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Things to do in Palermo, Sicily: The Best Art Galleries
Palermo is an urban melting pot characterized by history and culture so diverse that it often feels conflicted. Discover an intriguing range of architectural styles, from Arabian domes to baroque buildings, and enjoy delicious cuisine that spans a variety of origins. Be sure to visit the Palace of the Normans, the Palatine Chapel and the church of St. John of the Hermits. Art and music lovers won’t want to miss the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (the “GAM”), the Salinas or an opera or ballet at the Teatro Massimo.
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1. RizzutoGallery
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
RizzutoGallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Palermo, founded in 2013 from an idea of Giovanni Rizzuto and Eva Oliveri. Focused on the most contemporary expressions of visual arts, the gallery develops projects involving and supporting artists whose research - regardless of the artistic media - demonstrates predisposition to experimentation and research.
2. Museo Diocesano di Palermo (Le Stanze dei Vescovi)
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4.5 based on 273 reviews
Historic building of the fifteenth century, with frescoes and furnishings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It displays around 300 works of art from the 12th to the 19th century in 12 rooms. 11 rooms belong to "Le Stanze dei Vescovi", the noble floor of the Archbishop's Palace, with the Alcova of Cardinal Gravina and the Sala Borremans entirely freshly painted in 1733.
3. Regional Gallery (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia)
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4.0 based on 89 reviews
This neo-Gothic castle dating from 1488 houses the Regional gallery of Sicily, the largest museum in Palermo exclusively devoted to art, whose majority of work dates from the medieval and Renaissance periods through the eighteenth century.
4. Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna Empedocle Restivo
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4.0 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By Jazzumbo - Campulung, Romania
Palermo's Modern Art Gallery is hosted by the exquisite Palazzo Bonet, exhibiting artworks from the 19th and 20th Century. The exhibition is well organized and starts in opera style with the dramatic painting I Vespri Siciliani by Erulio Eroli. It's a good opportunity to admire masterpieces from various modern art currents that alternated in Italy at the beginig of 20th Century, including Futurismo, Novecento, Arte Povera and Metaphisical Art among others. There's also a hall dedicated to Sicilian Novecento, for a more local flavor. The gran-finale is ensured by masterpieces signed by Guttuso, Pippo Rizzo and Sironi. The only downside during my visit was the lighting in the gallery, which was very poor in some of the halls, ironically in the ones displaying the bright Lojocano's landscapes.
5. Palazzo Costantino
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7. Associazione Liberi Artigiani - Artisti Balarm
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
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