Since his first appearance in the world of Italian comics in 1945, Hugo Pratt had always been able to plunge in the most widely varying realities, describing them with the utmost care for detail and with a special sensitivity that very often resulted in a true anthropological study.
In order to underline the fact that places belonging to Pratt’s life and to his literary sources mixed together in his artistic universe, the 350 works selected for the exhibition in Siena were divided into seven geographical sections: South West, North West, Africa, Latin America, North America, Pacific and Asia, all of which are connected one to the other by means of original video productions.
In this way it will be possible to move freely through Pratt’s wide artistic production and to notice its evolution, starting from its very beginning with Asso di Picche (Ace of Spades), dating back to 1945, and all the way up to the watercolours he painted a couple of months before he died.

Among the other objects of special interest there is also a Formula One car. The Ligier Renault that Martin Brundle drove in 1993 in the Grand Prix of Japan is to this day the only racing car that was painted by a worldwide famous artist.

Furthermore, the exhibition presents the first systematically organized catalogue of Hugo Pratt’s works published by Lizard, whose editors are Patrizia Zanotti and the writer and documentarist Thierry Thomas.