Monet, Van Gogh and Kandinsky exhibition in Ferrara: hours, tickets and visiting tips
The autumn 2026 Palazzo dei Diamanti exhibition is “From Monet to Van Gogh to Kandinsky. New Visions on Nature and Modernity”: 120 works, most of them from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, on show from 19 September 2026 to 10 January 2027. It opens every day from 9:30 am to 7:30 pm, the ticket office closes at 6:30 pm, and a full ticket costs 16 euros including the audio guide.
The Palazzo dei Diamanti exhibition at a glance
- Dates: 19 September 2026 to 10 January 2027
- Venue: Palazzo dei Diamanti, Corso Ercole I d’Este 21, Ferrara
- Hours: daily 9:30 am to 7:30 pm, last admission 6:30 pm
- Works: 120 paintings, drawings and prints
- Curators: Sandra Kisters and Vasilij Gusella, for Fondazione Ferrara Arte
- Information: +39 0532 244949, [email protected]
What you will see: the 120 works and the artists
The exhibition covers less than 80 years of European painting, from the direct observation of nature to the dissolution of reality. It runs through nine chapters: from the Barbizon School and the Italian Macchiaioli, through Impressionism, the Hague School, Post-Impressionism and Divisionism, to Futurism, the return to order and abstraction.
- Realism and Impressionism: Courbet, Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Degas
- Post-Impressionism: Gauguin, Van Gogh, Signac, Redon
- Early 20th century: Bonnard, Vuillard, Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian
- Italian painters: Fattori, Signorini, Pellizza da Volpedo, Segantini, Previati, Boldini, Boccioni, Carrà, Sironi
The lead image is Claude Monet’s “Poppy Field” (1881), from the Boijmans collection. Other works presented to the press include Kandinsky’s “Lyrical” (1911) and Boccioni’s “Noon. Factories at Porta Romana”.
In four rooms, the multisensory project “From lived nature to the inner landscape” adds sounds and scents: in the abstraction room, music by Arnold Schoenberg plays alongside Kandinsky.
Opening hours, tickets and booking
All prices on the official Palazzo dei Diamanti website include the digital audio guide, a free download for your smartphone.
| Ticket | Price | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Full | 16 euros | Everyone |
| Reduced | 14 euros | Ages 6 to 18, over 65, university students Tuesday to Sunday, MyFE Card and partner schemes |
| Family | 11 euros per person | 1 or 2 adults with children aged 6 to 14 |
| Young visitors | 10 euros | Non-holiday Mondays, up to age 26 and university students, ticket office only |
| Groups | 14 euros | 15 people or more |
| Schools | 5 euros | School classes |
| Open/gift | 19 euros | No fixed date or time |
| Free | 0 euros | Under 6 and other categories listed on the website |
You can buy online through Vivaticket, linked from palazzodiamanti.it, with a 1.50 euro booking fee. You pick a day and a time slot: with the 3:30 pm slot, for example, you enter between 3:30 and 4:29 pm.
The ticket office sells same-day tickets, but on busy days the queue may close early. An online ticket skips the desk, and at weekends I would always book ahead.
Large bags go in the free lockers. Guided tours for individuals run on Saturdays at 5:10 pm and on Sundays and holidays at 3:30 pm: about 1 hour 15 minutes, 10 euros plus admission, booking required.
How long do you need, and when should you go?
With the audio guide and 120 works, allow 1.5 to 2 hours. The rooms close at 7:30 pm, so entering at the 6:30 pm last admission means rushing the final chapters. Aim to enter by 5:30 pm.
For smaller crowds, pick a weekday and an early morning slot. On the public holidays when it opens (1 November, 8, 25 and 26 December, 1 and 6 January) and in the last weeks before 10 January 2027, arrive with an online ticket.
How to get to Palazzo dei Diamanti from the centre of Ferrara
From Castello Estense, leave on the north side and walk along Corso Ercole I d’Este, the straight Renaissance avenue that leads to the city walls. Palazzo dei Diamanti is at number 21, on the Quadrivio degli Angeli, the crossroads it shares with Palazzo Prosperi-Sacrati and Palazzo Turchi di Bagno.
From the railway station, bus 3 goes to Palazzo dei Diamanti and bus 4 goes back. Drivers can use Parcheggio Diamanti, Via Arianuova 21. The building is wheelchair accessible and strollers are allowed.
How to fit the exhibition into a day in Ferrara
- Morning: visit Castello Estense and leave from the north side.
- Late morning: walk up Corso Ercole I d’Este to the Quadrivio degli Angeli and its three palazzi.
- Early afternoon: enter the exhibition with your booked slot.
- Late afternoon: carry on to Porta degli Angeli and the city walls, or head back to the centre for dinner.
With a second day, add more museums using our guide to Ferrara museums, tickets and opening hours, or follow the autumn itinerary covering Palazzo dei Diamanti and Castello Estense.
Where to stay for the exhibition
Hotel Annunziata is at Piazza della Repubblica 5, opposite Castello Estense, so you can walk to Palazzo dei Diamanti along Corso Ercole I d’Este. It is a 4-star design hotel with 27 rooms, 6 of them overlooking the castle.
The lobby has its own Art Gallery showing young emerging artists, with a new exhibition every two months, free to visit every day. FrameFlow adds a different photographer each month, shown on professional screens.
Check-in is from 2 pm, check-out by 11 am, with luggage storage if you visit the exhibition after checking out and city bikes at 15 euros a day.
