The article announces an exhibition titled "Picasso, Morandi, Parmiggiani – Still lifes" at the Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, running from May 7 to July 25, 2026. The show brings together three masters—Pablo Picasso, Giorgio Morandi, and Claudio Parmiggiani—to redefine the still-life genre through a curated dialogue of their works across six rooms. The exhibition is co-organized by Tornabuoni Art, the Musée national Picasso-Paris, and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, with Cécile Debray, president of the Musée national Picasso-Paris, serving as curator. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the show.
This exhibition matters because it offers a rare, poetic juxtaposition of three major 20th-century artists, highlighting how each approached the still-life tradition in distinct yet resonant ways. By staging this dialogue in Venice, a global art capital, the show reinforces the enduring relevance of still life as a genre and fosters cross-generational artistic conversation. It also exemplifies institutional collaboration between a commercial gallery (Tornabuoni Art), a national museum, and civic foundations, blending private and public resources to produce a scholarly yet accessible presentation.