The seaside city of Viareggio has lots to offer visitors from delicious seafood to beautiful beaches, architectural gems to surfing spots, Carnevale celebrations to fascinating museums. Among these museums there is the Centro Matteucci per l’Arte Moderna, which regularly hosts excellent curations of works of art and is currently showcasing a particularly interesting exhibition called, “L’Eterna Musa.” If you have an interest in a seaside getaway in Tuscany with an artistic and cultural twist, then just find a luxury villa in Viareggio and come discover for yourself all that it has to offer!
“L’Eterna Musa” (“The Eternal Muse”), is an exhibition of 40 works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries, each of which depicts a different woman. These women come from a variety of backgrounds and places, from nobles to peasants, mothers to girls, housewives to workers. In showcasing these female figures, the exhibition explores the transformation of female roles in society and the ways in which the depiction of women has changed throughout the centuries.
“L’Eterna Musa” (“The Eternal Muse”), is an exhibition of 40 works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries, each of which depicts a different woman. These women come from a variety of backgrounds and places, from nobles to peasants, mothers to girls, housewives to workers. In showcasing these female figures, the exhibition explores the transformation of female roles in society and the ways in which the depiction of women has changed throughout the centuries.
The curator, Giuliano Matteucci, has said that the show aims to present an authentic representation of womanhood and does not display images of famous figures or icons like Coco Chanel or Frida Kahlo but, instead, chooses to focus on ordinary women from all walks of life. Matteucci says that the exhibition asks us to question the types of women that society looks to for inspiration when there is such a bountiful range of incredible female figures to look up to all around us. It also explores different periods and styles in art throughout the two centuries represented by the exhibition from Impressionism to the Macchiaioli school and beyond.
Inaugurated on the 2nd of June 2019, the exhibition continues until the 3rd of November 2019 and is open every evening from 5.30 to 10pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 1pm and then from 5.30 to 10pm but is closed on Mondays. Tickets cost €8 each and the gallery is located on via Gabriele D’Annunzio 28 in Viareggio. If you’re interested in art and are spending time in this part of Tuscany in the next while, be sure to drop by!
Inaugurated on the 2nd of June 2019, the exhibition continues until the 3rd of November 2019 and is open every evening from 5.30 to 10pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 1pm and then from 5.30 to 10pm but is closed on Mondays. Tickets cost €8 each and the gallery is located on via Gabriele D’Annunzio 28 in Viareggio. If you’re interested in art and are spending time in this part of Tuscany in the next while, be sure to drop by!
