In collaboration with Tate Britain in London, over seventy masterpieces of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood will be on display in Turin from 19 April to 13 July 2014 as the last stage of a world tour before returning to a dedicated wing of the museum in London, which they will not leave again for many years.
Created and curated by Alison Smith, chief curator of British art to 1900 at Tate Britain, the exhibition presents some undisputed masterpieces of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the pictorial peak of the Victorian age, for the first time in Turin and in Italy.
Held in the refurbished Palazzo Chiablese, the exhibition features authentic icons of the period like Ophelia by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s The Beloved (The Bride), Ford Madox Brown’s Take Your Son, Sir and Sidonia von Bork 1560 by Edward Coley Burne-Jones.
In accordance with its aim to address all of the movement’s thematic aspects, it is divided into seven sections: History, Religion, Modern Life, Landscape, Poetic Painting, Beauty and Symbolism.
Reduced price for: visitors from 15 to 26 years, over 65, disabled, military and law enforcement is not in service, teachers, Coop members with card, card holders Rinascente, FS employees.
Speciale reduced price for: children from 6 to 14 years, 24 ORE Group employees, volunteers Civil Service with card.
Free admission: children up to 6 years, a carer for the disabled that present needs, journalists with card ODG for service (subject to accreditation - shall not be credited with the printing on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays), ICOM members, tour guides equipped with card certification, employees of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Tourism fitted with an identification card with photo, holders of the Musei Torino Piemonte 2014 and Torino + Piemonte Card.
