Exhibitions catalogs
Earth’s Memory, glaciers witnesses to the climate crisis
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…
Gran Paradiso: photographic and scientific research
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…
World Press Photo 2022
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,…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021
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…
Napoléon. Andrea and Paolo Ventura
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…
PhotoAnsa 2021
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…
Celebrating Dante, through illustrations and cartoons
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…
Antonio Ligabue and his world
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…
The Matterhorn: photographic and scientific research
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…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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,…
C’era una svolta. How we have changed and how Italy has changed through 75 years of Ansa images
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…
The Macchiaioli. A revolution en plein air
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…
World Press Photo 2020
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…
Monte Rosa, a photographic and scientific study
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…
PhotoAnsa 2019
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…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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,…
On Assignment, a wild life. Pictures by Stefano Unterthiner
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…
Masterpieces from the Johannesburg Art Gallery. From the Impressionists to Picasso
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…
The story of an adventure
The story of an Adventure exhibition. Forte di Bard 1999-2019 traces the genesis of ambitious Fort Bard redevelopment and restoration project, through the photos taken…
Mountains by Magnum Photographers
The archives of Magnum Photos contain images of some of the world’s highest peaks. Magnum Photos is not known for landscape photography, but the theme runs through the…
World Press Photo 2019
The World Press Photo Exhibition brings an eclectic showcase of powerful images from all around the globe, drawing attention to a diverse portfolio of issues…
L’Aquila. Art treasures from the 13th to the 16th century
Ten years after the earthquake of 6 April 2009 in Abruzzo, L’Aquila exhibition. Art treasures from the 13th to the 16th century present to the public a selection…
The Guercino
The exhibition Il Guercino. Opere da quadrerie e collezioni del Seicento brought to the Fort Bard, from 5th April to 30th June 2019, a selection…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019
Exhibition: 2nd February – 2nd June 2019 Fort Bard. Aosta Valley #WPY54 Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the…
Northern Lights. Impressionism in Normandy
Monet, Renoir, Bonnard, Boudin, Corot, Courbet, Daubigny, but also Delacroix, Dufy, Gericault… For the first time, Fort of Bard devotes an exhibition to impressionists through…
