Giuseppe Penone

In this moment of coming to terms with reality, how can one experience the process if not from within? Germano Celant An exhibition of works selected by Giuseppe Penone—an internationally renowned Italian artist and one of the leading figures of Arte Povera—for the spaces of the Villa Medici, offering the public a comprehensive journey through his oeuvre. The works, drawn from several private collections as well as the artist’s own collection and that of the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Turin, will occupy the entire premises of the Académie de France: the Galleries, the Roman Cistern, the Atelier du Bosco, and the gardens.