FRENCH ART IN THE MEDICI
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VILLA DE MEDICI
![The beautiful Villa De Medici near the Spanish Steps, Rome [320x200]](http://www.hotelrome.net/hotels/wp-content/uploads/FRENCHARTINTHEMEDICI_11DD0/ThebeautifulVillaDeMedicineartheSpanishStepsRome320x200_thumb.jpg "The beautiful Villa De Medici near the Spanish Steps, Rome [320x200]")
Originally part of the Gardens of Locullus, Villa de Medici became part of the properties of the Medici family in 1576. The palace gave a concrete shape of the noble ascendancy of this family and its permanent settlement in Rome at that time.
Villa de Medici has hosted the French Academy since 1803 – a decision made by Napoleon Bonaparte, and more recently it’s become a centre of cultural exchanges, seminars and exhibitions.
BERTRAND LAVIER![Bertrand Lavier, coming to the Villa De Medici in Rome [320x200]](http://www.hotelrome.net/hotels/wp-content/uploads/FRENCHARTINTHEMEDICI_11DD0/BertrandLaviercomingtotheVillaDeMediciinRome320x200.jpg "Bertrand Lavier, coming to the Villa De Medici in Rome [320x200]")
Born in 1949 in Chatillon-sur-Seine, Bertrand Lavier is considered one of the most influential artists among his generation. His installations and art works question form and the art conventions with the aim to explore the deep relationship between the pictorial reality (the object itself) and the language (the idea we have of the object). His radicalism made him place a refrigerator over a safe box in one of his most scandalous works, following the lesson of Marcel Duchamp’s ready-mades in the 1920s.
![One of Bertrand Lavier's works to be screened at the Villa de Medici [320x200]](http://www.hotelrome.net/hotels/wp-content/uploads/FRENCHARTINTHEMEDICI_11DD0/OneofBertrandLaviersworkstobescreenedattheVilladeMedici320x200.jpg "One of Bertrand Lavier's works to be screened at the Villa de Medici [320x200]")
A great opportunity to analyze this charismatic figure is the exhibition taking place from January 28th until March 08th in the charming panorama of Villa De Medici in Rome (close to the Spanish Steps), presenting a range of forty works recollecting the whole artistic life of the author since the early 1980s. And while there why not check into Hotel Des Artistes? Our prices for all sorts of rooms can’t be beat.
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