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Rome, February 9 – April 5 2010 The exhibition is focused on a twinning between Rome and Venice dedicated to the fanciful frenzies of Carnival. The exhibition includes fifteen original designs by Roberto Capucci, theatre and ballet costumes created between 1979 and 2010. The twinning between Rome and Venice is also celebrated with ‘La Donna Gioiello’, a sculpture-dress designed by Roberto Capucci on occasion of the exhibition “I Dogi della Moda” at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, in 1984 and donated by Roberto Capucci to the Museum of Palazzo Fortuny the same year. |
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Gorizia, December 19 2009 – May 1 2010 The Musei Provinciali of Gorizia dedicate an exhibition on fashion and a record of the futurist daily life. The exhibition is provided by Raffaella Sgubin and Carla Cerutti. About 100 original pieces are exhibited together with a homage dress created by Roberto Capucci inspired by Futurism which is shown for the first time to the public. |
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Bracciano, September 17 - December 13 2009 This imposing mixture of courtly palace and military fortress was built up around an even more ancient medieval castle. The exhibit rooms on the museum's second floor are bursting with the modernity of 66 precious dress-sculptures by Roberto Capucci. Stone work and textile tailoring come together to tell Capucci's story as an artist and stylistic innovator, confirming Castello Odescalchi di Bracciano's calling as a stage-set for art and culture. |
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Bergamo, October 3 - 18 2009 19 original designs by Robert Capucci accompanied by a 'mathematical explanation' - "Forms and ideas: the geometry of clothing by Roberto Capucci" - by Isabeau Birindelli Piazza, Full Professor in the L. Quaroni Department of Architecture at the University of Rome “La Sapienza". |
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Wien, June 24 – September 27 2009 The first form of art in all human history and an effective communication link between humankind and the divinities, the mask takes center stage in a magical voyage along ritual, divine and mystical dimensions that cut across time and culture in the Museum fur Volkerkunde di Vienna exhibit. |
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Filatoio di Caraglio, June 27 – October 25 2009 The Filatoio di Caraglio is opening an exhibition in the name of the rose, eliciting the 'Regina di tutti i fiori' as the show spans from high art to applied crafts. |
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Florence, June 12 – September 30 2009 A photo exhibition of 11 high-impact visual compositions by Sham Hinchey and Marzia Messina. These two photographers have been collaborating since 2002 to bring Marshamstreet into being - an encounter between traditional photography and digital elaboration that involves personalized works as well. Their works are marked by the surreal absence of clearly-defined spaces and times, a playful cross-contamination of different expressive languages that creates a dreamy universe all its own. This artistic venture began in 2005, inspired by the creations of Roberto Capucci: womankind is the indisputable protagonist, narrator and object of this image-based narration. |
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Basel, May 13 – August 30 2009 Twelve fabric sculptures and more than sixty suits of armor are hosted in the museum in an exhibit that pays homage to both the unforgettable 1991 show at the Kunsthistorisches di Vienna and the extraordinary collection of iron sculptor Jean Tinguely. [ > Museo Tinguely ] |
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Venice, March 27 - 29 2009 During the ‘Mathematics and culture 2009’ conference, Isabeau Birindelli Piazza, Full Professor in the L. Quaroni Department of Architecture at the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” led a session on the relationship between mathematics and the Maestro's creations. |
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Florence, October 18 2008 - March 2009 Photographer Fiorenzo Niccoli is the author of a series of images on exhibit in the Temporary Exhibition Rooms. One of the Maestro's most faithful reporters, he followed Capucci with unwavering admiration from the mid-1970s on. "I have the utmost esteem and trust for Niccoli," confirms Capucci himself, "and it gives me great pleasure to dedicate a space to him in my museum." |
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Venice, March 6 – May 4 2009 Since March 7, 2009, creations by Roberto Capucci have been on exhibit together with the artistic jewelry of Vhernier in the evocative ambiance of Palazzo Fortuny in Venic. The exhibit is symbolized by a new creation - "Sposa in Rosso." illustration - Roberto Capucci 2009 ‘ Sposa in Rosso’ The fabric was graciously donated by |
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From the column "Questioni di Stile" of webzine IMORE Roberto Capucci is opening a window for dialog with internet users on topics related to beauty, sources of inspiration, aesthetic cultivation, color and creativity. The column will present brief discourses by the Maestro for readers to reflect upon before submitting their own comments. |
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Filatoio di Caraglio, September 28 2008 – January 6 2009
The exhibit has been curated by Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti (Director of Stibbert Museum) and Roberto Capucci, and was organized by the Associazione Culturale Marcovaldo in collaboration with the Region of Piedmont, Stibbert Museum and the Roberto Capucci Foundation. Roberto Capucci dress-sculptures and XVI-XIXth century Samurai armor from the Stibbert Museum collection in Florence are on exhibit in a sophisticated presentation by Studio aMDL - Michele De Lucchi, Enrico Quell and Alessandro Ciancio. |
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Florence, June 17-22 2008
The event is a benefit for FILE, Fondazione Italiana di Leniterapia The Roberto Capucci Foundation together with Neri Fadigati is hosting an exhibition of unedited 1950s photography from the G.B. Giorgini Archive. |
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Florence, May 3-18 2008 The Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation opens "Lo Scrigno" and directs the attention of visitors to the 'Corde' 2007 dress-sculpture, guiding them through a mini-tour of Maestro Capucci's background work during his search for artistic materials and creative inspiration. Capucci recalls: «I created this dress in extremely precious pure gold fabric from the Seteria Bianchi di Como because I was looking for something truly sumptuous that would elicit the pomp and circumstance of an imperial coronation. I wanted to transmit a sense of vestment, and this creation represents the symbol». |
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Florence, May 16 -18 2008
Capucci is taking part in this High Artisanship initiative with 'Mahasaraswati,' an original formal evening overcoat that required 36 meters of red and orange casentino plissé. |
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Lubiana, March 20 – May 18 2008
As part of the year of intercultural dialog, Roberto Capucci, a veritable icon of Italian and cosmopolitan artistic creativity and fashion, was invited to Slovenia to put on an exhibit during the Slovenian chairmanship of the Council of the European Union, in cooperation with the Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Slovenia. The Turjaska Palace hosts a selection of forty extraordinary creations, the most particular of which are the twelve awe-inspiring "Architeture in Tessuto" pieces in semi-precious stones and minerals, which were first presented on the 100th anniversary of the Biennale di Venezia in 1995. A table of luxurious fabrics captures the earthy tones of the minerals as the tailored folds reflect traces of light that find themselves trapped in the structures and surfaces of these creations. |
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Florence, January 10 - May 2 2008
Photographs from the personal collection of Roberto Capucci and the archives of the G.B. Giorgini Foundation. |
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Wien, March 17 – September 20 2006 The red “Marsina” in tafta plissè, created by Roberto Capucci in 1992, has become the emblem of the "Mozart - Experiment Aufklarung" exhibition, sharing the eminent exhibit hall with a magnificent oil painting by Francesco Guardi, the great Venetian artist. |
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Genoa, April 1 – May 1 2006 ALPIM is a private association of volunteers that was founded in Genoa in 1989 to help minors in difficulty and their families. The association collaborates with the legally-prescribed authorities through various forms of awareness raising, information and research. |
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