Memory and visions

From November 16th to May 18th, 2025, the City Hall hosts a selection of over fifty lesser-known works from the Sardinian collection and the contemporary art collection 'Ugo Ugo'.

The exhibition Memory and Visions, organized by the Department of Culture, Entertainment and Tourism of the Municipality of Cagliari, and curated by the Civic Museums of Cagliari in collaboration with Orientare srl, covers a chronological span from 1859 to the late 1980s. In 2024, the Civic Museums celebrate 91 years: in November 1933, the Municipal Gallery of Art of Cagliari was inaugurated, the first civic museum in Sardinia, with the IV Municipal Art Show, which also led to the establishment of the Sardinian Artists Collection. To mark this anniversary, the Civic Museums have brought to light some masterpieces from the city collections that have long been inaccessible to the public, as they were stored in the archives. From late 19th and early 20th century paintings by Marghinotti, Melis Marini, Rossino, Maury, and Dessy, to works born out of the protests of the '60s by artists like Campus, Gilardi, Gallina, and Rotella, along with the experiments of Locci and Vigo, or the new languages of the '80s by Atzeni, Vargiu, Frogheri, and Losengo. An opportunity to rediscover the great names of Sardinian art with works that have shaped the art history and are part of the cultural history of our city, making the Civic Museums a reference point for the general public.