"Baselitz. AVANTI!" exhibition: the art of printmaking at the Museo Novecento

From March 25 to September 13, 2026, German artist Georg Baselitz is on display at the Museo Novecento with a major exhibition of 170 works. For the first time in Italy, the focus shifts to printmaking, a central and radical practice in his oeuvre.

The Exhibition

Spread across three floors, the exhibition brings together approximately 170 works, including printmaking, paintings, and sculptures. The exhibition spans sixty years of his career, celebrating art as a subversive gesture and a process of transformation, far removed from any reassuring harmony.

The Aesthetics of Reversal

Raised amid the rubble of post-war Germany, Baselitz embraced destruction as his creative inspiration. Renowned for his iconic reversal of images, the artist destabilizes traditional vision to force the viewer into a new beginning.

The Connection with Florence

The exhibition pays homage to the visceral relationship between Baselitz and the Tuscan capital. From his stay at Villa Romana in 1965 until his visits in the 1980s, the artist drew inspiration from the anti-classical art of the sixteenth century (Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Beccafumi), regenerating the figurative tradition from its ashes.