Una curatela di Flavio Scaloni, Gallery Manager presso Galerie Lo Scalo – The night has always held a powerful and dualistic allure for artists, a period of both quiet introspection and unseen mystery. It is a time when the world's familiar contours soften and are replaced by a more psychological landscape, rich with dream, solitude, and hidden emotion. The symbolism of night is complex, representing not only darkness and the unknown but also tranquillity, revelation, and a space for the subconscious to emerge. This theme allows artists to explore light's absence and the unique drama it creates. In 20th-century and contemporary art, the night was a central theme for many. The American realist Edward Hopper masterfully captured the profound sense of loneliness and emotional distance in his nighttime scenes, as seen in his iconic painting Nighthawks (1942). The Surrealists, too, were drawn to the night as a canvas for the subconscious. Salvador Dalí's dreamlike landscapes, such as The Persistence of Memory, often take on the eerie, muted light of twilight or night to explore the irrationality of the mind. The photographer Brassaï, a legendary figure of 20th-century photography, captured the raw, noir-like atmosphere of Paris after dark, illuminating its secret life in works like his 1932 photograph of the Eiffel Tower, 'The Eiffel Tower in the Fog'.