Opening Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, is the new refurbishment of the room dedicated to European ceramics, from Art Nouveau to Deco to the 1940s. Through a narrative developed thematically, artifacts are offered to represent a time span that is fundamental to the new narrative in a modern key that ceramics develops from the late 19th century to World War II, a premise for the contemporary developments proper to the post-World War II season. For this new thematic display, we started from the history of the Faenza Museum, through its acquisitions, the 1926 displays that were already complete and thought out in a modern key, and the international relations that then-director Ballardini had woven and fortified during the years of his tenure. Existing materials were analyzed, supplementing some of them with an exceptional restoration campaign that brought to light artifacts damaged during the May 1944 bombing and recovered. On display are ceramics missing from the museum itinerary since more than 80 years, testifying to the extraordinary richness of our heritage and repositories. The room sees the display of in-depth studies dedicated to the main themes of the period under consideration: the female figure, nature, the animalier taste, the Baccarini Last Supper, the great exhibitions, the Monza Biennials, European manufactures, sculpture, the modern déco line, and futurism.
