Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "This exhibition, along with the palace, narrates the ancient world with a kind of pantheism, a subtle animism that shines through in Renaissance culture, and a modernism that objectifies nature. In this way, the exhibition explains, narrates, and demonstrates how nature was invented, and at the same time, it also conveys an idea of humanity. Through these extraordinary masterpieces, ranging from painting to jewelry, from automatons to drawings and beautiful statues, the entire exhibition tells us how the question of nature and the question of humanity are intertwined: they are the fundamental contemporary question.
We expect the visitor to experience a sense of wonder and also to take away the suggestion that it is possible to see the world with ever new eyes."
Stefano Baia Curioni, director of the Palazzo Te Foundation, said this during the presentation of the exhibition "Inventing Nature. Leonardo, Arcimboldo, Caravaggio" in Mantua. The exhibition, which coincides with the 500th anniversary of the Palazzo Te's founding, will run from September 26, 2026, to January 10, 2027, in the monumental rooms.
For Baia Curioni, Palazzo Te is “a machine of splendors and, above all, a philosophical machine that continues to speak to the present.
Here the representation of nature is enigmatic, compelling and objective, full of Gods – he observes – It therefore tells of a world that is difficult for us today to understand, because it is in fact located on the threshold between ancient and modern”, he concludes.
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