Exhibition | Massimo Listri. Fotografie
From September 28th to November 14th| B11
The exhibition is open to the public from Tuesday to Friday from 2.00 pm to 8.00 pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Free admission
Opening | Saturday, September 28th from 7.30 pm
“Listri is, as we know, a creator of beauty; an indefatigable seeker of the harmony and beauty buried beneath the ‘crust,’ often so rich in superfluities and contaminations that it is no longer recognizable.” This is how critic Vittorio Sgarbi describes Massimo Listri, the Florentine photographer capable of translating spaces into art.
After a career that began at a young age, during which he published his photographs in prominent design magazines, Listri’s images of the most beautiful palaces, museums, extraordinary villas, and architectural works of all time have become the focus of solo exhibitions at prestigious institutions worldwide, including Palazzo Reale in Milan, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, the Quirinal Palace and Vatican Museums in Rome, Palazzo Reale in Turin, the Correr Museum in Venice, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, the Italian Institute of Culture in Washington, the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, and the Shanghai Himalayas Museum.
In September, his art arrives at Manifattura Tabacchi with the exhibition Massimo Listri. Photographs, organized in collaboration with Gruppo Editoriale.
The show features 19 large-format works, the most imposing of which is nearly 3 meters long, including iconic photographs as well as some unpublished ones. Among these are two images of Manifattura Tabacchi itself, captured by Listri for a feature published in the 50th issue of the magazine Firenze made in Tuscany, taken during the early stages of the restoration work that began in 2019.
Five years later, the spaces of Manifattura are revealed to the public through Listri’s absolute and historically infused perspective, alongside other extraordinary places such as the Palace of Versailles, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Vatican Apostolic Library, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Royal Palace of Naples. These works exemplify his photographic language, which, through color, light, and perspective, imparts a sacred silence to these historical sites, allowing the viewer to immerse themselves in spaces that, though devoid of human presence, come to life by rediscovering their original beauty.
Massimo Listri
Massimo Listri was born in 1953 and began his photography career at a very young age. At the age of 17, he was already working for art and architecture magazines, and during his university studies in art and literature, he contributed to several photographic features. However, it was with publisher Franco Maria Ricci that he had the opportunity to carry out his first major reportages for the magazine FMR. For more than 20 years, this prestigious publication became the primary vehicle for Massimo Listri’s photographic tributes to the most beautiful palaces, interiors, extraordinary villas, and architectural masterpieces of all time. In 35 years, in collaboration with the most prestigious publishers in Europe and the United States, he has published over 85 books.
Massimo Listri has held solo exhibitions in various parts of the world. His most recent exhibitions have been showcased at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the National Central Library in Taipei, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo, the University Museum in Hong Kong, the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, the Museum of Italian Art in Lima, the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome, the “Galeria de Arte la Sala” in Santiago (Chile), the Palace of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, the Schusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow, the Museo Nacional San Carlos in Mexico City, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Museo de Arte de Querétaro (Mexico), the San Domenico Museums in Forlì, the Vatican Museums in Rome, the Palazzo Reale in Turin, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Bogotá, the Katara Cultural Village Foundation in Doha, the Palazzo del Quirinale in Rome, the “Labirinto della Masone” in Fontanellato (Parma), the Museo San Carlos in Mexico City, River City in Bangkok, the Museo Guadalupe in Zacatecas, the Venaria Reale in Turin, the Brazilian Embassy in Vienna, the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in Shanghai, the Fortezza Belvedere in Florence, the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, the San Pablo Cultural Center in Oaxaca (Mexico), the Spazio Multimediale San Francesco in Civitanova Marche Alta, the Museo Correr in Venice, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington.