Joanna De Vos & Melania Rossi - Nasi per l'Arte

Nasi Per L’Arte was created for the exhibition at the Palazzo Merulana in Rome, Italy, curated by Joanna De Vos and Melania Rossi. The book proposes an intriguing dialogue between Italian and Belgian art at the beginning of the 20th century and with contemporary artists. Text in English and Italian.

The exhibition Nasi Per L’Arte was born from the encounter between two curatorial noses belonging to Joanna De Vos and Melania Rossi. The nose is a navigator, guiding us through life; a delicate vehicle that detects and determines. It narrows and dilates at the same time, creating circular communication between the inner and the outer world. For this exhibition and book, a selection of contemporary artists such as Francis Alÿs, Michaël Borremans, Maurizio Cattelan, Laura de Coninck, Mariana Ferratto, Peter de Cupere, Jan Fabre, Mariana Ferratto, Sofie Muller, Luigi Ontani, Daniele Puppi and others, were in dialogue with artists of the permanent collection of Palazzo Merulana, Roma, and with loans of works by Oscar Jespers, René Magritte, George Minne, Constant Permeke, Léon Spilliaert, and others.

Editing and sequencing: Joanna De Vos & Melania Rossi
Design: Joanna De Vos, Melania Rossi, Bruno Devos
352 pages
24.5 x 28.5 cm
English, Italian
Publication date: March 2023
ISBN: 9789464363357