The exhibition L’Eco di Pinocchio (2019–2026) will be inaugurated in the Sala degli Specchi at Giunti Odeon (1st floor): an extensive exhibition dedicated to the reinterpretations of Carlo Collodi’s masterpiece created by the students of the Two-Year Illustration Programme at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, as part of the course led by Professor Alessandro Baldanzi.

The exhibition (with free entrance) presents over one hundred original plates from editorial projects developed over the past few years, during which more than 150 students engaged with the extraordinary narrative legacy of Pinocchio. This creative experience has, in several cases, also found concrete editorial expression through published works.

L’Eco di Pinocchio offers the public a rich and surprising perspective on the vitality of Collodi’s work: a plurality of languages, sensitivities and visions that testify to the story’s ability to continually renew itself while preserving its evocative power. The works on display stand out for their technical quality, interpretative depth and coherence with the original text, creating an exhibition path of great visual and emotional impact.

On the occasion of the inauguration, the exhibition catalogue, published by Giunti Editore with the collaboration of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, will also be presented at 6:30 p.m. The 192-page, full-colour volume retraces the story of Pinocchio chapter by chapter through the eyes of around 60 students, composing an extraordinary gallery of images capable of conveying all the contemporary relevance, poetry and imaginative power of the famous puppet.

The exhibition and catalogue are part of the programme of celebrations dedicated to the bicentenary of Carlo Collodi’s birth, paying tribute to one of the most important authors in Italian culture through the creativity and talent of new generations of illustrators.