Tiziana D'Angelo, Consul General of Italy in Shanghai introduces the Botticelli and the Renaissance exhibition in Shanghai on March 16. Photo: Global Times

Botticelli and the Renaissance, a show about Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, will be held in Shanghai in April. The exhibition, which will run from April 28 to August 27 at the Shanghai Bund One Art Museum, will be the largest Botticelli show ever held in the Chinese mainland, according to the organizer.

A total of 48 artworks on loan from the Uffizi Gallery, one of the most-visited museums in the world, will be on display, including two of Botticelli's most famous works, Pallas and the Centaur and Adoration of the Magi.

This is the second international exhibition organized by the Shanghai Bund One Art Museum and the Uffizi Gallery as part of their "five years, 10 exhibitions" project aimed at promoting Italian art to Chinese audiences.

Cultural exchanges between China and Italy were fruitful even during the pandemic, ­Tiziana D'Angelo, consul general of Italy in Shanghai, told the Global Times during the event.

"This year we will continue promoting art and cultural exchanges between the two countries," she said.

2022 marked the ­China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism. A variety of events, exhibitions, concerts and lectures were held in China aimed at showing Chinese art lovers Italian art history, archaeological discoveries from the Italian peninsula, and masterpieces of Italian industrial design, according to the Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai.

In 2023, the institute is planning a series of events, including a lecture on Italian design, a brand new archaeological exhibition focused on ancient Roman civilization, Italian Contemporary Art Day, World Italian Language Week, and World Italian Food Week.