UR-RA – UNITY OF RELIGIONS - RESPONSIBILITY OF ART

The Reggia di Monza is hosting the exhibition UR-RA - Unity of Religions - Responsibility of Art by artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, master of Arte Povera and a leading figure on the international art scene.

The idea is simple: to use art to bring different religions and cultures into dialogue, showing how they can all find common ground. At the heart of the exhibition is the work of Pistoletto, one of Italy's most important artists, famous worldwide for works such as the Venus of rags and the symbol of the Third Paradise.

It is not just an exhibition of paintings and installations: it is an experience that speaks of peace, coexistence and mutual respect.
In a nutshell: it is not an exhibition "for experts," but an opportunity for everyone to reflect and feel
part of something bigger, thanks to the power of art.

The Exhibition
The exhibition rooms will display the first canvases from 1957 to the latest works, clearly expressing spirituality.
The religious flags placed in the forecourt will accompany visitors to the beginning of the exhibition itself, which will open in the octagonal Staffieri Atrium with The Stone of Infinity and the Interreligious Table for Preventive Peace, a reworking of The Cubic Meter of Infinity, part of the group of works called Minus Objects, created between 1965 and 1966.
The exhibition will then continue in the rooms on the first floor, where other emblematic works can be seen, such as The Priest, Temple, Annunciation, The Trumpets of Judgement, Rocking Temple, The Rotation of the Mirror, The Trinamic Code, and Spiritual Arch, culminating in the Royal Gardens, which will house a new Third Paradise composed of one hundred benches made entirely of recycled and recyclable materials.