Cycling, which thrills millions of fans worldwide, is revealed through a year of images in the fourth edition of “The Best of Cycling” exhibition. It’s happening at the Stables of Forte di Bard from May 1 to September 14, 2025. On display are about sixty photographs that participated in the

Fort Bard renews its collaboration with Agence France-Presse, one of the world’s most respected news agencies. Following the success of Time’s Up, which in 2024 explored the impact of climate change on our planet, the exhibition Contrasts. Stories from a World on the Edge once again aims to provoke thought

From 21 March to 6 July 2025, Fort Bard will host the 60th edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the world’s most prestigious nature photography competition, organised by the Natural History Museum in London. Harnessing the profound emotive impact of photography to engage and move audiences, these images shed

The raw energy of the painting of Emilio Vedova (Venice, 1919–2006) takes centre stage in This is painting, an exhibition running from 30 November 2024 to 2 June 2025 at Fort Bard in Valle d’Aosta. Organized by Forte di Bard in partnership with 24 Ore Cultura and the Emilio and

From 6 December 2024 to 9 March 2025, the exhibition Gianfranco Ferré: within the lens, organized by Fort Bard and curated by the Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre at Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with CZ Fotografia, offers an exclusive look at the work of the iconic architect and fashion designer,

The China of yesterday and today, with its social and economic transformations and its many contradictions, is the subject of an exhibition entitled China: From Cultural Revolution to Global Superpower, an unprecedented photographic project curated by internationally renowned photographer Martin Parr, promoted by Forte di Bard and the Magnum Photos

The topic-oriented events promoted by Fort Bard and dedicated entirely to the mountains, their inhabitants and the artists that depict them, are joined by a new entry. From 31 May 2024, Fort Bard will pay tribute to Davide Camisasca with a major retrospective exhibition held in the Alloggiamenti (Living Quarters)

A world of horses and knights, of warriors and ancient gods, of jugglers and dancers. The artistic genius of Marino Marini—one of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century— is explored in all its complexity and variety in Arcane Fantasies, an exhibition hosted by Fort Bard in collaboration

Water, Earth, Air, Fire: evoking the four elements to better understand the state of our planet, the exhibition Time’s up, promoted by Fort Bard and Agence France-Presse (AFP), will be open in the Opera Mortai rooms in the fortress from 29 March through 21 July 2024. This unprecedented exhibition curated

Martine Franck’s ambitious photographic oeuvre (1938-2012) and her genuine fascination with humanity – from the joys of childhood to portraits of workers, feminist struggles, Buddhist spirituality and the elderly – lie at the heart of this exhibition. This project titled ‘Martine Franck. Looking at Others’ is scheduled to take place from

Fort Bard hosts the 59th edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the most important award dedicated to nature photography promoted by the Natural History Museum in London. The winners of the 19 categories were picked from a total of 49,957 images hailing from 95 countries. They were judged anonymously

Fort Bard presents a special and particularly noteworthy event as part of its winter exhibition season: a key event that will decorate the spaces of the Military Chapel from 1 December 2023 to 10 March 2024. The work is Portrait of a Lady, by Gustav Klimt (Vienna, 1862–1918), one of

Fort Bard is dedicating an exhibition to Carlo Mollino (Turin, 1905–1973), one of the most versatile architects and designers of modern architecture, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The exhibition Carlo Mollino. Sloping Landscapes. Photographs by Armin Linke (Carlo Mollino. Paesaggi inclinati. Fotografie di Armin Linke), curated by Luciano

There is a place where time, space, and culture have decided to align with each other: right here at Fort Bard, where the creativity of Gian Paolo Barbieri has become manifest through a different expression, capable of encompassing all its facets. Fort Bard has dedicated a major retrospective exhibition to

Women of The Outermost Lands is the title of the exhibition that will open on Friday, 6 October, at the fortress stables, the Scuderie del Forte di Bard. The exhibition, curated by Fort Bard in collaboration with Montura, presents the research of a human and poetic level into the reality

This is the fourth stage of the project L’Adieu des Glaciers: Photographic and Scientific Research, produced by Fort Bard. Since 2020, visitors have been able to take an iconographic and scientific journey among the glaciers of the main four-thousand-metre peaks in Valle d’Aosta, and learn the story of their transformations.

The Misfits by Magnum Photographers is the title of the exhibition to be held from 17 June to 17 September 2023 at Fort Bard. It highlights the behind-the-scenes aspects of the legendary film The Misfits (1961), directed by John Huston and starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. The

A crouching chamois partially covered by the snow blizzard tells of the constant challenges mountain animals face in order to survive. The shot by Emilio Ricci (pictured) entitled Sopravvivivenza (Survival) won the international competition Fotografare il Parco (Photographing the Park), organised by the Stelvio, Gran Paradiso, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise

Fort Bard hosts the 58th edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the most important award dedicated to nature photography promoted by the Natural History Museum in London. The winners of the 19 categories were picked from a total of 38,575 images hailing from 93 countries. They were judged anonymously

From 17 December 2022 to 1st May 2024, the Forte di Bard will be hosting an exhibition entirely dedicated to Gabriel Loppé, a painter, photographer, mountaineer and traveler active from the second half of the 1800s, in the premises of the Museum of the Alps. The exhibition, curated by Anne

Art deco in Italy, the elegance of modernity is the title of the original new exhibition that Forte di Bard is hosting from 2 December, 2022, to 10 April, 2023, in collaboration with Silvana Editoriale. A major exhibition project, curated by Francesco Parisi, that presents 230 works including paintings, sculptures, wall decorations, applied arts,

The third stage of the project L’Adieu des glaciers: photographic and scientific research, produced by Forte di Bard, which has been undertaking an iconographic and scientific journey through the glaciers of the main four-thousanders in the Valle d’Aosta since 2020, to tell the story of their transformations. The initiative entails an

Glaciers tell us our past and our future. The Earth’s Memory exhibition presents the world premiere of the results of the project “On the trail of glaciers”, the photographic and scientific journey conceived and directed by the photographer Fabiano Ventura. Promoted and organised by the Forte di Bard, the exhibition

World Press Photo is the most prestigious photojournalism award in the world. Now running for the 67th year, it was conceived in 1955 by the World Press Photo Foundation, an independent non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam. This year, 4066 photographers from 130 countries entered the competition, submitting a total of 64,823 candidate images. The

Forte di Bard lives up to its commitment to promoting scientific and research projects related to mountains and climate change. In this vein, the Umberto Mònterin, di ghiaccio e di sabbia (“of ice and sand”) exhibition is being held from 22 April to 4 December, 2022, in the section of

The figure of Napoleon, life inside his garrisons, and the historical link with the Forte di Bard, which was first placed under siege, then defeated and subsequently razed to the ground: these common themes are the starting point for the two-part reflection by Andrea and Paolo Ventura – artists, photographers,

The exhibition presents a selection of images from the 2021 edition of the PHOTOANSA photography book, which brings together the most significant photographs of the past year, taken by the photographers of the Ansa agency and related to major current events in Italy and around the world. Twelve sections, each

From 5 February to 5 June 2022, the Fortress of Bard will be the first Italian venue for the 57th Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, the world’s most prestigious nature photography contest, run by London’s Natural History Museum. The stunning images on display were selected by an international panel

From 29 October 2021 to 30 January 2022, the Fortress of Bard will host an important anthological exhibition dedicated to Antonio Ligabue, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, covering his entire artistic career. The exhibition, curated by Sandro Parmiggiani, aims to acquaint the public with the various

As part of the celebrations to mark the seventh centenary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Fortress of Bard is organizing an exhibition entitled Nel segno di Dante tra illustrazione e fumetto. The exhibition, curated by Paola Persello and Bruno Testa, takes us on an extraordinary journey into the world of

The project entitled L’Adieu des glaciers: photographic and scientific research takes us on an iconographic and scientific journey through the glaciers of the Aosta Valley’s 4000m peaks and illustrates the way in which they have changed over time. After exploring the Mont Rosa massif in 2020, the project moves on

There’s the story of an entire nation, with all its virtues, faults and contradictions, in the images taken by Ansa, Italy’s leading news agency, in its 75 years of activity. The 2020 edition of the Photoansa book, brought out to celebrate this important anniversary, has been turned into an exhibition

From 28 May to 3 October, the Fortress of Bard will be the first Italian venue for the 56th Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, the world’s most prestigious nature photography contest, run by London’s Natural History Museum. The stunning images on display were selected by an international panel of

The Macchiaioli revolutionised Italian painting in the nineteenth-century. The eighty works on display here trace the evolution of this artistic movement that originated in Florence – one of Europe’s most culturally vibrant cities that attracted intellectuals from all over Italy – in the second half of the 19th century. A

Since 1955 the World Press Photo Contest has recognized professional photographers for the best pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism. Fort Bard host the 63rd edition of the annual Photo Contest.The winners were chosen by an independent jury that reviewed more than 73,996 photographs entered by 4,282

This exhibition will present 124 of the most representative and significant articles from the history of the Aosta Battalion and the 4th Regiment. These include historic Battalion diaries, letters and photos from the front, period uniforms and personal effects belonging to those who helped write the history of the Battalion

L’Adieu des glaciers: a photographic and scientific study is a four-year project promoted by Fort Bard, dedicated to the transformation of the glaciers in the main Four-thousand metre mountains in Valle d’Aosta. The journey starts in 2020 with the Italian glaciers of Monte Rosa. This exhibition teams photos, scientific research

This exhibition curated by Simona Bartolena presents a selection of 64 works of extraordinary artistic value, from the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the largest art gallery on the African continent. The entire collection numbers over one hundred works comprising oils, watercolours and graphic art by some of the grand masters on

Turned into an exhibition for the first time, the PHOTOANSA photobook is a collection of the most significant images from the year linked to the big news stories in Italy and around the world, taken by the agency’s photographers. Fort Bard hosts a display of over one hundred photos taken

The fifty-fifth Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will immerse you in the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. Encounter the beauty and fragility of wildlife, see fascinating animal behaviour and get to know extraordinary species. Go deeper and discover the surprising – and often challenging – stories behind the images. A

The exhibition presents an unprecedented project, the pictures of a reportage by Stefano Unterthiner, Valle d’Aosta photographer from 2006 to 2017 commissioned by National Geographic Magazine. 77 pictures on display, divided into eleven thematic sections: penguin, Crozet; swan, Japan; langurs, India; Andean fauna, Chile; terns, Seychelles; varano Komodo, Indonesia; Alpine