Starting next Nov. 16, Palazzo Mazzetti in Asti will host a major exhibition dedicated to Escher, the artist of geometries and impossible worlds, one of the 20th century artists who is among the most beloved by the general public around the world.

From Nov. 16, 2024, to May 11, 2025, the exhibition halls of Palazzo Mazzetti in Asti will host the works of Escher, a brilliant and visionary artist, beloved by the general public all over the world, an iconic artist for art lovers but also for mathematicians, designers and graphic designers all over the world, for his unique creations capable of combining art with the infinite universe of numbers, science with nature, reality with imagination, generating imaginative inventions and magical paradoxes but with a strong scientific rigor.

Born in 1898 in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, Maurits Cornelis Escher developed a unique and unmistakable style through his extraordinary ability to transport visitors inside imaginative and seemingly impossible worlds.
Countless themes and suggestions converge in the creations of the great Dutch master, who lived and traveled in ltaly between the wars: from geometric theorems to mathematical insights, from philosophical reflections to the paradoxes of logic.
His unmistakable works, which have also influenced the world of design and advertising, are a challenge to perception and represent a unicum in the panorama of art history of all time.

In Asti, through an exhibition of more than 100 works accompanied by educational insights, videos and immersive rooms, Escher's entire artistic journey is presented, from his beginnings to his travels in Italy to the various artistic techniques that saw him engaged throughout his life and that made him a unique artist.
From tessellations, metamorphoses, structures of space and geometric paradoxes to the works that have increased his popularity since the 1950s to the point that we can now speak of a true Eschermania, the exhibition presents the Dutch artist's best-known works such as Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935), Bond of Union (1956), Metamorphosis II (1939), Day and Night (1938), the famous Emblemata series, and many others.

President of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Asti, Livio Negro, says, “Fondazione Asti Musei is pleased to offer you a journey through the mind of an artist who was able to combine art, mathematics and philosophy in a unique and original way. I am sure that Escher's exhibition will not only enrich the city's cultural offerings by creating connections and stimulating an active dialogue between art, science and community, but will actively engage all of us.
Not least, the exhibition is part of a successful path that has seen exhibitions dedicated to Chagall, Monet and the Impressionists in Normandy, the Macchiaioli, Giovanni Boldini and Caravaggio's Canestra come to Asti.”

The ESCHER exhibition is organized by the Asti Musei Foundation, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Asti, the Piedmont Region and the Municipality of Asti, with a contribution from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, in collaboration with Arthemisia, the M.C. Escher Foundation and Maurits, and under the patronage of the Province of Asti.
It has as sponsor the Cassa di Risparmio di Asti Group and is curated by Federico Giudiceandrea, one of the world's leading experts on the artist.