Three portraitists of Belle Èpoque among Florence, Paris and London. Belle Èpoque period, which began around 1880 and ended with the outbreak of the First World War, has three great portrait painters

Giacomo Grosso was one of the most important exponents of the so-called “bourgeois Realism” developed in particular during the Belle Époque period but he was forgotten during the twentieth century to come

Between Asti and Nizza Monferrato Works displayed in the exhibition organized in Palazzo Crova of Nizza Monferrato in 2022, from April 9th to May 8th, reveal the fascination exerted on Borelli’s painting

A multi-purpose site. In Corso Alfieri, at n.367, there is the palace built in 1908 housing the classrooms of Vittorio Alfieri Gymnasium; underground you can discover a mysterious ancient place: the Crypt

The current antechamber of Vittorio Alfieri Museum preserves the portrait of Vittorio Alfieri dated to 1797. Among the portraits of the writer from Asti, this is the most beautiful and similar, made

Palazzo Alfieri is one of the most important sites in the cultural context of the city. The palace, which saw the birth of the great poet, provides an itinerary rich in

«TEMPORA HORIS OLIM DESIGNANS OB BELLUM IN MACHINAM VERSAM NUNC AD OPUS MEUM RESTITUOR. MCCCCCXXXI»     Witness and symbol of the time in which it marked the hours of the day,

In the nineteenth century the theme of landscape became an independent genre and acquired the same dignity as historical painting. In the middle of that century the landscape of Asti is the

The favourite cabinet- maker of Savoy and Napoleon It is in Asti that one of the most appreciated ebanist in the world was born: Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo. Born on September 6, 1745,

Arts and crafts overthrow the aristocracy.

A journey through Eugenio Guglielminetti’s Museum, where scenography and abstractionism chase each other.

The Roman period is the least told of Asti’s history, yet, under the preponderant forms of the medieval city…