{"id":2879,"date":"2024-03-23T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.barberinicorsini.org\/evento\/day-for-night-new-american-realism\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:42:43","slug":"day-for-night-new-american-realism","status":"publish","type":"evento","link":"https:\/\/barberinicorsini.org\/en\/evento\/day-for-night-new-american-realism\/","title":{"rendered":"Day for night: new american realism"},"content":{"rendered":"

From April 14 to September the 8th 2024<\/strong>, the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica<\/strong>, in collaboration with Beirut\u2019s A\u00efshti Foundation, present the exhibition Day for Night: New American Realism<\/strong><\/em>, curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Flaminia Gennari Santori.<\/p>\n

The exhibition features more than 150 works by American artists from the Tony and Elham Salam\u00e9 collection, presented in collaboration with their A\u00efshti Foundation<\/strong>. One of today\u2019s most dynamic contemporary art institutions, the Foundation was established twenty-five years ago by the Italian-Lebanese entrepreneur Tony Salam\u00e9 and his wife Elham.<\/p>\n

The exhibition takes its title from a work featured in the Salam\u00e9 collection by New York artist Lorna Simpson<\/strong>. Day for Night\u2014in Italian, \u201cEffetto notte\u201d\u2014is a cinematic effect that allows night scenes to be filmed in daylight. The title was also made famous by a 1973 film by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut, and in French, the day-for-night effect is called \u201cLa Nuit Am\u00e9ricaine,\u201d or \u201cthe American night.\u201d This image is well-suited to the chiaroscuro visions of the artists included in Day for Night, who, in recent decades, have captured the reality of the United States in all its blinding complexity.<\/p>\n

Palazzo Barberini will host a selection of works by US-based artists\u2014including, among many others, Cecily Brown, George Condo, Nicole Eisenman, Urs Fischer, Wade Guyton, Julie Mehretu, Laura Owens, Richard Prince, Charles Ray, David Salle, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Henry Taylor, and Christopher Wool\u2014whose work interrogates the meanings and functions of figuration in contemporary art, addressing crucial questions around the notion of realism and the representation of truth in contemporary painting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The progressive erosion of the very definition of truth that has characterized US culture in recent years has paradoxically coincided with a return to figuration in the work of numerous contemporary artists. While concepts such as \u201calternative facts\u201d and \u201cpost-truths\u201d have made their way into American public consciousness, many artists have undertaken a complex reflection on the concept of realism, particularly in the field of contemporary painting. This exhibition will bring together work by emerging artists who are investigating new approaches to figurative imagery, along with contributions by important predecessors who have anticipated current discussions around representation and verism.<\/p>\n

This reflection around the notion of realism finds an original and extraordinary context in the Palazzo Barberini, which house an important group of Caravaggio paintings and the largest collection of works by so-called \u201cCaravaggeschi\u201d<\/strong>\u2014the painters who, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, participated in completely reconfiguring the naturalistic representation of reality, profoundly affecting the history of Italian and European art.<\/p>\n

In addition to the galleries for temporary exhibitions on the ground floor, Day for Night will also be presented in the monumental halls of the main floor of Palazzo Barberini \u2014 Atrio Bernini, Sala Ovale, Sala Marmi and Atrio Borromini \u2013 one of the most celebrated architectures of the Italian Baroque \u2014 and in the so-called Appartamento del Settecento<\/strong>, a unique rococo interior that is very rarely open to the public.<\/p>\n

Between baroque interiors and monumental spaces, the exhibition represents an exceptional opportunity to encounter the most recent developments in contemporary art in United States, as seen through one of today\u2019s most important collections. Placed in dialogue with the art and architecture of Palazzo Barberini, Day for Night: New American Realism offers a rich exploration of the relationships that, since the seventeenth century, have intersected representations of reality, power, and spectacle.<\/p>\n

The visit to the section of the exhibition set up in the Appartamento del Settecento, due to conservation needs, will be allowed to 25 people at a time. For the same reasons, the Appartamento will be closed on free Sundays (first Sunday of the month) and on special free days (April 25th, June 2nd). Please notice that the Appartamento is not accessible to individuals with mobility disabilities.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Download the exhibition guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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