Concetto Pozzati. Da e per Morandi: Casa Morandi hosts the tribute exhibition to the great Bolognese master

From January 17 to March 15, 2026, Casa Morandi — part of the Musei Civici Department of the Municipality of Bologna — hosts the exhibition Concetto Pozzati. Da e per Morandi, curated by Maura Pozzati and produced in collaboration with the Concetto Pozzati Archive: a tribute to one of the most active leading figures in Italian culture in the postwar period.

Concetto Pozzati, Da e per Giorgio Morandi, 1964

The exhibition is part of the institutional program of ART CITY Bologna 2026 (February 5–8), the calendar of exhibitions and events promoted by the Municipality of Bologna with the support of BolognaFiere on the occasion of Arte Fiera.

Concetto Pozzati wrote several key texts on Giorgio Morandi, including the presentation for the exhibition at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Morandi e il suo tempo (1985–1986), entitled Morandi’s “autre” time, and a portrait of Morandi included in his own painter’s diary, published by Corraini in 2007 under the title Concetto Pozzati. Parola d’artista (An Artist’s Word). In this text, the conflicted relationship he had with the great Bolognese master emerges (a friend of his father Mario and his uncle Severo Pozzati): “an uncomfortable man, whom I did not love and whom I do not love, unlike the depth of that unreachable microcosm that was his painting.”

Da e per Morandi (From and for Morandi) is the title chosen by Concetto Pozzati for a series of works bearing witness to a dialogue with Giorgio Morandi’s oeuvre that lasted more than forty years. A constant engagement, expressed both through paintings dedicated to him and through texts and reflections on his pictorial method. For this exhibition, Casa Morandi presents some of the artist’s most representative works, opening with Da e per Giorgio Morandi (1964), the year Pozzati took part in the 32nd Venice International Art Exhibition and in Documenta III in Kassel.

The opening is scheduled for Friday, January 16, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

January 17 – March 15, 2026

Casa Morandi

Via Fondazza 36, Bologna