After the great success at the Villa Reale in Monza, the Yōkai. The ancient prints of Japanese monster exhibition comes to Bologna, in the sumptuous 15th-century rooms of Palazzo Pallavicini, from April 7 to July 23, 2023.
Designed and produced by Vertigo Syndrome and curated by Paul Linetti,leading expert in Japanese art and curator of significant private collections, the exhibition presents to the Western audience the fascinating world of monsters from the Japanese tradition through over two hundred works from the 18th and 19th centuries, including antique prints, rare books, clothing, weapons, and samurai armor. The exhibition also features the extraordinary Bertocchi collection of netsuke, small ivory sculptures once used as clasps.