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Beauty, mystery, obsession.
One of the largest exhibitions ever dedicated to Italian Symbolism, featuring over 140 works – paintings, sculptures and prints – from 14 March to 28 June 2026 at the Fondazione Magnani Rocca, near Parma.
At the renowned Villa dei Capolavori, the exhibition is divided into seven sections and features works that introduce the general public to the most visionary period of Italian art between the 19th and 20th centuries: a chapter that developed in close dialogue with an international trend rooted in various forms of Pre-Raphaelism and in French and Central European art, which had Gustave Moreau and Arnold Böcklin as some of its main points of reference. Yet the Italian approach to Symbolism managed to develop its own distinctive character, recognisable in the convergence of spiritual concerns and a constant reflection on myth and landscape that was able to bring together tradition and modernity.
Artists featured in the exhibition include: Giovanni Segantini, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Gaetano Previati, Arnold Böcklin, Edward Burne-Jones, Franz von Stuck, Max Klinger, Domenico Morelli, Giulio Aristide Sartorio, Galileo Chini, Luigi Russolo, Leonardo Bistolfi, Adolfo Wildt, Giulio Bargellini, Adolfo De Carolis, Francesco Paolo Michetti, Plinio Nomellini, Emilio Longoni, Ettore Tito, Carlo Fornara, Duilio Cambellotti, Felice Carena, Alberto Martini, Cesare Saccaggi, Libero Andreotti, Ettore Ximenes, Mario De Maria and Mariano Fortuny.
The exhibition is curated by Francesco Parisi and Stefano Roffi.
