Artists

Felice Casorati

Press release

After more than 30 years, from February 15th to June 29th, 2025, Palazzo Reale returns to celebrate the originality of a multifaceted artist like Felice Casorati.

Dedicated to one of the most influential and recognized figures among 20th-century Italian artists, the Felice Casorati exhibition is an anthology that comprehensively reconstructs the artist's entire career, tracing the various phases of his painting. Designed for the halls of Palazzo Reale, the exhibition presents a collection of one hundred significant works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, and graphic works, sourced from prestigious private collections as well as museum institutions. Notably, it features pieces from the Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Turin, which houses the largest group of the artist's works.

A cornerstone of this project is the close collaboration with the Archivio Felice Casorati, which has graciously lent crucial paintings alongside engravings, drawings, sculptures, furnishings, and documentation. The exhibition underscores/highlights the historical bond between the artist and the city of Milan. Thirty-five years after the memorable anthology curated by Claudia Gian Ferrari in 1990 (accompanied by a catalogue edited by Maria Mimita Lamberti and featuring an essay by Paolo Fossati), Felice Casorati returns to Palazzo Reale - which will host a landmark event. 

Throughout his long career, Casorati consistently attributed a strategic function to Milan, recognized as the first city in Italy to establish a modern art system and market. The exhibition further emphasizes the artist's multifaceted vocation and contributions that extend beyond painting, from sculpture to graphic art, in which, due to his continuous experimentation, he achieved equally high and original results. Not to mention his involvement in drawing, illustration, and a profound passion for music, which led him to a remarkable activity as a set and costume designer for operas.

Curated by Giorgia Bertolino, Ferdinando Mazzocca and Francesco Poli.