Palazzo Collicola 21/02/2026

SPRING EXHIBITIONS AT PALAZZO COLLICOLA

Until early June, an exhibition cycle that intertwines historical memory and contemporary sensibility

Palazzo Collicola's  new exhibition season includes four projects: Vita minore. San Francesco e la santità dell’arte contemporanea (Minor Life. St Francis and the Sanctity of Contemporary Art), a group exhibition curated by Gianni and Giuseppe Garrera; Agraria, a solo exhibition by Franco Troiani curated by Saverio Verini; Sculpture Speaks Louder than Words, a solo exhibition by Barry Flanagan curated by Jo Melvin; Lirico Sperimentale. Manifesti d'autore, an exhibition featuring a selection of original sketches of posters for the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto “A.Belli”, curated by Raffaella Clerici and Saverio Verini.

Vita minore. San Francesco e la santità dell’arte contemporanea
(Minor Life. St Francis and the Sanctity of Contemporary Art)
Group exhibition curated by Gianni and Giuseppe Garrera
Opening: 21 February 2026 at 11 a.m. - Closing: 2 June 2026
'Minor Life. St Francis and the sanctity of contemporary art' is the title of the group exhibition organised to mark the eighth centenary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. Curated by Gianni and Giuseppe Garrera, the project offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the figure of the saint, who was deeply connected to the Umbrian and Spoleto areas: Francis chose Monteluco, the mountain that rises in front of Spoleto, as a place of prayer and contemplation and, according to tradition, uttered the famous phrase 'Nihil jucundius vidi valle mea spoletana' (‘I have never seen anything more joyful than my Spoleto valley’), which still today bears witness to his special relationship with the area. 

Agraria
solo exhibition by Franco Troiani curated by Saverio Verini
Opening: 21 February 2026 at 11 a.m. – Closing: 24 May 2026
‘Agraria’ is the title of Franco Troiani's solo exhibition curated by Saverio Verini. The project, staged in the rooms of the Piano Nobile of Palazzo Collicola, coincides with the artist's 80th birthday and the 40th anniversary of STUDIO A'87, which he founded and which has played a fundamental role in the art scene of Spoleto and Umbria. The exhibition creates a dialogue between the essential materiality of the works – mainly made of wood and found objects – and the splendour of the historic furnishings, establishing a dialectical relationship between the works and the rooms of the Piano Nobile.

Sculpture speaks louder than words
solo exhibition by Barry Flanagan curated by Jo Melvin
Opening: 21.02.26 at 11.00 a.m. - Closing: 24.05.2026
'Sculpture speaks louder than words by Barry Flanagan' is the title of Barry Flanagan's solo exhibition curated by Jo Melvin and staged on the second floor of Palazzo Collicola. The project, realised thanks to the support and collaboration of The Estate of Barry Flanagan and Plubronze, presents a selection of works that illustrate the British artist's research, from his early experiments with heterogeneous materials – sand, rope, fabric, plaster, clay and metals, characterised by an innovative use of form, sound and light – to his figurative bronze sculptures. Trained at St. Martins School of Art in London in the 1960s, Flanagan explored the interactions between sculpture, sound and silence from the outset, conceiving artistic material as a multisensory experience. His practice, close to Minimalism and Italian Arte Povera, combines technical rigour, experimentation with materials and poetic sensibility, incorporating natural elements, references to myth and symbolic forms.

Lirico Sperimentale. Manifesti d’autore 
(Experimental Opera Theatre. Art Posters)
curated by Raffaella Clerici and Saverio Verini
Opening: 21 February 2026 at 11:00 a.m. - Closing: 2 June 2026

“Experimental Opera. Artistic Posters” is the title of the exhibition curated by Raffaella Clerici and Saverio Verini, set up in the room adjacent to the G. Carandente library in Palazzo Collicola. The project celebrates eighty years of activity by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale ‘A. Belli’, one of the city's oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions, founded in 1947 and always central to the training and launch of young performers on the international opera scene. The exhibition presents a selection of original sketches and preparatory drawings, alongside their transposition into posters, retracing the visual history of Sperimentale and the evolution of graphic language from the 1970s to the present day. On display are works by Emanuele Luzzati, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Toti Scialoja, Pietro Consagra, Ester Grossi and Gilberto Cappelli, all part of the institution's heritage, which have contributed to defining the visual identity of some of the theatre's most significant seasons.


For further information on the exhibitions, visit the Palazzo Collicola website.

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