August 26, 2015 – On Thursday, Sept. 3, at 6pm, at the Baroque chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague there will be the inauguration of “Verdi’s Lands”. This is a retrospective exhibition by artists Ferdinando Quintavalla and Vittorio Ferrarini. Quintavalle, born in 1951, lives and works in the province of Parma. There have been many important customers for which the artist has performed exclusive works such as “Amaro Averna” – “Cirio, De Rica, Bertolli” – “Gardesa” – “Castello di Monte Segale” – “Colfiorito” and others. His works are in private collections in Italy and abroad. In 2003, the Department of Culture of the town of Parma, for the commemoration of Giuseppe Verdi’s death, hosted his exhibition “Emotions for Verdi”, in the Galleria San Ludovico. Ferrarini, born in 1944, also from Parma, graduated Master of Art at the Art Institute Paolo Toschi. Since 2005, he has had solo shows and participated in group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. In particular, he has exhibited abroad for the Prague Italian Institute of Culture, Bratislava Castle, the seat of the Slovak Parliament, the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna, and in France (at the Carouselle du Louvre, in Paris and at the Centre Cultural Christiane Peugeot). The exhibition, with free admission, will be open until 20 September. The event is organized by the Italian Institute of Culture, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Prague, the Charles Bridge Group and the magazine “Project Czech Republic.”
