GNAMC Revisits 1985 Fendi–Lagerfeld Show with 'AFTER' Exhibition in Rome

Fatti principali

• The original exhibition 'Un percorso di lavoro. Fendi / Karl Lagerfeld' opened in October 1985 at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.
• It provoked political controversy, including a parliamentary question, because a private fashion house was entering a state museum.
• Ida Panicelli was the curator of the Galleria's 20th-century department at the time and organized the 1985 show.
• The current exhibition 'AFTER' is curated by Maria Luisa Frisa at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAMC) in Rome.
• 'AFTER' reactivates the 1985 layout and is structured in two parts: 1965–1985 and 1986–2026.
• Karl Lagerfeld (Hamburg, 1933 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 2019) collaborated with Fendi; the Fendi sisters, especially Carla, gave him creative freedom.
• The show runs until October 25 at GNAMC, Via delle Belle Arti, 131, Rome.
• Lagerfeld said of the 1985 show: 'Yesterday is past. Today is passing. Only the future interests and intrigues me.'