The project
LAVINIA is a new contemporary art program for the Loggia dei Vini in Villa Borghese, Rome. The Loggia is a 17th-century pavilion that once hosted summer receptions, where fine wines and sorbets were served.
Its name pays homage to Lavinia Fontana, one of the first professional women artists to be recognized by the canons of art history, whose work became part of the Borghese collection in the early 1600s.
LAVINIA aspires to silently permeate the everyday, addressing those who stroll through the park, straying away from any form of «auctoritas». It questions and tests the boundaries of public art and tradition, and of the relationship between art and architecture, unlocking the power of storytelling.
LAVINIA is crafted to foster dialogue with the restoration of the Loggia, donated by Ghella to the city of Rome, and carried out under the scientific curation of the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali.
Each opening will bear the name of a seasonal gelato flavor.
LAVINIA is also a gelato.
Still on view: Ross Birrell & David Harding, Enzo Cucchi, Piero Golia, Gianni Politi, Monika Sosnowska
Still on view: Ross Birrell & David Harding, Enzo Cucchi, Piero Golia, Johanna Grawunder, Gianni Politi