Fondazione Merz

Events

LA SACRA BELLEZZA. Talk

 

6 April 2024 at 5 pm – ZACentrale, Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo

 

free admission

Francesco de Grandi, artist, Agata Polizzi curator of Giorni felici? quello che succede, quello che può accadere exhibition at ZACentrale and Giulia Turconi, curator of Sacro è exhibition at the Fondazione Merz, in conversation on the themes of sacredness in the visual arts.
With the participation of Albania Tomassini, psychologist and former professor at the University of Turin.

The meeting aims to analyse the value of sacredness in the visual arts, the role of catharsis and ‘prayer’ that the practice of art-making plays in its creative, ritual and spiritual dimension.