Myth takes shape.
Alfeo, Aretusa and L’abbraccio: Angelo Iozza gives clay form to figures from Syracuse’s mythology. In the gallery, you encounter the originals at close quarters, in the material the artist used to shape them.
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Take time to look.
Take time to look.
A desk by Gio Ponti, a figure modelled in clay, a contemporary painting. In the gallery, you can sit, move closer to a work and return to a detail. A stay offers a rare opportunity: to find what caught your eye waiting for you again the next day.
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What catches your eye?
Two late nineteenth-century satyrs, a Moto Guzzi Guzzino, painting from today. The gallery brings together objects far apart in age and expression. Let a face, a colour or a memory hold your attention.
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The discovery continues, room by room.
Artworks are found throughout the palazzo: at the entrance, in the breakfast room, on the way to your room. You can encounter another artist simply by stepping into the next space.
Iozza–Kaleido
From water to stone. From myth to city.
Angelo Iozza’s original clay sculptures inspired a study by Kaleido Studio StP for Ortigia’s public spaces. L’abbraccio, Aretusa and Alfeo are imagined at monumental scale in bronze, in dialogue with the city’s stone, water and settings.
The three presentation boards illustrate the proposal and possible locations. In the gallery, you can see the original works and the banner devoted to the study.
Artworks: Angelo Iozza.
Urban placement study: Kaleido Studio StP.
Myth takes shape.
Arethusa, Alpheus and The Embrace: Angelo Iozza’s original sculptures and Kaleido Studio’s proposal to imagine them in the city’s public spaces.
Explore the three boards Download the PDF
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Works and artists
In the gallery
| Artist or origin | Work or exhibit | Caption and available details |
|---|---|---|
| Angelo Iozza | Alfeo | Original clay sculpture |
| Angelo Iozza | Aretusa | Original clay sculpture |
| Angelo Iozza | L’abbraccio | Original clay sculpture |
| Fonderia Artistica Chiurazzi | Two satyrs | Late nineteenth-century plaster casts with a bronze-effect finish, made from moulds of Roman originals from Pompeii |
| Ester Reut | L’ultimo bacio XXL | Painting |
| Antonio Sciacca | Senza titolo | Painting displayed in the gallery |
| Svnder | L’eco dell’impero | Painting |
| Moto Guzzi | Guzzino | An object evoking the past, displayed in the gallery |
The D.847.1 desk by Gio Ponti for Molteni&C, two Mozart armchairs by Flexform Design Center for Flexform and three Morris chairs by GamFratesi for GTV form part of the setting. The furniture catalogue is in the further-reading section of The Palazzo page.
In the shared spaces
| Space | Artist / origin | Work or exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance | Andrea Imwiehe | Golden Ground_37 XL; Golden Ground_53 XL |
| Reception | Ester Reut | Allegria all’orizzonte XXL |
| Bar and lounge | Nicole Furlan | È una questione di prospettive |
| Breakfast room | Nicole Furlan | Voglio vivere così, col sole in fronte; Percorsi |
| Buffet room | Ester Reut | Ylvesee XXL |
| Passage between breakfast room and gallery | Quiona Ribes (Quiona+) | El Greco meets Murakami |
| Room before the courtyard | Dedo · Centro del Papiro di Siracusa | Two works on papyrus with Greek subjects, painted entirely by hand in 1987 |
| Room before the courtyard | Artist not identified in the available information | Bust of Era Barberini |
| First corridor on the guest-room floor | Ester Reut | Ricordiamoci nel profumo di Mare XXL |
| Second corridor on the guest-room floor | Antonio Sciacca | Senza titolo |
| Second corridor on the guest-room floor | Quiona Ribes (Quiona+) | The ultimate evolution: Virgin and her Children |
The breakfast room also displays the chart Ortigia, struttura e dinamiche, devoted to the island’s urban transformations. Some shared spaces and rooms also contain terracotta pieces from Seletti’s Magna Grecia collection.
In the guest rooms
| Category | Artist | Work |
|---|---|---|
| City View Suite | Ester Reut | Gre Yvees XXL |
| Terrace Suite | Ester Reut | NAVI XXL |
| Junior Suite with Terrace | Antonio Sciacca | Senza titolo |
| Deluxe with Mesh and Civil Bench | Antonio Sciacca | Metafisica, 120 × 100 cm |
| Deluxe with two Illan lights and Targa Lounge armchair | Jasmin Navoyan | Beach for Two |
| Comfort with separate desk and minibar unit | Andrea Imwiehe | Golden Ground_44 |
| Comfort with integrated desk and minibar | EBB | Mediterraneo |