In February 2018, the Art Gallery of Western Australia will become home to works from the private art collection of eminent Italian family, the Corsinis.
In its only Australian showing, the Art Gallery will host the A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence exhibition.
The exhibition features Renaissance and Baroque paintings by renowned Italian artists including Botticelli, Caravaggio, and Pontormo.
Also on display will be decorative items and objects from the Corsini family’s home, the Palazzo Corsini, on the banks of the Arno River, Florence.
The ticketed exhibition will open on February 24, 2018 with an opening day celebrating Florentine and Italian culture, in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre, and closes on June 19, 2018.
Tickets are on sale today (Wednesday, September 6) at http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au