As we enter the last month of the Modigliani exhibition taking place at Tate Modern, the gallery is holding a talk looking into artists’ changing role through the centuries.
The Italian painter, who spent most of his artistic life in France, left us a collection of sculptures and portraits, which are most famous for the elegant, modernist elongation of human features.
In the almost-century since he died, art has changed, taking a more central stage with all the advantages and disadvantages that come with that. In this talk, artist Francesco Vezzoli and Cristiana Perrella, newly appointed director of Centro Pecci, Italy, will look at how the artist’s role has changed accordingly.
Before becoming director for Centro Pecci or Contemporary Art, Prato Cristiana Perrella directed The British School in Rome’s Contemporary Arts Program from 1998 to 2008.
Since then she has been working on her own, putting together exhibitions institutions like MAXXI, Fondazione Golinelli, Fondazione Prada and writing extensively on Italian and International artists.
Francesco Vezzoli is an artist living and working in Milan. He is known for his videos and embroidered panels, where he stitches over appropriated and reconfigured images, and for redrawing the intersection of art history and pop culture for the twenty-first century.
His work has been shown all over the world, from New York to Paris, Vienna and Moscow. Since 2016, he has been curating exhibitions for institutions like TV70 (Fondazione Prada, Milano, 2017), Metafisica da giardino (Nahmad Projects, London, 2017).
The event is supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in London, and is provided by Tate Gallery on behalf of Tate enterprises LTD. It takes place in Starr Cinema in Tate Modern.
Tickets cost £9, with £6 concessions tickets available.
