Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice

Piranesi: Campo Vaccino, Vedute di Roma

From 28 August to 21 November 2010, the Sale del Convitto exhibition centre on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore will host the exhibition entitled The Arts of Piranesi. Architect, etcher, antiquarian, vedutista, designer. Conceived by Michele De Lucchi, the exhibition has been produced by the Giorgio Cini Foundation and Factum Arte.

As well as showing 300 original prints, the exhibition has been designed to highlight the polymath interests, style and remarkable modernity of the Venetian artist. To do so, a number of contemporary creations inspired by his work will also be on show. They include a 3-D video installation of the Carceri d’Invenzione and seven original objects made by Factum Arte from Piranesi prints (two tripods, a vase, a candelabrum, a coffee pot, an altar and a stunning fireplace complete with fire furniture). These objects were designed by Piranesi but never previously actually made. The exhibition also features 32 views of Rome by Gabriele Basilico, a photographer’s personal homage to the great artist.