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NEXT STOP: ITALY (exhibition)

A Journey into Italian Contemporary Photography

On view at The Phillips Collection from March 9 to April 28, 2013

Photographic works by both established and up-and-coming Italian artists have been paired with a quintessential selection of lines from highly regarded Italian poets (check gallery below). The project is articulated in 3 phases:

ONGOING
– Posters on Washington, DC public transportation display the poetic lines. Travelers experience small treasures from our most beloved literature: Leopardi, Montale, Pavese, Ungaretti, just to name a few, through their verses translated into English.

MARCH 9TH – APRIL 24TH
– An exhibition at The Phillips Collection (1600 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20009) showcases the original photographic prints by Gabriele Basilico, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Mario Cresci, Renato D’Agostin, Andrea Galvani, Luigi Ghirri, Mimmo Jodice, Nino Migliori, Francesco Nonino, Bianca Sforni, Franco Vaccari, and Paolo Ventura.
To visit the Phillips Collection blog page about this event click HERE
APRIL 4TH
– Photos and verses have been collected in a catalog with the same title (Next Stop Italy), printed by the Italian publisher Charta, with a foreword by Ms Verna Curtis, curator of photography at the Library of Congress. The book will be launched with a panel discussion at the Library of Congress.

Images from the catalog Next Stop: Italy – Driving Verses and Images, ed. by Renato Miracco, introduction by Verna Curtis, essay by Luca Panaro, Charta, Milan 2012. Available at the Phillips Collection bookshop.

*ABOUT COVER IMAGE: Toscana (Tuscany) 1965 – photo by Gianni Berengo Gardin


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The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

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