Grande Brera at the Palermo’s Palazzo Reale. The seduction of the classic on display

Sculptural masterpieces by Canova, Pandiani, Magni and Spertini are moving from Milan after 122 years. This is the first result of a historic synergistic agreement between Fondazione Federico II and Pinacoteca di Brera, desired by President Gaetano Galvagno and Director Angelo Crespi.

Art is able to unite seemingly distant worlds. The prestigious Palazzo Reale in Palermo will display five works of great artistic value from Milan, from which they have not moved since as far back as 1902.

All this is possible thanks to the unprecedented collaboration on the Lombardy-Sicily axis between two leading cultural institutions such as the Pinacoteca di Brera, the Ministry of Culture’s first-rate autonomous museum, and the Fondazione Federico II.
The details of the agreement will be explained at a press conference on Sept. 10 at 12 p.m. at the Royal Palace in Palermo in the presence of the authorities. The exhibition, which will be open to visitors, will also be presented.
The thousands of daily visitors to the Royal Palace will therefore be greeted by an exhibition of great significance and quality, specially mounted in the Royal Apartments.
The exhibition is triggered by the obvious classical roots of sculptural art: two masterpieces by master Canova and three by well-known authors of Lombard Neoclassicism, such as Giovanni Pandiani, Pietro Magni and Giovanni Spertini.

The exhibition, which can already be visited in the “Royal Apartments” of the Royal Palace in Palermo, is the first tangible result of this synergy. There is also a 3D reproduction of Canova’s “Vestal” that allows the work to be enjoyed by the blind.