For the fall and winter seasons, from October 11, 2025, to February 8, 2026, the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara hosts the major exhibition “Chagall, Witness of His Time.” This strikingly emotional exhibition invites visitors to immerse themselves in the poetic universe of one of the most important and beloved masters of 20th-century art.
An extraordinary journey that reveals how Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul de Vence, 1985), universally known for his floating figures and colorful, enchanting atmospheres, kept alive the memory of his homeland, its traditions, and his loved ones, always projecting them toward new expressive horizons.
Through 200 works, including paintings, drawings, and engravings, and two immersive rooms that allow visitors to admire some of Chagall’s monumental creations in an engaging and spectacular setting, the exhibition highlights the profound humanity of Chagall’s work. This multifaceted artist, a visionary and a witness of his time, a poet of beauty and a guardian of memory, was a visionary. Split faces, multiplying profiles, mirrored portraits: through the theme of the double, he reveals his extraordinary ability to capture the duality of human existence. Flying lovers, talking animals, and explosive bouquets transcend the visible and become universal metaphors. Through his poetic gaze, Chagall transforms personal experience into shared reflection, revealing how behind the apparent simplicity of his creations lie themes that touch every human being: identity, exile, spirituality, and the joy of living.
In an age of fragmentation, he reminds us that art can be a bridge between different worlds, a synthesis of seemingly irreconcilable traditions, a faithful mirror of humanity’s aspirations and contradictions. His work celebrates the emotional truth that makes the deepest feelings of the human soul tangible, elevating the spirit toward a beauty capable of finding, even in the horrors of time, glimmers of peace and understanding.
CONTACTS
Information and Booking Office Ferrara Exhibitions and Museums | tel. 0532 244949
The exhibition will be open daily from 9:30 am to 7:30 pm; also open November 1st, December 8th, December 25th and 26th, and January 1st.
The ticket office will close at 6:30 pm, last admission.
(The ticket office closes 45 minutes earlier.)
Press office
communication.ferrararte@comune.fe.it | tel. 340 4190867
Information and reservations for exhibitions and museums in Ferrara
0532 244949 /// diamanti@comune.fe.it /// www.palazzodiamanti.it
From February 1st to September 15, 2025
The halls of the Estense Castle host one of the most important masters of twentieth-century photography, Art Kane (New York, 1925-1995), on the centenary of his birth and thirty years after his death
His work has been published in famous magazines (Life, Vogue, Esquire) and has deeply influenced photographers of subsequent generations, who have appreciated his free, visionary and innovative approach (for example, his use of color).
The exhibition retraces Kane’s entire creative career through over 100 works organized into sections that delve into all aspects of his multifaceted production: from the genres of portraiture and the nude to fashion and advertising, from his participation in the world of rock, jazz and pop music to his reflection on the social and political themes that inflamed the civil conscience of the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, up to his experiments “beyond photography”. A completely new section is dedicated to his most famous shot, Harlem 1958, a collective portrait of the most important jazz musicians of the time.
http://www.castelloestense.it
Contacts – Estense Castle – Largo Castello
tel. 0532 419180
castelloestense@comune.fe.it
10.00-18.00. Last entry 5.15pm. Closed on Tuesday.
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