Image: Museo Novecento, Florence
Museo Novecento in Florence has announced a major exhibition devoted to Victor Man, opening on 26 September 2026 and remaining on view through 7 March 2027. Curated by Sergio Risaliti, the presentation will be installed in the ground-floor rooms of the Ex Leopoldine in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, with a preview scheduled for 25 September at 18:00. The museum says the exhibition will bring together around 25 paintings.
The show is built around themes that recur in Victor Man’s work, including maternity, portraiture, self-portraiture, still life and the female figure. According to the museum’s announcement, the selection combines recent works with pieces that trace these concerns across the artist’s practice. The exhibition is also set to include five paintings from a special series titled 'Luminary Petals on a Wet Black Bough'.
Among the works listed in the announcement are 'Lelkek temetoje, der Friedhof der Seelen' (2019), 'Girl with Goya’s Skull' (2021), 'Maternity with Legend' (2024), 'Maternity' (2025), 'Curve delle Anime' (2025), 'Reclining Maiden – Prelude of Equinox' (2025–2026) and 'Transfiguration, Cassa Oscura' (2025–2026). The museum also notes that the display will include other, more recent works by the artist, but does not provide further detail on their titles in the announcement material.
Museo Novecento describes itself as Florence’s civic museum devoted to 20th- and 21st-century art. In that context, the Victor Man exhibition extends the institution’s contemporary focus into a survey of an artist whose painting is represented through a concentrated selection rather than an expansive retrospective. The museum’s notice frames the presentation as an overview of key motifs, with the curatorial emphasis placed on recurring images and subject matter rather than on a chronological reading.
The exhibition is promoted by the Comune di Firenze and supported by Galerie Max Hetzler and David Zwirner Gallery. The announcement does not provide additional programming tied to the show beyond the preview date. It also identifies the venue precisely as the Ex Leopoldine rooms on the ground floor in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, situating the exhibition within the museum’s Florence premises.
With its combination of recent works and the 'Luminary Petals on a Wet Black Bough' sequence, the exhibition will present a compact picture of Victor Man’s painting practice over a range of dates, from 'Lelkek temetoje, der Friedhof der Seelen' in 2019 to works dated 2025–2026. The show opens on 26 September 2026 and closes on 7 March 2027.
