Nancy Lupo’s Novel-Inspired Exhibition at Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation
Nancy Lupo's exhibition 'Meow Meow Real Estate' at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation in London runs until May 23, 2026. Curated by Vittoria de Franchis, the show shares its title with Lupo's first novel, which follows a woman searching for an apartment—a quest both literal and existential. The foundation's Victorian space in Chelsea becomes the bourgeois dwelling central to Lupo's narrative fantasy. Through sculpture and a real estate listing, the exhibition presents the apartment as a 'meat-space mirage' shaped by wistful projections and housing speculation. A quote from Lupo reflects on the allure of a beautiful apartment versus the dream of perpetual transience.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'Meow Meow Real Estate' at Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, London
- Curated by Vittoria de Franchis
- Shares title with Nancy Lupo's first novel about a woman looking for an apartment
- Foundation's Victorian features in Chelsea become the bourgeois dwelling in the narrative
- Uses sculpture and a real estate listing to explore housing speculation
- Runs until May 23, 2026
- Artist quote: 'I keep thinking the solution... would be this big and beautiful bourgeois apartment'
- Quote contrasts apartment dream with staying in a hotel 'holding aloft the dream of something else'
Entities
Artists
- Nancy Lupo
Institutions
- Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation
Locations
- London
- Chelsea
- United Kingdom