Image: Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin
‘Modigliani sottopelle. Quattro capolavori’ will remain on view at the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin through 13 September 2026, bringing together Amedeo Modigliani’s ‘Nu couché’ with three other works by the artist on loan from the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart. The exhibition opened on 30 April and is presented as a focused study of Modigliani’s painting practice through both visual comparison and scientific investigation.
‘Nu couché’, dated 1918–19, belongs to the Pinacoteca Agnelli’s permanent collection. The museum’s exhibition materials do not identify the three loaned works individually, but describe them as major paintings that enter into dialogue with the Turin work. Together, the four paintings are intended to offer new approaches to understanding Modigliani’s methods and the development of his pictorial practice.
The project takes its starting point from advanced scientific examinations of the canvases. These investigations analyzed the warp and weft of the fabrics, reconstructing the origin of the rolls of textile used by the artist. According to the institution, the research also introduces a new tool for dating the works. The exhibition therefore places the material structure of the paintings alongside their art-historical presentation, making the supports themselves part of the account.
Curated by Pietro Rigolo and Beatrice Zanelli, the exhibition is installed in the Scrigno, the suspended structure on the roof of Turin’s Lingotto designed by Renzo Piano. It forms part of the Pinacoteca’s ‘Beyond the Collection’ programme, which uses works from the museum’s holdings as points of departure for exhibitions and loans. In this case, the permanent ‘Nu couché’ is set against three paintings brought from two major European collections.
Modigliani’s painting occupies a specific place within the Pinacoteca Agnelli’s holdings. The permanent collection comprises 25 works donated to the institution by Giovanni and Marella Agnelli, spanning Venetian art of the eighteenth century, neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova, pre-Impressionism and Impressionism, Futurism, Cubism and twentieth-century figurative painting. Alongside Modigliani, the collection includes works by Édouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Giacomo Balla, Pablo Picasso, Gino Severini and Henri Matisse.
The exhibition is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with final admission 30 minutes before closing. The Pinacoteca is located at Lingotto, Via Nizza 262/103, Turin. The museum lists admission to the Pinacoteca alone at €10, while a combined ticket for the Pinacoteca and the Pista 500 costs €12; children under 12 and several categories of cardholders and visitors are admitted free. ‘Modigliani sottopelle. Quattro capolavori’ closes on Sunday, 13 September 2026.
