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«I love so many cities, but the only one I would like to live in is Paris».
Giuseppe Ungaretti, Letter to Jean Paulhan, 1959

Tornabuoni Art Paris presents Painting and Poetry. Ungaretti and the Art of Seeing, an exhibition that celebrates the convergence of literature and visual arts through the figure of the Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti (Alexandria, Egypt 1888 – Milan 1970).

Ungaretti met Picasso, de Chirico, Severini in Paris on the eve of the First World War. Many years later, in Rome, he met Italian artists such as Dorazio, Capogrossi and Burri, among others. The intensity of these encounters, from Paris to Rome, made him more than a privileged witness of an unprecedented artistic period. Nurturing a deep fascination for painting, Ungaretti developed his own literary style in the continuity of languages, making possible a true encounter between the arts.

Establishing a link between poetry and painting, the exhibition is a continuation of the gallery’s exploration of the dialogue between artistic disciplines: it is a follow-up to Utopia, an interdisciplinary exhibition linking Italian art and design, which took place in 2019.

Painting and poetry. Ungaretti and the Art of Seeing is made possible by literary critic Alexandra Zingone, a leading expert on Ungaretti’s poetry, and her deep knowledge of the artists he met. This project marks the second stage of his collaboration with the gallery, following the success of the exhibition Piero Dorazio, Luminous Textures in 2021.