LIBERTY. THE ART OF MODERN ITALY

Curated by Manuel Carrera, Davide Dotti, Anna Villari

From 24 January 2026, Palazzo Martinengo will host a major exhibition dedicated to Liberty, the artistic language that marked Italy’s entry into modernity between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The exhibition brings together over one hundred works, mostly from private collections and prestigious Italian museums, offering the public the opportunity to discover lesser-known masterpieces. The exhibition highlights how the floral style and sinuous, decorative lines influenced painting, sculpture, applied arts, graphic design, photography, fashion and cinema, giving rise to original interpretations that bear witness to contact with the great European movements of the time, from Art Nouveau to Modern Style.

The selected works interact with the context of the great historical Italian exhibitions, from the first Venice Biennales to the 1911 International Exhibition in Rome. Through an itinerary divided into eight thematic sections, visitors are guided through the imagery, tastes and social transformations of the period.

Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, advertising posters and haute couture dresses provide a vivid picture of one of the most fruitful moments in European art between the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Berardi Gallery is delighted to have contributed to the exhibition by loaning two works, both symbols of Art Nouveau sculpture: the bronze sculptures by Paul Troubetzkoy, Mrs Hart (1911) and Diva Mymi Mignon by Libero Andreotti (circa 1900).