The Devanna Gallery to discover Calvino between art, literature and cinema!



Bitonto is a wonderful town in Puglia, famous for its olive trees, its landscapes and numerous architectural and historical treasures in the archaeological area. The city is rich in historical and culinary traditions that will give you a journey plenty of amazement and suggestions! Discover all the cultural activities available right now and buy your ticket directly online (safely and with just a few clicks!).


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Admission is free for children under 12, always accompanied by an adult, and € 5 for adults, except for discounts or reductions.



Adult entrance

Saturday, September 9th the Devanna Gallery opens its doors to young and old who wish to immerse themselves in the world of Italo Calvino.

On the occasion of the extraordinary opening of the Gallery (open all day until 23:30) starting from the late afternoon there will be a series of events dedicated to visitors of all ages.
The start is at 6 pm with the workshop **"Imagined Cities"**, dedicated to visitors between 8 and 11 years old. This is followed at 7 pm **"The painted cities"**, a thematic guided tour for art lovers aged between 14 and 99 years. But an event dedicated to Calvino would not be such without a parenthesis dedicated to literature: join the museum staff for a **reading aloud** of one of his magical fairy tales (20:00) followed by the screening of the **animated film "Princes and Princesses"** by Michel Ocelot (20:30).

The activities are free of charge. Admission is free for children under 12, always accompanied by an adult, and € 5 for adults, except for discounts or reductions.

**You are all welcome to join!**




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Multiverse Calvino

The Girolamo and Rosaria Devanna National Gallery of Puglia defines regional identity in a vibrant way, while at the same time traversing national borders and reaching beyond the Alps thanks to the varied provenance of the collections.

**A monumental building as the site for the new museum**

The official site of the Gallery is **Palazzo Sylos Calò**. Built in the 16th century, the building blends elements of late medieval architecture with a Renaissance lexicon (found in the classically-influenced architecture), the result of civil construction at the time. Its loggia forms the extraordinary scenic backdrop to Piazza Cavour, becoming in the 19th century the point of union between the old town and the new suburb. In 1902, it was included in the **List of Monumental Buildings of Italy** by the then Ministry of Education. 

**An eccentric cultural offering**

With the strength of its national identity, the Gallery's collection does not disdain works by foreign artists, offering the public a comprehensive and stimulating view of **artistic production between the 16th and 20th centuries**. Spread over five rooms and consisting of 350 works, the collection serves as a starting point for research and study of the works on display, as well as for an in-depth study of art history. The itinerary is intended to reflect the **spirit of a private collection** that is at the heart of the exhibition, bringing out the common denominator that led the original collectors to buy, sell and select the works, and creating new **points of discussion to entice the public to return to the rooms**.

**Sixteenth-century forms and colours**

Symbols of the 16th century include the works of Giovan Filippo Criscuolo (Death and Assumption of the Madonna), as well as the splendid painting attributed to the circle of **Titian Vecellio** (Portrait of a Gentleman) representing Venetian painting.  There is an interesting group of paintings of late Byzantine culture attributable to the Cretan area. 

**The Golden Ages of Baroque Painting: 17th and 18th Centuries**

Representing this flourishing artistic period are **Artemisia Gentileschi**, **Luca Giordano** (Annunciation) and **Nicolas Poussin** (Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, Nymph and Drinking Satyr). Apulian figurative painters are represented by **Francesco Antonio Altobello** (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) for the 17th century, while the 18th-century is represented by **Francesco de Mura** (St Paul Apostle, St Vincent Ferrer) for the Neapolitan school, while the opening towards Europe is provided by the works of **Tiepolo**, **Melendez** and **Hamilton**.

**Historical and artistic revolutions**

Nineteenth-century art was rooted in the changes brought about by the French Revolution, marking the birth of an eclectic art without rigid schematics and marked by a **personal quest for the self and the other**. The works in the collection are mainly Italian, with the likes of **Eugéne Delacroix** (Scene of a Shipwreck), **Giuseppe de Nittis** (Trafalgar Square), **Federico Rossano** (Campagna, Landscape) and **Gioacchino Toma** (Ophelia).

**Window on the contemporary**

The works in the Contemporary section are divided between 19th and 20th century artists on the one hand, and works of the international avant-garde on the other. The art of the two centuries includes **Giulio Aristide Sartorio** (Female figures in front of a church) and **Damaso Bianchi** (Portrait of the caricaturist and satirical cartoonist Menotti Bianchi, nicknamed Friar Menotti). In the contemporary sphere, works by **Joseph Stella** (St. John the Baptist), **Beatrice Wood** (Portrait of a Woman, Situation), **Man Ray** (Study of a Female Figure), **Gaetano Peviati** (Women at the Sepulchre) are of considerable interest.


Multiverse Calvino

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