This 5 May will see the re-inauguration of the exhibition “Folon. The ethics of poetry. Between civil commitment, condemnation and hope in man“, which exactly two years ago – when the display was ready and invitations had already been sent out – was prevented from opening by the sudden and unprecedented lockdown on 9 March 2020.
A more than symbolic rescheduling of an exhibition event that, after months of resilient confidence and waiting, will be revealed to visitors to the Vatican Museums in the new exhibition spaces of the Torre Borgia Rooms which will be open to the public for the first time together with the “Sala della Cicogna” (Stork Room), located in the Tower of Innocent III.
The event – dedicated to the Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005) and his multi-faceted activity as an illustrator, painter and sculptor – is the fruit of the good collaboration initiated between the Museums and the Folon Foundation on the occasion of the donation of two works by Folon which, at the end of the exhibition, will return to the Vatican collections: About the Creation, a magnificent series of eight graphic works dedicated to the Book of Genesis, and Guardian Angel, a bronze sculpture among his latest creations.
Information
Exhibition: Folon. The ethics of poetry. Between civil commitment, condemnation and hope in man
Location: Torre Borgia Rooms, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vatican Museums
Duration: 6 May – 27 August 2022
Ticket: free and included in the Museums entry ticket
Opening hours: from Monday to Saturday 09.00 a.m. – 06.00 p.m. (last entry at 04.00 p.m.)
Closed: Sunday and holidays
Folon. L’etica della poesia
Un progetto espositivo ideato dai Musei Vaticani e dalla Fondation Folon, centrato sulla produzione politica e sull’impegno civile cui il celebre pittore, scultore e illustratore belga, Jean-Michel Folon, ha dedicato una parte cospicua della sua produzione.
Acquerelli e disegni originali e in parte inediti, opere delicate e potenti, accenderanno i riflettori su temi urgenti e drammatici, dall’ecologia alla vita nelle metropoli, e sopra tutti sulle atrocità della guerra e sui valori che devono governare il vivere civile.
La Mostra:
Dal 6/5/2022 – al 21/6/202
Presso i Musei Vaticani
Orari: dal lunedì al sabato 9.00 – 18.00 (ultimo ingresso h. 16.00). Ogni ultima domenica del mese 9.00 – 14.00 (ultimo ingresso 12.30)
https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/it.html
Ogni venerdì e sabato, le aperture prolungate dei Musei Vaticani con orario continuato sino alle ore 22.30 (ultimo ingresso alle 20.30).
