Competing Projects 2025
ExpodemicDrago Publisher
Expodemic is the catalog of the second edition of the Festival of Academies and Foreign Cultural Institutes in Rome, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti with Francesca Campana. It narrates the close relationship between the birth and development of art exhibitions and the history of academies. Expodemic rediscovers the very important role of Giuseppe Ghezzi, painter, writer, secretary of the Academy of San Luca, and regent of the Congregation of Virtuosi at the Pantheon, as the inventor of modern exhibitions. It highlights the presence of numerous artists and scholars in foreign Academies and Cultural Institutes, whose stories intertwine with the history of Rome. The volume, in 240 color pages, presents the original contributions created for the publication.
