Botticelli. His time. And our time

Botticelli. His time.

The first part of the exhibit explores Botticelli and “His time”, Florence in the second half of the 15th century. The Florentine artist, a favourite of Lorenzo de’ Medici, was an essential interpreter of the profound social, political, cultural and artistic changes of that period, forever known as the Renaissance.

The Mart exhibit explores all of this, not only through Botticelli’s masterpieces, including the truly amazing The Birth of Venus from the Sabauda Gallery, but also through the works of rival studios which were active in Florence at the time.

And our time.

This part explores how Botticelli sent shock waves through the contemporary era, with a selection of masterpieces from the 1960s to today.

Italian pop artists, like Mario Ceroli, Giosetta Fioroni and Cesare Tacchi, looked to him, as did his immediate successors, like Michelangelo Pistoletto and Renato Guttuso.

Botticelli’s influence is apparent in works by artists from around the world, like Fernando Botero, David LaChapelle, Oliviero Toscani, John Currin. His work has shaped fashion and cinema, infiltrating the glossy pages of Magazines in the poses of Kate Moss and sharing the spotlight in the photos of Chiara Ferragni, the world’s biggest influencer.