Berthe Morisot. Impressionist painter. Display by Stefano Arienti

The exhibition

With the exceptional support of the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris
curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti and Giulia Perin

Display by Stefano Arienti curated by Chiara Bertola

 In the year internationally dedicated to Impressionism, GAM - Turin’s Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea presents the ‘Berthe Morisot. Impressionist painter’ exhibition from 16 October 2024 to 9 March 2025, celebrating the story and artistic career of the only woman among the founders of the Impressionist movement.

The exhibition is organised and promoted by the Fondazione Torino Musei, GAM Torino and 24 ORE Cultura - Gruppo 24 ORE, curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti and Giulia Perin, and realised thanks to the sponsor BPER Banca. The exhibition enjoys the exceptional support of the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the institution with the largest collection of Berthe Morisot’s works, some important ones of which are on loan at the exhibition here.

The exhibition illustrates Morisot’s connection with the poetics of the Impressionist movement and brings out her highly personal stamp in capturing the transience of the moment, a symbol of the fragility of existence, capable of gracefully representing the elements of nature and reality.

Through a selection of around 50 works, including famous paintings, drawings and prints, drawn from prestigious public institutions – including, in addition to the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Musée d’Ixelles in Brussels, the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) in Paris – and important private collections, the exhibition retraces Berthe Morisot’s life and career, from her beginnings in connection with her artistic and human association with Édouard Manet, to her full adhesion to Impressionist poetics.

The exhibition is divided into four thematic sections devoted to the main subjects in Morisot’s production – the family sphere, female portraits captured in moments of intimacy or in the brilliance of social life, outdoor locations with a focus on landscapes and gardens, and figures in nature – and recounts her light, sometimes surprisingly elliptical and modern style. Light, the undisputed protagonist of Berthe Morisot’s production, envelops and radiates the surface of the works through brilliant brushstrokes, reaching its maximum expression in the en plein air scenes, always characterised by vibrant and chromatically intense atmospheres. Alongside these sections, there is also a room dedicated to an important collection of Berthe Morisot’s works on paper from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, which are as fundamental as the paintings for retracing the stages of her creative path.

Enriching the exhibition itinerary is Stefano Arienti’s intervention, conceived and realised in close collaboration with the exhibition curators with the intention of offering visitors an immersive experience to appreciate Morisot’s works better in a context that enhances their beauty and historical setting. Within the sections of the exhibition, Arienti uses different materials such as revisited portraits of Morisot, olfactory elements, satin and organza fabric ribbons, wallpapers, and objects from the period, to provide a backdrop for the impressionist artist’s wonderful and airy paintings. This approach fully reflects Arienti’s poetics, which often uses very recognisable images and elements to manipulate and rework them in new and meaningful ways.

To learn more about Berthe Morisot and other aspects of her artistic career, visitors may wish to go to the ‘Impression, Morisot’ exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa from 11 October 2024 to 23 February 2025, curated by Marianne Mathieu. Reduced admission upon presentation of the ticket for the Turin exhibition.

Opening hours

• Tuesday - Sunday from 10am to 6pm
  Closed on Monday

  The ticket office closes one hour early

  HOLIDAY TIMES

  Friday 1 November 10am - 6pm
  Sunday 8 December 10am - 6pm
  Monday 23 December 10am - 2pm
  Tuesday 24 December 10am - 2pm
  Wednesday 25 December CLOSED
  Thursday 26 December 10am - 6pm
  Monday 30 December 10am - 6pm
  Tuesday 31 December 10am - 2pm
  Wednesday 1 January 2pm - 6pm
  Monday 6 January 10am - 6pm

Tickets

Only exhibition

• Full price: € 14,00
• Reduced: € 12,00 (Visitors from 6 to 18 years old, from 18 to 25 years old if students, people with disabilities (Law 104), military personnel, police forces not on duty, teachers) and Customers of the BPER Group (BPER Banca, Banca Cesare Ponti, Banco di Sardinia) with a Group credit or debit card, BPER Group employees with a badge.
• Special reduced price €6.50 (National Civil Service volunteers with a card, journalists with an ODG card with the current year stamp not accredited; Group Employees 24 Group (3 accompanying companions for €6.50)
• Free: children under 6 years of age, a companion for a disabled person in need, journalists with an ODG card for the service (subject to accreditation from the GAM press office), ICOM members, tourist guides with a qualification card, members of the security and fire brigade commission, Coupon holders
• Reduced Frecciarossa: €7.00 (50% discount reserved for holders of Frecce tickets (Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca) - in digital or paper format - with destination Turin and with travel date in the period between two days prior to the date of entry to the Exhibition (if you fail to show your travel document, you will have to pay the difference in the purchase price of the full ticket).
• Groups: €12.00
• Schools: €6.00
• Family ticket: €36.00
  (from a minimum of 3 people to a maximum of 5)

Free entry with Abbonamento Musei, Torino Piemonte e Torino + Piemonte Card.

• Open full price € 15,00

Exhibition + GAM

• full price € 18,00
• Reduced € 16,00
• Groups € 16,00
• Family € 44,00
  (from a minimum of 3 people to a maximum of 5)

Free entry with Abbonamento Musei, Torino Piemonte e Torino + Piemonte Card.

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