The 10 must-see exhibitions in February in Italy

In the extraordinary National Cinema Museum, which alone would be worth the visit, is a journey into the visionary universe and creativity of Californian director and screenwriter Tim Burton. Burton opened his personal archive to talk about his production and tell his story: including drawings, sketches, original artwork, as well as costumes, moving pictures, puppets and sculptures. You can immerse yourself in the magic and ideas of a truly unique character. Admission fee; until 7 April.

Goya began from a lucid interpretation of the reality around him. Spanish society in the late-18th and early-19th century became his favourite subject: his recurring themes were social satire, the cruelties of war and a feeling of pity for the marginalised... An enlightened, expressive and emotional art. His form of narration is the focus of the exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan:  about seventy works are placed in dialogue with his engravings, alongside the original copper matrices. Admission fee; until 3 March.

They're all here: Fattori, Lega, Signorini, Cabianca, Borrani, Abbati and many others for this great exhibition at Palazzo Martinengo in Brescia, which, through 100 works, presents the artistic events of a movement that in its own way was revolutionary. You can immerse yourself in their paintings, which told the story of an evolving Italy and also left a legacy to international artistic trends. Admission fee; until 9 June.

For the first time, 400 works from the private collection of Gian Enzo Sperone, art dealer and talent scout, are on display together. The credit goes to the Mart (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Rovereto, where you can immerse yourself in a unique journey through the history of art: from the masterpieces of ancient art and Roman archaeology up to the twentieth century, with Giacomo Balla, Picasso, Fontana and Andy Warhol. Admission fee; until 3 March.

At the Gallerie d'Italia in Vicenza, you can make an original journey dedicated to hairstyles, a topic that may seem frivolous but is rich in symbols and suggestion, through a selection of about 70 works, including busts, paintings, sculptures, ancient coins, modern medals, drawings and printed volumes. The key figure is the Roman Empress Faustina Maggiore, who made her eccentric haircuts into symbols of power and harmony. Admission fee; until 7 April.

The exhibition at Palazzo Magnani in Reggio Emilia is developed around the concept of the "fourth wall", namely, the capacity for emotional involvement that makes a successful show capable of immersing the viewer in the story staged. For example, the costumes designed by Picasso for the ballet Parade are exhibited, then marionettes, puppets with ancient models... a world of aesthetic follies that connected the history of art with that of stage shows. Admission fee; until 17 March.

About 40 of Ligabue's works are on display in this exhibition at Palazzo dei Priori in Fermo, which analyses both his works dedicated to nature and some self-portraits in which he portrays his existential pain. Ligabue's narrative urgency is shouted through the shapes and colours that characterise his works. In a parallel exhibition in the same building, a similar number of works present the art of Giuseppe Pende, a painter poised between innovation and tradition, who often takes flight into imagination. Admission fee; until 5 May.

Two hundred and fifty pictures have been brought together for this extensive retrospective dedicated to Newton, one of the best loved and most discussed photographers of all time. At the Ara Pacis Museum you'll find fashion services, series inspired by the great cinema classics and portraits without veils, in short, the images of an intense career that was always in tune with the times. The common thread is chronological: from the 1940s, when Newton worked in Australia, to his return to Europe and his trips to the United States, up to his last services in the 1990s. Admission fee; until 10 March.

Is this really the life we want? The group exhibition staged in ZAC-Zisa Contemporary Arts Zone in Palermo, with works by Yuri Ancarani, Per Barclay, Silvia Grambrone, Joanna Piotrowska and the duo Genuardi/Ruta and Chen Zhen, starts from this question. This exhibition is an intimate journey through the experimentation of the artists involved as well as a collective narrative. Free admission; until 3 March.

The dialogue between art and architecture takes the form of a large installation resulting from a theoretical discussion between artist Patrick Tuttofuoco, curator and museographer Maddalena d'Alfonso and architect Giovanni de Niedernausern, vice-president of Pininfarina Architettura. At the MAN in Nuoro you can admire an engaging work in which the art space becomes a place of experience for the visitor. Admission fee; until 3 March.