial Heritage and by the Women Union in Italy of Bologna dedicated to the theme “Work, training and female technical culture”.
MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna – via Don Minzoni 14
“Think of free. Bologna Rock 1979” , until September 29th 2019
The MAMbo Project Room continues its exhibition activity with “Think yourself free. Bologna Rock 1979”, an exhibition dedicated to the musical event that gathered more than six thousand people at the Palasport in Bologna April 2, 1979.
“Bologna Rock” can be considered the symbol of a season that is not exclusively musical but also social, cultural, political, which has left its mark on the history of the city and of all of Italy, on which the exhibition focus, edited by Oderso Rubini and Anna Persiani, he wants to build a thorough investigation.
