«Alphonse Mucha» exhibition at Palazzo Mazzetti
Date of the event:
From 11 November 2026 to 2 May 2027 Palazzo Mazzetti in Asti, at corso Vittorio Alfieri 357, hosts the exhibition «Alphonse Mucha», dedicated to the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (Ivančice, 24 July 1860 – Prague, 14 July 1939). The exhibition includes more than 110 works, among them posters, illustrations, drawings and period photographs [1][2].
The works on display
The exhibition sets Mucha's work alongside Italian and Piedmontese art from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the works on show is a monumental three-metre-high sketch for the Slav Epic, the cycle of twenty large history paintings to which the artist devoted twenty years. Also on display are masterpieces such as Gismonda (1894), Médée (1898) and JOB (1896), as well as the series Le Stagioni (The Seasons, 1896) and Le Pietre Preziose (The Precious Stones, 1900) [1][2].
The introductory section is devoted to Italian art of the period, with works by Leonardo Bistolfi, Giacomo Grosso, Cesare Saccaggi, Ambrogio Antonio Alciati and Giulio Aristide Sartorio. In the basement of Palazzo Mazzetti a further section compares works from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, devoted to the Art Nouveau (Liberty) style in Asti [1].
The Bistolfi loan and the link with Cuneo
The exhibition includes the plaster sketch for «La Sfinge» (“The Sphinx”) by Leonardo Bistolfi, on loan from the Gipsoteca in Casale Monferrato. The work was made for the funerary monument of the Pansa family, in the cemetery of Cuneo, where the finished monument still stands today. The loan thus links three Piedmontese towns: Asti, where the exhibition is held, Casale Monferrato, home to the Gipsoteca, and Cuneo, where the monument for which the sketch was made is located [1].
Mucha's fame
Mucha's fame is also linked to his professional relationship with the actress Sarah Bernhardt, who entrusted him with shaping her public image. Other performers portrayed in his works include Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Carter, Maude Adams and Halide Edip Adıvar. His advertising work helped bring art into the promotion of theatre and commercial brands [2].
Practical information
The exhibition is open every day from 10am to 7pm, with last admission at 6pm. The full-price ticket, published by Arthemisia, costs 14 euros, the reduced ticket 10 euros. The opening was scheduled for Tuesday 10 November 2026, the day on which museums taking part in Smarticket closed at 4pm, with ticket sales until 3pm [1].
Sources
- Quotidiano Piemontese — 10 November 2026
- ATnews — 10 November 2026