From Tuesday 14 October 2025 to Monday 6 April 2026 the Fondazione Palazzo Blu di Pisa, in collaboration with MondoMostre with the contribution of the Fondazione Pisa, presents the "Belle Époque" curated by Dr. Francesca Dini.

On display works from Italian and international institutions including the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Uffizi Galleries, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte as well as private collections for the first time accessible to the public.

The exhibition aims to celebrate the elegance, modernity and charm of fin-de-siècle Paris, also observed through the eyes of Italian artists such as Boldini, De Nittis and Corcos who found inspiration there and became protagonists in the lively European artistic context.

The exhibition is divided into thematic sections that retrace the highlights of that period: from the political upheavals of 1870 to the affirmation of modern Paris. Through mundane portraits by Boldini, Sargent and Helleu, the urban views of De Nittis, the impressionist echoes of Zandomeneghi and the cosmopolitan elegance of Maison Goupil, the exhibition tells a unique era between art, literature, science and costume, which has made Paris the cultural heart of the world.

Image.  On the bench at the Bois, Giovanni Boldini (1872, Private Collection)

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