24 June - 26 November - Exhibition dedicated to Enrico Cavalli - Santa Maria Maggiore

The month of June closes with another eagerly awaited event, the inauguration of the exhibition dedicated to a master of Vigezzo painting, Enrico Cavalli, which will coincide with the reopening to the public, after two years of major expansion and renovation work, of the "Rossetti Valentini" School of Fine Arts in Santa Maria Maggiore.

From 24 June, the rooms of the only school of fine arts active in the entire Alpine arc will host the exhibition "Enrico Cavalli (1849-1919) - Tra la Francia di Monticelli e la Val Vigezzo di Fornara e Ciolina", curated by Lorella Giudici and Elisabetta Staudacher and promoted by the Rossetti Valentini Foundation.

The exhibition is realised thanks to the support of the Compagnia San Paolo Foundation, Interreg PAES.CH.IT 100 (with contributions from SSIF Società Subalpina di Imprese Ferroviarie, Unione Montana della Valle Vigezzo and Fondazione Intra), Fondazione Comunitaria del VCO Ente Filantropico, Museo dell'Emigrazione Vigezzina nel
World and Distretto Turistico dei Laghi, Monti e Valli d'Ossola.

Cavalli's works will thus be housed among the stone walls where the great Post-Impressionist master stimulated and involved dozens of students in the period between 1881 and 1892, years in which his teaching experience gave the School of Fine Arts a great impetus: this was perhaps the institution's most splendid period, the forge of an innovative artistic experiment that saw in Enrico Cavalli the mentor, the affectionate and ardent tutor, the original guide of the most promising students. The exhibition will be open until 26 November. Entrance on free offer.

Inauguration and opening

• Opening 24 June, 17:00
• Open: 25 June - 10 September daily h. 10-13/15.30-18.30, closed Mondays
• 16 September - 26 November Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 3.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
• Admission: free offer