(17 February 2016) Giorgio Morandi’s art continues its tour in Japan: after Kobe, the exhibition “Giorgio Morandi. Infinite variations” arrives at Tokyo Station Gallery, where it will be inaugurated on Friday 19 February and will remain open until April 10. The exhibition is curated by the Institution Bologna Museums – Morandi Museum, sponsored by the Municipality of Bologna, the Italian Embassy in Tokyo, the Italian Cultural Institute in the Japanese capital, in collaboration with Alitalia. The inauguration was attended by, among others, by Domenico Giorgi, Ambassador of Italy in Japan, Takeshi Sakamoto, mayor of the Japanese city of Itabashi, Matteo Lepore, Councilor for the Economy and Promotion of Bologna, and Patrik Romano, managing director of Bologna Welcome. The first stop of the Japanese tour took place at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe until 14 February, welcoming 31,124 visitors. After Tokyo, Morandi’s Japanese tour will continue at the Museum of Art of Iwate, on display from April 16 to June 5. The exhibition is curated by Lorenza Selleri and Giusi Vecchi and features over 50 paintings and 50 works on paper (watercolors, drawings and etchings) from the Morandi Museum and other important public and private Italian collections. The exhibition also features three paintings and two etchings belonging to Japanese museums and private collections. (Sip)
