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FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE ON DALI I look forward to the forthcoming conference held by Professor Claudio Strinati and myself entitled "Dalì, tra la decostruzione e la rinascita della pittura", Sala Rebecchini, Palazzo Sciarra Colonna (Fondazione Roma), Via Minghetti 22, Rome. WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER AT 18PM Advance booking required.	CURRENT COLLABORATION ON DALI' EXHIBITION Excited to be collaborating on the exhibition "Dalí. Rivoluzione e Tradizione" curated by C. Ruiz González and L. Moni with scientific direction by Montse Aguer. Organised by Fondazione Roma in collaboration with Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí with the support of MondoMostre. OPENS 17 OCTOBER 2025 Palazzo Cipolla, Museo del Corso – Polo museale, Rome, 17 October 2025 al 1 February 2026
FORTHCOMING LEONORA CARRINGTON BOOK PRESENTATION Honoured to be participating in the forthcoming book presentation of "Carrington A-Z" edited by Giulia Ingarao. Embassy of Mexico, Rome, Monday 29 September 2025, 7pm	RECENT LECTURE: "Giorgio de Chirico 1924-1925: il rapporto con la tradizione italiana e l'incontro con la Parigi surrealista" Accademia di Belle Arti, Palermo 22 May 2025 As part of the PhD programme "Pratiche artistiche e storia dell'arte", I am delighted to lecture on "Giorgio de Chirico 1924-1925: il rapporto con la tradizione italiana e l'incontro con la Parigi surrealista".
RECENT LECTURE: "Curating 'Giorgio de Chirico' as a Legacy" Università Tor Vergata, Rome, 16 May 2025 As part of the PhD course on "Curatorial practices in Contemporary Art", I have been invited to lecture on my curatorial work involving Giorgio de Chirico, as well as the reconstruction of European art collections and historic exhibitions.	OUT NOW It's been a long time in the making, but the film "Lee" has recently been released in Italy. Starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, with a masterful performance, the film focuses on Lee Miller's involvement as a war correspondent for "Vogue" during the World War II. Lee Miller's courage and humanity when confronted with the unimaginable is profoundly inspirational. The film is extraordinary on every level: a triumph in the face of adversity.
RECORD VISITOR ATTENDANCE IN TURIN Having welcomed nearly 42,000 visitors in 100 days, the exhibition "Giorgio de Chirico: 1924" (8 November 2024 - 2 March 2025) ranks as one of the most successful shows ever held at Turin's Museo Accorsi-Ometto. We are collectively delighted at the show's critical and public success and extend our sincerest thanks to everyone involved in the project.	NEW EXHIBITION: On occasion of the centenary of Surrealism with the publication of Breton's first Manifesto (Oct 1924), the exhibition "Giorgio de Chirico: 1924" (curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Museo di Arti Decorative, Fondazione Accorsi-Ometto, Turin, 8 November 2024 - 2 March 2025) will exhibit over 50 works by de Chirico dated 1921-1928, in an attempt to revise his parallel relationship with the Surrealists. Bilingual catalogue published by Silvana Editoriale, Milan. CLICK FOR PRESS RELEASE
TV PROGRAMME DEDICATED TO DE CHIRICO EXHIBITION Further to filming in November, a 1-hour special of "Almanacco di Bellezza" about Turin's Museo Accorsi-Ometto and the current exhibition "Giorgio de Chirico: 1924" will air on 23 December 2024 at 9.30pm (Canale 136, Sky Classica).	SURREALISM CONFERENCE (PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION, VENICE) 17-18 October 2024 I am honoured to participate in the 2-day conference "Italy is more Surrealist than the Pope" on occasion of the Surrealist centenary (2024) organised by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, with a lecture that explores the collection of de Chirico works owned by the Surrealists and the commercial interests involved. CLICK HERE to download the conference programme
OUT NOW - MAY 2024 ISSUE Catalogue review by C. Mcara in "The Burlington Magazine", London, May 2024, published on occasion of the "Kay Sage - Yves Tanguy. Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool" exhibition (Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, May - July 2023). Edited by V. Noel-Johnson and M. Marzetti, in collaboration with D. Des Islets, M. Foster and L. Possati, Skira, Milan, 2023. Critical essays by V. Noel-Johnson, S. Robeson-Miller and A. H. Merjian. CLICK here to read a copy of the full article.	Catalogue essay regarding Modigliani and the Italian avant-garde in Paris for the forthcoming exhibition "Modigliani. Moderne Blicke", curated by Prof. Dr. Christiane Lange and Dr. Ortrud Westheider in collaboration with Dr. Nathalie Lachmann and Dr. Jens-Henning Ullner, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 24 November 2023 - 17 March 2024, and then at the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Spring 2024.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY SKIRA: The catalogue for the exhibition "Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool", Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, ended 29 July 2023 Edited by V. Noel-Johnson and M. Marzetti, in collaboration with D. Des Islets, M. Foster & L. Possati	Forthcoming exhibition opening: "Giorgio de Chirico. Metafisica continua", curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano, Veneto, 11 October 2023 - 25 February 2024. Organised in collaboration with Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico and ARTIKA.
JUST OPENED: "Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool", curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, 9 May - 29 July 2023. Featuring over 60 works lent by prestigious museums, institutions and private collections, the show explores the creative osmosis that took place in the work of Sage (1898-1963) and Tanguy (1900-1955), two eminent Surrealist artists who married in 1940. CLICK on the link for further details, press release and installation photos.	Recently opened: "Lee Miller - Man Ray: Fashion, Love, War", curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, 5.11.22-10.4.23. Featuring 140 photographs and artworks by Lee Miller and Man Ray, the exhibition seeks to re-explore Miller's and Ray's professional and personal relationship between 1929-1932, which gave rise to one of the most extraordinary artistic rapports of the early 20th century. The catalogue (editions in English and Italian), edited by V. Noel-Johnson,Skira, Milan.
Honoured to have partecipated in the "Modigliani" symposium held at Museum Barberini, Potsdam, 26 October 2022 (in preparation of the forthcoming exhibition to be held there in Autumn 2023) with a lecture on Modigliani's role with Italy and the Italian avant-garde.	Opening soon! The first exhibition to be dedicated to Miro' in Belgium since 1956. Consisting of over 100 works, this show curated by V. Noel-Johnson focuses on Miro's traditional artistic formation and how his artwork dialogues with the art of the past and present. Catalogue published by Snoeck Publications, Ghent (3 editions in English, French and Flemmish). For the press release, CLICK on the link.
Forthcoming exhibition: "Joan Miro': The Essence of Past and Present Things", curated by V. Noel-Johnson, BAM - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, Belgium, 8 October 2022 - 8 January 2023.	Lecture at Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New York, 3 May 2022 at 6pm To mark the recent publication of the exhibition catalogue "Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York", Victoria Noel-Johnson held the lecture "Fulvio Roiter's New York" on 3 May at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, followed by a conversation with their Director Fabio Finnotti and the Director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' Stefano Albertini. To watch the lecture, CLICK on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYm-jlzmxT
Hot off the press! Publication "Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York", edited by V. Noel-Johnson in collaboration with Fondazione Fulvio Roiter and Casa Italiana Zerill-Marimò (NYU, New York). English/Italian edition, Skira, Milan. April 2022.	Recent opening of the photographic exhibition "Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York", curated by V. Noel-Johnson in collaboration with Fondazione Fulvio Roiter. Organised to mark the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, the show consists of a selection of extraordinary photos of New York taken by the internationally-renowned Venetian photographer Roiter shortly before the Twin Towers attack. It will be held at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University. 10 September 2021 - 31 March 2022
Research trip to Fundaciò Joan Mirò in Barcelona for forthcoming exhibition project....watch this space. 28 - 30 June 2021	Recent exhibition opening: "Picasso, de Chirico and Dalì: Dialogue with Raphael" (curated by B. Avanzi and V. Noel-Johnson, MART, Rovereto, 2 May - 29 August 2021). Organised on occasion of the 500° anniversary of Raphael's death, the show explores the different ways in which the Old Master inspired the work of three of the 20th century's greatest artists. CLICK here for press release.
Just opened: "de Chirico - Ventrone" (curated by V. Sgarbi and V. Noel-Johnson, 14 June - 4 November 2021, Erice, Sicily). This exhibition explores points of contact present in Giorgio de Chirico's metaphysical still lives and contemporary artist Luciano Ventrone's hyper-realistic still life works. Held at Fondazione Erice Arte and Fondazione Ettore Majorana, Sicily, this exhibition is accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue (Il Cigno Editoriale, Rome).	New article publication: V. Noel-Johnson, "De Chirico in the René Gaffé collection and the role of E.L.T. Mesens (Brussels - London)", academic journal 'Metaphysical Art. The de Chirico Journals. Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico', Maretti Editore, Falciano, December 2020, pp. 43-81. CLICK here to find out more.
Conducting in-depth research at The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 16-24 February 2020.	Delighted to have "Giorgio de Chirico. The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art" be included in My Modern Met's "Top 10 of Art Books 2019". 15 December 2019. CLICK here to read list.
As part of the 'Caravaggio e i contemporanei' project (conceived by V. Sgarbi, MART, Rovereto, 9 October 2020 - 18 April 2021), the exhibition 'Luciano Ventrone. La grande illusione' (curated by V. Noel-Johnson) examines the fascinating rapport between Ventrone's ultra-realistic still-lives and Caravaggio's own work. CLICK here for further details.	Book review in the Burlington Magazine's November issue of "Giorgio de Chirico: The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art" (edited by V. Noel-Johnson, 2019, Skira, Milan, English edition). CLICK here to read review (Nov. 2019).
Participation with lecture about early 20th century Italian art archives in conference "Reviving the Archive: Material Records in the Digital Age", Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Thursday 19 September 2019, 10am - 7pm. Organised in collaboration with the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, New York. CLICK here to view lecture.	Review of V. Noel-Johnson's 'Giorgio de Chirico: The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art' (English edition, Skira, Milan) by Lunettes Rouges, Le Monde, Paris, 9 September 2019. CLICK here to read article.
De Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, extended until 1 September 2019. Announcement in 'Arte Magazine', Rome, 19 July 2019. CLICK for further details.	Collaboration with BBC as featured expert and programme consultant on 'Fake or Fortune' ('Art Investigation', Sky Arte) episode dedicated to de Chirico. Broadcast on 8 August 2019 at 9pm and 11 August 2019 at 4.50pm, BBC One. CLICK for further details.
Exhibition review of de Chirico show, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, by A. Molica Franco, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Rome, 24.5.19 CLICK to read review.	Lecture series organised by V. Noel-Johnson on occasion of de Chirico exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, May 2019: 8 May - V. Noel Johnson 22 May - R. Dottori 29 May - L. Lecci CLICK for further details.
Lecture by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 8.5.19 "Il viaggio senza fine. Giorgio de Chirico e l'arte metafisica (1910-78)." CLICK for further details. TO WATCH LECTURE, GO TO "EXHIBITIONS" PAGE.	Article: "The Top 6 Exhibitions Not to Miss this Spring" (by J. Chia, Corriere della Sera, Milan, 21.4.19), including de Chirico show, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. CLICK to read review.
Article 'Il tempo circolare del Pictor Optimus' about de Chirico show, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, by G. Gelmini and O. Groppi, Il Giornale dell'Arte, Turin, March 2019, n. 395. CLICK to read review.	Review by R. Fenini about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, in Panorama, Milan, 25.3.19. CLICK to read review.
Support of Italian Ministry of Arts and Culture (Ministero per i Beni e per le Attività Culturali). De Chirico exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. CLICK for further details.	Opening ceremony for exhibition 'Giorgio de Chirico. Il volto della Metafisica' (Giorgio de Chirico. The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art'), Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 29 March 2019. CLICK for further details.
Article about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (E. Pontiggia, "Arte" magazine, Milan, March 2019). CLICK to read review.	Article about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (T. Pincio, "Il venerdì di Repubblica", Rome, 8.3.19). CLICK to read review.
Article about "Giorgio de Chirico. Aux origines du surréalisme belge. Magritte, Delvaux, Graverol" at BAM, Mons (P. Vidal, "L'oeil" magazine, Paris, February 2019). CLICK to read review.	Article about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (C. Carenini, Ansa, Rome, 22.2.19). CLICK to read review.
Announcement about exhibition: 'Giorgio de Chirico: il volto della Metafisica' ('Giorgio de Chirico. The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art', curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa). Opens 30 March 2019. CLICK for further details.	Collaboration with exhibition "Giorgio de Chirico. Aux origines du surréalisme belge. Magritte, Delvaux, Graverol" (BAM, Mons, in collaboration with Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris), 16 February - 2 June 2019. CLICK for further details.
Organisational collaboration with ICOM-ICAMT 'Architecture & Museum Techniques' workshop, Milan, 28.1.19 - 2.2.19. CLICK for further details.	Book review about "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78)" by R. Radford, Burlington Magazine, London, August 2018. CLICK to read review.
Lecture by V. Noel-Johnson about de Chirico's rapport with the UK, Casa-museo Boschi Di Stefano, Milan, 10 July 2018	Book review about "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78) by A. Clarke, British Art Journal, London, April 2018. CLICK to read review.
"Pick of the month" - book "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78)", Apollo Magazine, London, January 2018	Interview with RAI Cultura Arte about de Chirico's rapport with the UK, November 2017. CLICK to watch.
Book review about "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78) by A. Adams, The Jackdaw, London, March-April 2018. CLICK to read review.	Book launch of 'Giorgio de Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-1978)' at the de Chirico House-museum, Rome, 14 November 2017. CLICK for further details.
Publication of "Giorgio de Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-1978" (V. Noel-Johnson, Maretti Editore, Falciano, October 2017, pp. 831)	Panel discussion (D. Ferrari, E. Bolognesi and V. Noel-Johnson) about the book 'Alceste. A Ferrarese Love Story. Giorgio de Chirico and Antonia Bolognesi', MART, Rovereto, 5 November 2017. CLICK for further details.

Exhibition Giorgio de Chirico: il volto della Metafisica, curated by V. Noel.Johnson, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2019

RECENT NEWS

FORTHCOMING LEONORA CARRINGTON BOOK PRESENTATION Honoured to be participating in the forthcoming book presentation of "Carrington A-Z" edited by Giulia Ingarao. Embassy of Mexico, Rome, Monday 29 September 2025, 7pm

TV PROGRAMME DEDICATED TO DE CHIRICO EXHIBITION Further to filming in November, a 1-hour special of "Almanacco di Bellezza" about Turin's Museo Accorsi-Ometto and the current exhibition "Giorgio de Chirico: 1924" will air on 23 December 2024 at 9.30pm (Canale 136, Sky Classica).

RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY SKIRA: The catalogue for the exhibition "Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool", Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, ended 29 July 2023 Edited by V. Noel-Johnson and M. Marzetti, in collaboration with D. Des Islets, M. Foster & L. Possati

Forthcoming exhibition opening: "Giorgio de Chirico. Metafisica continua", curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano, Veneto, 11 October 2023 - 25 February 2024. Organised in collaboration with Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico and ARTIKA.

Honoured to have partecipated in the "Modigliani" symposium held at Museum Barberini, Potsdam, 26 October 2022 (in preparation of the forthcoming exhibition to be held there in Autumn 2023) with a lecture on Modigliani's role with Italy and the Italian avant-garde.

Forthcoming exhibition: "Joan Miro': The Essence of Past and Present Things", curated by V. Noel-Johnson, BAM - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, Belgium, 8 October 2022 - 8 January 2023.

Hot off the press! Publication "Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York", edited by V. Noel-Johnson in collaboration with Fondazione Fulvio Roiter and Casa Italiana Zerill-Marimò (NYU, New York). English/Italian edition, Skira, Milan. April 2022.

Research trip to Fundaciò Joan Mirò in Barcelona for forthcoming exhibition project....watch this space. 28 - 30 June 2021

Conducting in-depth research at The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 16-24 February 2020.

Delighted to have "Giorgio de Chirico. The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art" be included in My Modern Met's "Top 10 of Art Books 2019". 15 December 2019. CLICK here to read list.

Book review in the Burlington Magazine's November issue of "Giorgio de Chirico: The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art" (edited by V. Noel-Johnson, 2019, Skira, Milan, English edition). CLICK here to read review (Nov. 2019).

Review of V. Noel-Johnson's 'Giorgio de Chirico: The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art' (English edition, Skira, Milan) by Lunettes Rouges, Le Monde, Paris, 9 September 2019. CLICK here to read article.

De Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, extended until 1 September 2019. Announcement in 'Arte Magazine', Rome, 19 July 2019. CLICK for further details.

Collaboration with BBC as featured expert and programme consultant on 'Fake or Fortune' ('Art Investigation', Sky Arte) episode dedicated to de Chirico. Broadcast on 8 August 2019 at 9pm and 11 August 2019 at 4.50pm, BBC One. CLICK for further details.

Exhibition review of de Chirico show, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, by A. Molica Franco, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Rome, 24.5.19 CLICK to read review.

Lecture series organised by V. Noel-Johnson on occasion of de Chirico exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, May 2019: 8 May - V. Noel Johnson 22 May - R. Dottori 29 May - L. Lecci CLICK for further details.

Lecture by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 8.5.19 "Il viaggio senza fine. Giorgio de Chirico e l'arte metafisica (1910-78)." CLICK for further details. TO WATCH LECTURE, GO TO "EXHIBITIONS" PAGE.

Article: "The Top 6 Exhibitions Not to Miss this Spring" (by J. Chia, Corriere della Sera, Milan, 21.4.19), including de Chirico show, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. CLICK to read review.

Article 'Il tempo circolare del Pictor Optimus' about de Chirico show, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, by G. Gelmini and O. Groppi, Il Giornale dell'Arte, Turin, March 2019, n. 395. CLICK to read review.

Review by R. Fenini about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, in Panorama, Milan, 25.3.19. CLICK to read review.

Support of Italian Ministry of Arts and Culture (Ministero per i Beni e per le Attività Culturali). De Chirico exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. CLICK for further details.

Opening ceremony for exhibition 'Giorgio de Chirico. Il volto della Metafisica' (Giorgio de Chirico. The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art'), Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 29 March 2019. CLICK for further details.

Article about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (E. Pontiggia, "Arte" magazine, Milan, March 2019). CLICK to read review.

Article about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (T. Pincio, "Il venerdì di Repubblica", Rome, 8.3.19). CLICK to read review.

Article about "Giorgio de Chirico. Aux origines du surréalisme belge. Magritte, Delvaux, Graverol" at BAM, Mons (P. Vidal, "L'oeil" magazine, Paris, February 2019). CLICK to read review.

Article about de Chirico exhibition at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa (C. Carenini, Ansa, Rome, 22.2.19). CLICK to read review.

Announcement about exhibition: 'Giorgio de Chirico: il volto della Metafisica' ('Giorgio de Chirico. The Changing Face of Metaphysical Art', curated by V. Noel-Johnson, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa). Opens 30 March 2019. CLICK for further details.

Collaboration with exhibition "Giorgio de Chirico. Aux origines du surréalisme belge. Magritte, Delvaux, Graverol" (BAM, Mons, in collaboration with Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris), 16 February - 2 June 2019. CLICK for further details.

Organisational collaboration with ICOM-ICAMT 'Architecture & Museum Techniques' workshop, Milan, 28.1.19 - 2.2.19. CLICK for further details.

Book review about "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78)" by R. Radford, Burlington Magazine, London, August 2018. CLICK to read review.

Lecture by V. Noel-Johnson about de Chirico's rapport with the UK, Casa-museo Boschi Di Stefano, Milan, 10 July 2018

Book review about "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78) by A. Clarke, British Art Journal, London, April 2018. CLICK to read review.

"Pick of the month" - book "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78)", Apollo Magazine, London, January 2018

Interview with RAI Cultura Arte about de Chirico's rapport with the UK, November 2017. CLICK to watch.

Book review about "De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-78) by A. Adams, The Jackdaw, London, March-April 2018. CLICK to read review.

Book launch of 'Giorgio de Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-1978)' at the de Chirico House-museum, Rome, 14 November 2017. CLICK for further details.

Publication of "Giorgio de Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-1978" (V. Noel-Johnson, Maretti Editore, Falciano, October 2017, pp. 831)

Panel discussion (D. Ferrari, E. Bolognesi and V. Noel-Johnson) about the book 'Alceste. A Ferrarese Love Story. Giorgio de Chirico and Antonia Bolognesi', MART, Rovereto, 5 November 2017. CLICK for further details.

Exhibition Giorgio de Chirico: il volto della Metafisica, curated by V. Noel.Johnson, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2019

© G. Cavalieri, Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura, 2019