{"id":103573,"date":"2025-06-12T09:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/?p=103573"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:10:32","slug":"villa-medici-weekend-event-art-design-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/en\/villa-medici-weekend-event-art-design-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Medici Unveils Restored Spaces in a Special Weekend of Art and Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">For two days only, Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15, the French Academy in Rome presents a unique experience: the exceptional opening of the restored spaces of Villa Medici, as part of the major multi-year project <em>Restituire l\u2019incanto a Villa Medici<\/em> (Restoring Enchantment to Villa Medici). A rare opportunity to journey through the centuries and the contemporary, admiring completely reinvented salons, guest rooms, and historic gardens.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2025: A New Chapter of Creativity and Refinement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The year 2025 marks the culmination of a refurbishment campaign initiated in 2022. Six new guest rooms, re-envisioned by international teams of architects, designers, and artisans, will be unveiled. Each room is a microcosm, a <strong>sophisticated dialogue between history and contemporary creation<\/strong>, decorative plasters and carved wood, natural light and harmonized volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the most evocative projects are the <strong>Studiolo<\/strong> by S\u00e9bastien Kieffer and L\u00e9a Padovani, noted for its intimate and textural quality; <strong>Il cielo in una stanza<\/strong> (The Sky in a Room) by Zanellato\/Bortotto with Incalmi, a composition of glass and metal; and <strong>Camera Fantasia<\/strong> (Fantasy Room) by the GGSV studio, a sensory experience combining papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 and decorative painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These unique spaces, once reserved for the painters of the Acad\u00e9mie, now provide breathtaking views over Rome and an immersion in a <strong>cultural luxury that converses with time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n                <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                    \r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici_1.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item3 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FESTIVAL-DI-FILM-DI-VILLA-MEDICI-\u00a9-M3-Studio-1-1-scaled.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                <\/style>\r\n\r\n                <div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"td-gallery td-slide-on-2-columns\">\r\n                    <div class=\"post_td_gallery\">\r\n                        <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-top\">\r\n                           <div class=\"td-gallery-title\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"td-gallery-controls-wrapper\">\r\n                                <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-count\"><span class=\"td-gallery-slide-item-focus\">1<\/span> of 3<\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-prev-next-but\">\r\n                                    <i class = \"td-icon-left doubleSliderPrevButton\"><\/i>\r\n                                    <i class = \"td-icon-right doubleSliderNextButton\"><\/i>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <div class = \"td-doubleSlider-1 \">\r\n                            <div class = \"td-slider\">\r\n                                \r\n                    <div class = \"td-slide-item td-item1\">\r\n                        <figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\">\r\n                            <a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici.jpg\" title=\"Villa Medici\"  data-caption=\"Villa Medici\"  data-description=\"\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici.jpg 1752w, https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici-1536x1084.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Villa-Medici-696x491.jpg 696w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1752px) 100vw, 1752px\" alt=\"Villa Medici\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1752px; 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In this secluded space, amidst citrus plants and pergolas of Lunario lemon trees, a new landscape emerges, integrating Medicean history, botanical research, and contemporary design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The garden also features the new <strong>Cosimo de&#8217; Medici<\/strong> outdoor furniture collection, designed by the duo <strong>Muller Van Severen<\/strong> and produced by <strong>Tectona<\/strong>. The collection is designed in harmony with the site&#8217;s geometry and features a color palette that enhances the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Parterre Garden: Art, Memory, and Poetry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In front of the Villa&#8217;s loggia, the redesigned parterre now hosts 20 lemon trees in artist-designed planters. Created by <strong>Natsko Uchino<\/strong>, the planters are made of molded terracotta decorated with fragments of Roman artifacts. Their peperino stone bases, sculpted by <strong>Daniele De Tomassi<\/strong>, bear engraved words that form an original poem by <strong>Laura Vazquez<\/strong>, winner of the 2023 Goncourt Prize for Poetry. The result is a sublime fusion of nature, art, and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An Immersive Journey Through the 2022 and 2023 Transformations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey through the Villa&#8217;s evolution also extends to transformations from 2022 and 2023:the six reception halls, restored in 2022 under the artistic direction of<strong> Kim Jones<\/strong> and <strong>Silvia Venturini Fendi<\/strong>, where historical pieces coexist with contemporary creations by designers such as <strong>Chiara Andreatti<\/strong> and <strong>No\u00e9 Duchaufour-Lawrance<\/strong>. Also accessible are the six historic rooms restored in 2023 by India Mahdavi, who transformed the former cardinal apartments into vibrant, colorful spaces featuring geometric patterns and furnishings from the Mobilier National.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event presents a comprehensive look at how <a href=\"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/en\/journey-cinema-art-villa-medici-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Villa Medici<\/a> successfully merges heritage with innovation. The program narrates 500 years of evolving art, craftsmanship, and thought, positioning the institution as a contemporary laboratory that honors and builds upon its past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/villamedici.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Villa Medici<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two days only, Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15, the French Academy in Rome presents a unique experience: the exceptional opening of the restored spaces of Villa Medici, as part of the major multi-year project Restituire l\u2019incanto a Villa Medici (Restoring Enchantment to Villa Medici). 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