Brescia, the city's museums are moving to the digital platform

Brescia, The evolution of the epidemic situation leads the Brescia Musei Foundation to close its museums and exhibitions; after five and a half months from the reopening post spring lockdown we will enter the second lockdown tomorrow which will hopefully be contained by early December.
We take this opportunity to take stock of what has been done to date: we have started again with a progressive reopening of the museum sites with the exception of Brixia Roman archaeological park of Brescia to host the Winged Victory currently being set up and renovated to host the statue, the Foundation produced the opening of three original exhibitions, Gesto Zero. Snapshots 2020; Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Architecture, sculpture and painting; Raffaello. The invention of the divine painter, and guaranteed the full operation of the educational services of the Brescia Musei Foundation, including the successes of the summer camp.
The projects currently underway were enjoying great critical and public attention: we thus have the bitter satisfaction of being included, with the exhibition dedicated to Raphael, among the ten major Italian exhibitions that close after the last Prime Ministerial Decree according to the referenced Artribune source which just today published a piece about it. Despite the incredibly problematic conditions, the Raffaello exhibition. However, the invention of the divine painter attracted around 2500 visitors in the first month of its opening. All this data gives us hope that our audience will continue to follow us on the digital channels that we have already activated with a rich new schedule of virtual appointments (in-depth information on the Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube pages).

Digital insights into the exhibitions: Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Architecture, painting and sculpture and Raphael. The invention of the divine painter
In particular, the daily programming of the new digital columns dedicated to the discovery of museums and museum collections begins, enriched with curious and evocative narratives, to continue with the original insights dedicated to the exhibitions on the Juan Navarro Baldeweg estate. Architecture, painting and sculpture, one of the most original architects on the international contemporary scene and curator of the re-exhibition of Vittoria and Raphael. The invention of the divine painter, discovering the wonderful inventions, the fruit of Raffaello Sanzio's creativity and his artistic fortune. We remind you that the calendar of activities of the Raffaello exhibition. The invention of the divine painter continues online with conferences in collaboration with the University of Brescia and the presentations of books dedicated to the genius from Urbino.
For information and further information visit: raffaellocustodidelmito.it

Online teaching activities and workshops
The formats dedicated to "Work of the month" and "Art in detail" continue; restarts with "Identity card of a work", as well as support activities for distance learning such as "The Museum in the classroom" and columns such as "Archive stories" to delve deeper into the heritage of the museums and exhibitions, as well as “My Museum”, which will be presented in an intercultural context. with cultural mediators, engaged in videos they unravel their work of the heart to their respective linguistic communities (subtitled in Italian).

The unmissable "Museums at home" column is back, accompanied by the new format "How many stories!" dedicated to families, to pleasantly spend free time with their children carrying out artistic experiments that take inspiration from the masterpieces of the museums or letting themselves be carried away by the evocative tales of myths and distant legends.

The Museums to respond to the difficulties of the health emergency and which provide the possibility of carrying out activities inside schools or online: "Tele laboratories", laboratories in an online version, to virtually reach students from all over Italy; “The Museum in a suitcase”, which involves the use of a scenographic micro-museum in the classroom that allows students to look at history up close and be fascinated by it thanks to innovative materials and the scientific content. Activities for teaching civic education are also planned.

The return of the Winged Victory and the opening of the Archaeological Park
From an operational point of view, the offices of the Brescia Musei Foundation remain fully active and the works to re-set up the Capitolium in the Archaeological Park are obviously continuing: at the end of the museum lockdown period, the city of Brescia will be able to boast of reopening to the public with a new large museum site: the renewed archaeological park of Roman Brescia with the new Capitolium designed by Juan Navarro Baldeweg for the Winged Victory. It is neither prudent nor superstitious to define the date of reopening of the museums and therefore the inauguration of the rearrangement.
We will continue to make people talk about us by staying in touch with our public, in a "magical" moment which saw the great exhibition of the architect and artist Baldeweg widely appreciated by critics and with the recent inauguration of the monumental installation by Emilio Isgrò.

In view of the reopening of the archaeological site, the Foundation is developing a busy calendar of artistic and performative activities that will involve the public in the majestic restitution of the VIttoria ALata to the city. The publication of the original story “Mickey Mouse and the Winged Minnie Mouse” by Roberto Vagnor with pencils by Robert Held in issue 18 of the weekly Topolino magazine is scheduled for Wednesday 3391th November on newsstands throughout Italy and on Saturday 21st November the issue of the stamp commemorating the Vittoria Alata bearing the visual identity of the designer Paolo Tassinari who signed the visual.
For information and further information: Victorialatabrescia.com

The Eden Cinema in the living room
The Nuovo Eden cinema moves its activities online, offering quality and author films on the L'Eden in the living room streaming platform, the window dedicated to independent cinema. Already available in rotation are 6 new titles directly from the latest edition of the Trieste Film Festival: 3 feature films and 3 documentaries among the best works of Eastern European production.
To access the Nuovo Eden on demand channel: Nuovo Eden.it.
On the occasion of the fifth edition of the European Art Cinema Day, the European Art Cinema Day, on Sunday 8 December, Nuovo Eden invites all its spectators to the special streaming event "Clouds in travel - between cinema and cinematographers".
A film marathon involving many Italian theaters that will symbolically reopen the cinema on the occasion of this event, from 9 in the morning to late in the evening.
At 18.00 pm on the Nuovo Eden Facebook channel the award-winning short film Respiro by Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi will be presented.

Below is the detailed weekly program of the Brescia Musei Foundation

APPOINTMENTS

RAFFAELLO. The invention of the divine painter
edited by Roberta D'Adda
02 October 2020 - 10 January 2021
Museum of Santa Giulia

Friday 6 November, 18.00
Conference at the Ugo da Como Foundation
Raphael, the “Marriage” of the Pinacoteca di Brera and the contribution of Senator Ugo da Como
Introduced by Dr. Letizia Lodi
Speaker: Dr. Laura Picchio Lechi
Senator Ugo Da Como (Brescia 1869 – Lonato 1941) published an article in “La Nuova Antologia” in 1935, delving into the very delicate topic of the provenance of Raphael's famous “Sposalizio”, among the masterpieces of the Pinacoteca di Brera.
Originally commissioned for the Church of San Francesco in Città di Castello (near Perugia), the painting was donated in 1798 to the Napoleonic general Giuseppe Lechi, who took it to Brescia, and then (after some passages) in 1806 it was purchased by Prince Eugene of Beauharnais who sent it to the Brera Academy.
“A theft, a violence, a robbery”? Senator Ugo Da Como, urged by his friend Teodoro Lechi, gave an interpretation of the events.