Galleria d’Arte Moderna Achille Forti occupies the first floor of Verona’s historic Palazzo della Ragione and presents a coherent survey of Italian and Veronese art from the 19th century to the present. The collection—formed through donations and bequests including those of Achille Forti—numbers around 1,600–1,700 works and ranges from Romantic canvases and Divisionist pieces to early-20th-century realism, sculpture by Medardo Rosso, and a substantial contemporary wing with works by international artists; the gallery’s layout uses the palace’s Gothic rooms to create an intimate, chronological narrative.
Highlights include Francesco Hayez’s Meditation, Divisionist canvases by Angelo Morbelli and Baldassarre Longoni, works by Felice Casorati and other Veronese painters, plus rotating contemporary exhibitions and a distinctive display in the atmospheric Cappella dei Notai. The museum balances civic heritage with contemporary commissions, making it both a repository of local artistic identity and an active space for current art programming.
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Verona
Verona feels like a storybook town where Roman stones and medieval towers sit comfortably beside lively cafés and modern boutiques. Start at the Arena, a remarkably well-preserved Roman amphitheater that still hosts operas and concerts in summer—there’s something magical about hearing music under the open sky with the old stone glowing at sunset. Wander out…
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