{"id":134094,"date":"2025-03-28T10:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2025\/03\/praga-gabriele-basilico-roma\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:53:26","slug":"praga-gabriele-basilico-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2025\/03\/praga-gabriele-basilico-roma\/","title":{"rendered":"Prague, \u201cGabriele Basilico. Rome\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Italian Cultural Institute of Prague<\/strong> has opened the exhibition \u201c<strong>Gabriele Basilico. Rome<\/strong>\u201d to the public. The exhibition is promoted by the <strong>Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture <\/strong>in collaboration with <strong>MUFOCO \u2013 Museum of Contemporary Photography <\/strong>and the <strong>Gabriele Basilico Archive<\/strong>, under the patronage of the <strong>Italian Embassy in Prague. <\/strong>With a selection of <strong>60 works<\/strong> ranging from Basilico\u2019s early projects in the 1980s to his most recent works, and from the black and white photography that made him famous to his experiments with colour, the exhibition \u2013 open to the public until 3 May &#8211; offers a unique perspective on <strong>Gabriele Basilico\u2019s visual research <\/strong>and<strong> his connection with Rome<\/strong>. The celebrated Italian photographer undertook twenty professional assignments in Rome between 1985 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Curated by <strong>Matteo Balduzz<\/strong>i from <strong>MUFOCO<\/strong> and <strong>Giovanna Calvenzi<\/strong> from the <strong>Gabriele Basilico Archive<\/strong>, the exhibition follows a broadly chronological order, retracing the key moments in Basilico\u2019s photographic exploration of Rome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;<strong>Gabriele Basilico. Rome<\/strong>&#8221; has arrived in Prague as its <strong>first international stop<\/strong> following its success at the National Roman Museum \u2013 Palazzo Altemps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opening event featured speeches by the <strong>Italian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Mauro Marsili<\/strong>, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, <strong>Marialuisa Pappalardo<\/strong>, the Director of MUFOCO, <strong>Gabriella Guerci<\/strong>, curator <strong>Matteo Balduzzi,<\/strong> and <strong>Gianni Nigro<\/strong>, Head of the Gabriele Basilico Archive. The curators highlighted the <strong>deep connection<\/strong> between Rome and Basilico\u2019s artistic research, noting that \u201csome of the elements that fascinated Basilico the most reach their pinnacle in the Capital: the <strong>layering<\/strong> of different eras and styles, the coexistence of <strong>heterogeneous<\/strong> elements, the <strong>interplay<\/strong> between monumental landmarks and the ordinary urban fabric, the play of volumes, and the balance between full and empty spaces\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Cultural Institute of Prague has opened the exhibition \u201cGabriele Basilico. Rome\u201d to the public. The exhibition is promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with MUFOCO \u2013 Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Gabriele Basilico Archive, under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Prague. 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