Expanded Interiors - Artist Tours
2018-11-30 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Rome) | Pompeii, Pompei, 8050, Italia
Expanded Interiors – Artist ToursContemporary Art Exhibition
Friday, November 30th Artist Tours from 10.00 to 11.00
Visit the exhibition with the artist Catrin Huber e the archaeologist Dr Thea Ravasi. Meet at the entrance of the house, from Vicolo del Menander, at 10.00am
Artists’ TalkCatrin Huber12.00 – 13.00Offices of : San Paolino, Via Plinio 4, Pompei
Expanded Interiors explores ancient Roman wall paintings and Roman artefacts through fine-art practice at the two UNESCO World Heritage sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum.The project has developed site-specific fine art installations within two distinct architectural contexts: the House of the Cryptoporticus, in Pompeii, and the House of the Beautiful Courtyard, in Herculaneum.

In the Volcano: Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii
2019-02-21 12:00 - 16:00 | Anfiteatro degli Scavi, Pompei, Italia
February 21st at 1pm
THE POMPEII AMPHITHEATRE – EXPLOSION STUDIO,
A unique explosion event by artist Cai Guo-Qiang leading to
February 22nd
Opening of asolo exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples
IN THE VOLCANO: Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii
On view from FEBRUARY 22ndto May 20th2019
Press preview 4:30pm
Exhibition opening 6:30pm
February 21st. An explosion of gunpowder and color smoke in Pompeii’s Amphitheatre will reignite the tragic and vital dynamics of the eruption of Mt. Vesuviusin a timeless, poetic journey that tells the story of the destruction and rebirth of Pompeii.
Artist Cai Guo-Qiangwill execute Explosion Studio in the arena of the Amphitheatre at 1 PMon February 21s. An artistic explosion whose different phaseswill act as metaphor of not only the tragedy that devastated Pompeii but also its remarkable discovery. Explosion Studio will bring to light exceptional historical moments and archaeological finds.
The works created from this explosion event will subsequently be “excavated” and transferred to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) for the exhibition opening on February 22ndat 6:30 PM, until May 20th, 2019.Spread throughout the museum—from the Farnese Collection to the frescoes section, from the atrium to the mosaic collection—Cai Guo-Qiang’s works will narrate the enduring link between past and present, and between Eastern and Western culture.
The exhibition is curated by Jérôme Neutres. Theprojectis co-hosted by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.In the Volcano is made possible with support of Morra Foundation.
With this multifaceted artistic engagement, artist Cai Guo-Qiang continueshis work in Italy after the success of his firework performance in Florence (City of Flowers in the Sky) and the solo show Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizias part of Cai Guo-Qiang’sbroader project,An individual’s Journey through Western ArtHistory.

Explosion Studio
The explosion at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii will be a one-of-its-kind historical event. At the center of the Amphitheatre, canvases of different sizes and copies of objects linked to daily life and art in Pompeii will be placed on a32-by-6-meter canvas, supported by a platform.These objects include reproductions of sculptures from the MANN collections, such as the Venus Callipigia, the Farnese Hercules and Atlas, and the bust of Pseudo-Seneca.
Explosion Studiowill unfold in three parts. I.Beginning with the evocative chapter “The Fabric of Civilization” – small explosions will disrupt the artefacts arranged on the canvas, marking it violently and with the same ruthlessness that hasleft its mark on human lives at the time of the volcanic explosion of the Vesuvio.II. After a brief pause, coloreddaytime fireworks lined up along the canvas point towards the sky as though an unrelenting volcanic eruption. The fireworks will theatrically embody a heavy “Sigh,” that of the rise and fall of a human civilization. This occasion marks the artist’s first attempt to “paint” on canvas with fireworks. III.Then,“Excavation” will begin –amid the last fumes, the artist and his team will bring to light the “archaeological ruins.” The exploded canvas will be filled with imageries and colors inspired by the collection of objects discovered in Pompeii now in the MANN collection.
“I borrow from Massimo Osanna, to whom we owe the promotion of this project, the idea that Pompeii is a place of the contemporary.” – declares the interim Director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Alfonsina Russo. “Pompeii, suspended in time, has always captured the imagination and creative spirit of artists of all ages, reminding us that the tragic event of 79 AD impressed itself upon collective memory for eternity, not only for its unique history and testimony of an era, but also because of the profound sense of fragility and impotence we are constantlyfaced with.”

NATIONAL LANDSCAPE DAY 2019 – 14TH MARCH 2019
2019-03-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Pompeii, Pompei, 8050, Italia
For National Landscape Day 2019, set for the 14th March 2019, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will participate in the event, promoted by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, with numerous initiatives:
Excavations of Pompeii
Several wall paintings which depict landscapes will be focused on, with the distribution of an illustrated booklet. These include the frescoes of the garden in the House of the Ceii (I 6, 15), which was recently reopened to the public, where a vast landscape is depicted, showing beasts hunting animals in a natural environment, but in particular two frescoes on the side walls of the garden which depict Egyptian landscapes. In the garden of the nearby House of the Ephebe (I 7, 10. 19), the masonry bed of the outdoor dining room features a long scene decorated with another Egyptian landscape.
The House of the Pygmies (IX 5, 9) will, exceptionally, also be open to the public on this day, where another fresco with an Egyptian landscape is preserved, populated by certain characters (dwarfs or pygmies) who are depicted at a sacred place on the banks of the River Nile.
The examples considered demonstrate the spread to Pompeii of the fashion of depicting exotic places on walls, populated by foreign characters taking part in unusual activities and superstitious rites, with unusual or unknown animals.
Excavations of Oplontis
Taking centre stage will be the large wall fresco of Triclinium 15, where a sweeping sacred landscape – the courtyard of a sanctuary dedicated to the god Apollo, as demonstrated by the large tripod which rises in the centre of the wall – is depicted. The two small panel paintings that appear on the right and left of the wall, which are referred to with the Greek term pinakes, and which depict two foreshortened sea views, are veritable landscapes within a landscape.
At 10 o’clock and at 12, there will be a talk given by a specialist from the Park, who will speak about the Villa of Poppaea and the indicated fresco.
Excavations of Stabiae
Here the frescoes of Villa San Marco which depict landscapes, and which appear both in the sections with trees which line the walls of the villa and in the small paintings which adorn it, will be focused on.
At 10 o’clock and at 12, there will be a talk given by specialists from the Park, who will speak about Villa San Marco with particular reference to the indicated frescoes.
Antiquarium of Boscoreale
Two frescoes which are normally kept in storage will be presented to the public at the Antiquarium. The first, which comes from an illegal excavation which took place in the Vesuvian area, presents two landscapes depicted using an unusual painting technique – monochromy – which in this case was created using various shades of green.
On the other hand, the second fresco depicts a landscape connected to a scene from a famous Greek myth, which is frequently represented in Pompeian painting: the young hunter Narcissus, seated on a rock in a forest, is reflected in a pond, and falls in love with his own reflection.
At 10 o’clock and at 12, there will be a talk given by a specialist from the Park, who will talk about the museum, with particular reference to the indicated frescoes. Download the brochure.
NB. Participation in the events relating to Landscape Day is included in the price of the entrance ticket.

Conference: Human Remains. Ethics, Conservation, Display
2019-09-30 08:00 - 2019-10-01 17:00 | Museo Egizio di Torino, Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, Torino
On 30 September and 1 October 2019 the Museo Egizio will organize the conference “Human Remains. Ethics, Conservation, Display”.
This event is a follow-up of like-themed conference organised in Pompeii and Naples in May 2019, at which many questions were raised regarding the study, conservation and display of human remains (http://www.humanremains.org).
Like the previous event, the Turin conference intends to address these issues, but with a particular focus on mummies, given the nature of the Egyptian Museum’s collection.

In full awareness of the fact that there is no single answer to the question about the acceptability or otherwise of the display of human remains, and that a variety of exhibition strategies have been adopted by different institutions on the international scene, these study days are intended to give voice to the broad range of approaches to such a delicate issue.
An openness to disciplines outside Egyptology is an indispensable prerequisite for the debate about the display of human remains. Hence the desire to involve physical and cultural anthropologists, biologists, restorers, sociologists, museum curators and operators, forensic doctors and paleopathologists.
The conference will be divided into three sections:
– The living and the dead.
– Preserving the body, preserving the mummy.
– Museums and exhibitions: case studies.
Ethical issues and points for discussion. At the end of the conference, the most pressing issues and the main points for reflection that will have emerged during the past two days will be reviewed and discussed among all participants.
To view the full program, please click here.
The scientific and organizational committee consists of:
Massimo Osanna, Università Federico II, Naples
Christian Greco, Museo Egizio, Turin
Valeria Amoretti, Parco Archeologico di Pompei, Pompeii
Caterina Ciccopiedi Museo Egizio, Turin
Paolo Del Vesco, Museo Egizio, Turin
Federica Facchetti. Museo Egizio, Turin
Susanne Töpfer, Museo Egizio, Turin

Exhibition: Kenro Izu "Requiem for Pompei". From 6 December 2019 to 13 April 2020 Modena
2019-12-06 - 2020-04-13
MODENA
FMAV MATA – EX MANIFATTURA TABACCHI
FROM 6 DECEMBER 2019 TO 13 APRIL 2020
THE EXHIBITION OF
KENRO IZU
REQUIEM FOR POMPEI
Curated by Chiara Dall’Olio and Daniele De Luigi

The exhibition presents 55 previously unseen photographs donated by the Japanese artist to the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, in a lyrical vision of what was left behind in Pompeii the day after the eruption in 79 AD.
Modena is continuing to forge a special relationship with photography. Now one of the top locations in Italy for this particular form of expression, it is capable of influencing the city’s whole cultural scene thanks to the contribution of institutions such as the Galleria Civica and Fondazione Fotografia Modena, which merged in 2017 to become Fondazione Modena Arti Visive.
From 6 December 2019 to 13 April 2020, Fondazione Modena Arti Visive is hosting a captivating exhibition dedicated to Pompeii, curated by Chiara Dall’Olio and Daniele De Luigi, at one of its venues: FMAV MATA – Ex Manifattura Tabacchi. The exhibition is co-promoted by Pompeii Archaeological Park which is lending some reproductions of the famous plaster casts of the victims of the eruption for the occasion and will then host the exhibition on site in Pompeii.
Headlining the exhibition is Japanese photographer Kenro Izu (Osaka, 1949), whose lasting fascination with the remnants of ancient civilizations has led to the creation of a series of images captured at the most important and best-known archaeological sites in the world, from Egypt to Cambodia, Indonesia to India, Tibet to Syria.
