Galleria Vezzoli, MAXXI, May 29 -November 24
Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli (b. 1971) is known for parodying the media's obsession with celebrities and for his ironic outlook on consumer culture. He also has a knack for convincing famous people to take part in some of his most outlandish art showings. In 2009, Vezzoli directed a number in which Lady Gaga performed a song on a pink piano decorated with painted-on butterflies by Damien Hirst and wearing a hat designed by Frank Gehry, while ballet dancers from Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre danced alongside her.
Vezzoli's latest project, The Trinity, promises to outdo all of his previous acts. It will consist of three separate but related exhibitions held in Rome, New York and Los Angeles, with the first one taking place at the MAXXI museum of 21st-century art in the Italian capital. There, Vezzoli plans to temporarily convert the futuristic building designed by starchitect Zaha Hadid into the Galleria Vezzoli, an over-decorated 1800s-style museum. His focus will be on the role of the artist in today's celebrity-obsessed world, with a separate section devoted to Vezzoli's self-portraits.
MAXXI
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