Nuit Blanche

V edition of #NuitBlanche at Villa Medici
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Curated by Saverio Verini

Nuit Blanche returns to Villa Medici on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 7:45pm to 11:30pm! The fifth edition of the event features 16 artists from the Académie de France in Rome, in residence at Villa Medici from September 2020 to August 2021.

Visual artists, writers, composers, visual artists, art historians, architects: all the fellows have been invited by curator Saverio Verini to present a selection of visual or sound works, installations, performances or projections. Over the course of an evening, the works are exhibited in the Médicéan gardens and in certain preserved areas of the Villa not usually accessible to the public (artist’s studio, fellows’ lounge, ceremonial rooms), in an original itinerary that reflects the dialogue between artistic languages and their interaction with these places steeped in history(s). The event offers the public the chance to explore the Villa Medici in its most intimate and secluded corners: a few unusual hours in contact with the creations of the fellows before they disappear into the darkness.

The Nuit Blanche is an exceptional event that also highlights the three fundamental missions of the Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis: welcoming artists and researchers in residence, staging a multidisciplinary artistic program, and promoting the Villa’s architectural and landscape heritage.

The title of this year’s Nuit Blanche, Demande à la nuit, is an invitation to the public. Visitors are invited to come face to face with the expectations and desires nourished by contact with the works. The chosen theme also invites fellows to reflect on the representation of individual poetics. It’s a kind of “challenge” for Villa Medici’s new guests, who throughout the year will be giving shape to their research in conditions and in a place hitherto unknown to them. The Nuit Blanche is both a first public presentation of their work in Rome and a promise for the rest of the residency.

Thursday, October 29, 7:45 pm to 11:30 pm (last entry at 11:00 pm)
Free admission with reservation. BOOKHERE
Advance booking is strongly recommended, but visitors can also come directly to one of the open time slots (access every quarter-hour from 7:45pm to 11:00pm). For those who have not booked in advance online: entry directly on site, subject to availability, to ensure that the maximum number of visitors is respected.
Self-guided tour of the gardens and interiors of the Villa Medici.
Food & drink all evening in the gardens.

Important information:

In accordance with Covid-19 prevention regulations, the self-declaration form is compulsory for all visitors. Please print it out and return it to us when you arrive at Villa Medici, or complete it on site.

We also kindly ask you to bring your own individual protective mask before entering the Villa Medici, and to wear it throughout the event.
Hydro-alcoholic solutions are available at the site entrance, and a thermoscanner is used to measure body temperature for all visitors (access cannot be granted if temperature exceeds 37.5°).
For security reasons, Villa Medici has set up an enhanced control system at the entrance to the site (metal detector).
Motorcycle helmets, bulky bags and suitcases are not allowed.
There is no checkroom.

We would like to inform visitors that Nuit Blanche will be the subject of photographic coverage during the event.