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» Baroque at the Brogan
The emotion and passion of Italian Baroque art comes to the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science beginning March 18 with the opening of the exhibit “Baroque Painting in Lombardy from the Pinacoteca di Brera.” Fifty paintings worth $32 million from Milan’s Brera museum will be on display — the first time the museum has exported a complete collection outside of Italy. The exhibit, which runs through July 24, features the works of artists who worked in the 16th through 18th centuries, including Daniele
Crespi, Nuvolone, Sofonisba Anguissola and Vincenzo Campi, and is sponsored by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. In a unique collaboration, the Brogan is not paying a fee to display the works, but has agreed to finance painstaking restoration work on nine paintings. Anyone can become an arts patron by logging on to baroquepaintings.org to donate. “Our hope at the moment is that by offering our constituents exhibitions and programs of
such outstanding caliber, people cannot resist,” says Chucha Barber, chief executive officer of the Brogan. “We hope that will keep us alive.” The exhibit’s unveiling coincides with the kickoff of the museum’s annual Florida Wine Festival fundraising event. Tickets for the exhibit’s opening night are $50. Viewing for the remainder of its showing is free with general museum admission. For more information, call (850) 513-0700 or visit online at thebrogan.org. — Terrika Mitchell
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