MAR – Art museum of the city of Ravenna

The Art Museum of the City of Ravenna (MAR), housed in the evocative setting of the Loggetta Lombardesca, offers a fascinating immersion into the Italian artistic panorama from the 14th to the 20th century.

The MAR is a must-see for art lovers and anyone interested in discovering Ravenna’s rich artistic history. Its permanent collections and temporary exhibitions offer a unique opportunity to admire works of art of great value and deepen one’s knowledge of Italian culture.

In addition to exhibitions, the MAR offers a wide range of services to the public, including:

• Guided tours: to discover the secrets of the museum and its collections with the help of expert guides.
• Educational workshops: to educate children about art and creativity.
• Inclusion activities: to make the museum accessible to all, with tactile routes and guided tours dedicated to people with disabilities.

Victor Fotso Nyie – Io sono l’altro

February 28 2025 – June 2 2025

The artist Victor Fotso Nyie investigates the theme of identity through the reinterpretation of African traditions and symbolism. The title of the project I am the Other stems from the desire to reflect on the concept of otherness and the need to question what one observes and learns in a museum.

The artist uses clay and portraiture as a cognitive process of his own origins and as a means for a cultural re-appropriation that interweaves collective memories, ancient stories and forms with a personal and contemporary language.

The sculpture on display, Re-connexion, portrays the artist himself, from whose head anthropomorphic figures come to life: idols and African artefacts that glow within them with a golden patina that transcends the earthly materiality of terracotta to evoke a divine and ethereal dimension.

Not to be missed is the precious Le Coq Blue, from a watercolour by Marc Chagall, which will envelop you in its blues and transport you to a Jewish imagery dominated by love.

If you want to enjoy the infinite variations of colour, size and shape of a mosaic tile, and its patterns, linger quietly on the six mosaic shovels on the walls.

Coloured paper butterflies, spray bottle caps, folded cards, straws, long fragments of marble laced in undulating movements, like sea organisms lulled by the current. You will find Japanese poetic suggestions, mosaic sculptures now disturbing now joyful; micromosaics, trencadìs, pop icons, reflections on food and dreams in drawers.