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Prada X Francesco Vezzoli ‘Vita Dulcis’
Prada celebrates artist Francesco Vezzoli and his new exhibition ‘Vita Dulcis’
On April 20th, 2023, at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome Prada organized an exclusive preview event in honor of artist Francesco Vezzoli and his new exhibition ‘Vita Dulcis’.
The exhibition Vita Dulcis, scheduled to run from 22 April to 27 August 2023, is curated by Francesco Vezzoli and Stéphane Verger, and takes its cue from the artist’s most recent output to offer visitors an innovative and unusual experience linking contemporary art, archaeology and the cinema.
A series of works from the “24Hours Museum” project is also on display. The project, conceived by Francesco Vezzoli with Prada in 2012, showed interpretations of classical sculptures that make reference to contemporary divas, for 24 hours only, in the historic Palais d’Iéna in Paris.
Amongst the guests, the following attended the event in Rome (in alphabetical order): Luca Bigazzi, Stefano Boeri, Beatrice Bulgari, Anna Coliva, Renato De Maria, Chiara Ferragni, Isabella Ferrari, Anna Foglietta, Formafantasma, Valeria Golino, Luca Guadagnino, Valentina Lodovini, Baz Luhrmann, Mahmood, Gabriele e Alice Manetti, Pepi Marchetti, Emma Marrone, Ornella Muti, Cristiana Perrella, Alessandro Roja, Olympia Scarry, Giuliano Sangiorgi, Riccardo Scamarcio, Filippo Scotti, Salvatore Settis, Stefano Sollima, Paolo Sorrentino, Jasmine Trinca, Stéphane Verger, Andrea Villani.
Julia HobbsSophia RoeKimberly DrewJasmine Trinca Baz Luhrmann and Ornella Muti Riccardo Scamarcio Valentina LodoviniValeria GolinoEmma Marrone and Ornella MutiValeria Golino and Francesco VezzoliLuca GuadagninoRMahmoodAnna FogliettaJasmine Trinca and Isabella FerrariEmma Marrone and Giuliano SangiorgiAnna ColivaIsabella Ferrari and Renato De MariaFrancesco Vezzoli and Salvatore SettisBaz Luhrmann and MahmoodGabriele Mainetti and Alice MainettiStéphane Verger and Andrea Villani(L-R) Stéphane Verger, Francesco Vezzoli , Baz Luhrmann and Andrea VillaniChiara Ferragni(L-R) Baz Luhrmann, Chiara Ferragni and Francesco VezzoliBaz Luhrmann, Francesco VezzoliAndrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin (Formafantasma)(L-R) Francesca Hayword and Sophia Roe(L-R) Andrea Trimarchi, Olympia Scarry and Simone FarresinA general viewA general viewA general viewA general viewA general viewA general viewA general viewA general viewA general viewSofia Achaval and Marcos Fecchino(L-R) Francesca Hayword, Sophia Roe and Julia Hobbs(L-R) Kimberly Drew, Marcos Fecchino and Caroline IssaAlessandro Roja and Luca Guadagnino(L-R) Mahmood, Francesco Vezzoli and Chiara Ferragni(L-R) Argento Celant, Salvatore Settis, Stefano Boeri and Maddalena BerganiOrnella Muti and Francesco VezzoliEmma Marrone, Francesco Vezzoli and Ornella MutiRenato De Maria, Isabella Ferrari, Francesco Vezzoli and Valentina Lodovini