Darren Bader
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI
Born in 1971, Brescia, Italy
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
EDUCATION
1992-95 BA, Fine Art, Central St. Martin’s School of Art, London, United Kingdom
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
‘Huysmans Art Critic. From Degas to Grünewald, in the Eye of Francesco Vezzoli’, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
‘Party Politics’, Fondazione Giuliani, Roma, Italy
‘Le Lacrime Dei Poeti (Les Larmes Des Poètes)’, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
2018
‘C-CUT: Homo ab Homine Natus’, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
‘Francesco Vezzoli “The End Of The Human Voice”’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
2017
‘Opérapompidou’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
‘TV 70: Francesco Vezzoli guarda la Rai’, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
‘You × Art × Centre Pompidou Carte blanche to Francesco Vezzoli’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
‘Metafisica da Giardino: Curated by Francesco Vezzoli’, Nahmad Projects, London, United Kingdom
2016
‘Museo Museion: Francesco Vezzoli’, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
‘Amália Traída (Amalia Betrayed)’, Gagosian Gallery, Roma
‘Francesco Vezzoli Cinerama’, OCA, Parque Do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil ‘Classic Vezzoli’, Sotheby’s, London, United Kingdom
‘Villa Marlene’, Villa Paloma, NMNM-Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
2015
‘Fortuna Desperata’. Performance featuring David Hallberg, Performa 15, New York, USA
‘Francesco Vezzoli’s Eternal Kiss’, Almine Rech Gallery, London, United Kingdom ‘Le Metamorfosi di Francesco Vezzoli’, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
‘Il classico si fa pop’, Palazzo Massimo-Museo Nazionale Romano, Roma
‘Withers meets Art: Lisa Ponti in dialogo con Giò Ponti e Francesco Vezzoli’, Withers Office, Milano
‘On a Pedestal – Celebrating the contemporary portrait bust in the 21st century’, Castletown House, Co. Kildare, Ireland
‘J’<3 Avignon’, Collection Lambert en Avignon, Avignon, France
‘Take Me (I’m Yours)’, Accademia di Francia a Roma – Villa Medici, Roma ‘ITALIANA. L’Italia vista dalla moda 1971-2001’, Palazzo Reale, Milano
‘The Summer Show (da un’idea di Vedovamazzei)’, Renata Fabbri Arte Contemporanea, Milano
‘Raffaello e l’Eco del Mito’, GAMeC, Bergamo ‘ART CAPSUL’, New York, USA
2017
‘Winter Season’, Galerie Gmurzynska, St.Moritz, Switzerland
‘Carta Bianca. Capodimonte Imaginaire’, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Napoli ‘Private Choices: 11 Collections Bruxelloises d’Art Contemporain’, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Bruxelles, Belgium
‘Take me (I’m Yours)’, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milano, Italy
‘Carta Bianca’, Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
‘LOVE. L’arte contemporanea incontra l’amore’, La Permanente, Milan, Italy
‘Olga Picasso’, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, France
‘Winckelmann. Modern Antiquity’, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
2016
‘La Forza della Fotografia: Opere della Collezione Museion’, Fondazione MUSEION, Bolzano, Italy
‘The Third Nanjing International Art Festival – HISTORICODE: Scarcity and Supply’, Baijia Lake Art Museum, Nanjing, China
‘Amália: Saudades do Brasil’, Consulado Geral de Portugal, São Paulo; Cidade das Artes, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
‘XVI Quadriennale di Roma – Altri tempi, altri miti’, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
‘LOVE. L’arte contemporanea incontra l’amore’, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy ‘Luscious Thrills: Baroque reflections then and now’, GL Holtegaard, Holte
‘Quand fondra la neige, où ira le blanc: Opere della Collezione Enea Righi’, Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia, Italy
‘Nuit Blanche Monaco – Le plaisir de la découverte’, Villa Sauber, Monaco, ‘Dall’Oggi al Domani. 24 Ore nell’arte contemporanea’, MACRO, Roma, Italy
Salvo è Vivo – An Homage, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2015
‘After Picasso: 80 Contemporary Artists’, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA
’Prima Donna, A Symphonic Visual Concert’, (Music by Rufus Wainwright featuring Cindy Sherman), Athens (premiere)
‘Patrice Chéreau: un musée imaginaire’, Collection Lambert Musée d’Art Contemporain, Avignon, France
‘Liberi Tutti! Arte e società in Italia. 1989-2001’, MEF Museo Ettore Fico, Turin, Italy ‘De Pictura – Volume III’, Metropolitan Art Society, Beirut, Lebanon
‘Un Museo Ideale. Ospiti d’eccezione nelle collezioni del Novecento. Dal Futurismo al Contemporaneo’, Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy
‘In Part’, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
‘An Introduction’, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
‘Picasso Mania’, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France
‘Picasso in Contemporary Art’, Deichtor Hallen, Hamburg, Germany
‘Dans un interieur, meubles, oeuvres murales et textiles d’artistes’, Almine Rech Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
‘Ennesima: Una mostra di sette mostre sull’arte italiana’, Triennale di Milano, Milan ‘Yes, We’re Open’, Giò Marconi, Milan, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
2017
Francesco Vezzoli, ‘TV 70: Francesco Vezzoli guarda la Rai’, Fondazione Prada, Milano
2016
Francesco Vezzoli, ‘Museo Museion’, Mousse Publishing and Museion, Bolzano, 2016
Francesco Vezzoli, ‘Francesco Vezzoli’. Rizzoli, 2016
2013
Mattirolo, Anna, ‘Galleria Vezzoli’. Rome: MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, 2013
2012
‘24Hours Museum’, Fondazione Prada, Milan, 2012
2011
‘Francesco Vezzoli. Ballets Russes Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never
See Again)’, Conversation between Francesco Vezzoli and Klaus Biesenbach; Text by Donatien Grau, Printed by Shapco Printing, Minneapolis, MN
Nilsson, John Peter, ‘Dalí Dalí featuring Francesco Vezzoli’, G. Steidl, Moderna Museet, Stockholm