Leonardo Cremonini - Mostra retrospettiva

The exhibition at the SimonBart Gallery celebrates the famous painter Leonardo Cremonini who died in 2010. Loved by Moravia, Calvino, Eco, Buzzati, and by philosophers such as Althusser, who dedicated his only text on painting to him; friend of Peggy Guggenheim, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Bacon, Mario Sironi, Gino Severini, Balthus, just to name a few, Cremonini marks the path of the history of art and culture of the twentieth century. His works are present in the most important art collections in the world such as the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris, the MOMA in New York, the Israel National Museum in Jerusalem, the Frissiras Museum in Athens, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Museum of Modern Art of Bologna.

The exhibition, which should have been inaugurated last year and was postponed due to the health emergency, is a tribute to the artist on the tenth anniversary of his death. The introduction of the catalog is signed by Professor Stefano Zecchi, philosopher, writer and former full professor of Aesthetics at the University of Milan. The works on display until January 31 (free entry) cover a time span that goes from the 1960s to the last years of the Maestro's life.