Photography exhibition dedicated to Pasquale Bove, the photojournalist who chronicled the city of Rimini, the Riviera and Italy for more than forty years. Curated by Pasquale Bove and Mara Sorrentino.

Hosted in the Suspended Frames Hall at Palazzo del Fulgor, the exhibition features more than fifty photographs and is divided into four thematic sections.

Faces portrays Rimini as a crossroads of history and the international imagination, from the visits of figures such as George H. W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Diana, Princess of Wales, to leading personalities from Italian politics, culture, and entertainment.

News Stories: The City explores some of the defining events in Rimini’s recent history, from the Uno Bianca criminal case and the Muccioli affair to the urban transformations that have reshaped the city.

News Stories: The Sea presents the beach as the symbolic heart of the Riviera, from the kilometre-long communal table organised in 1993 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rimini’s first beach establishment to the demolition of the Hotel Savoia Excelsior.

Visions captures the nightlife of an entire generation in Romagna, from the Treno Azzurro and Blue Line clubs to the iconic nightlife venues that made the Riviera famous.

As Michele Lari, Rimini’s Councillor for Culture, explains: “An invisible yet extraordinarily powerful thread connects Rimini’s recent past with its constantly evolving present: the visual memory of our community. The exhibition and catalogue Rimini Express: Faces, Stories, and Visions of a Riviera That Never Ends were conceived to explore this shared identity. This recognition rewards our cultural vision and allows us to return to the city a collective heritage of immeasurable value.”

Alongside the exhibition, the accompanying publication, Rimini Express: Faces, Stories, and Visions of a Riviera That Never Ends, will also be presented. The volume brings together a broader selection of photographs from the Bove Archive and, through a series of essays, explores its historical, documentary, and anthropological significance.

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