AGNÈS VARDA, Exhibition Villa Medici, Rome

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AGNÈS VARDA:

HERE AND THERE BETWEEN PARIS AND ROME

From 25 February to 25 May 2026

Villa Medici

Viale Trinità dei Monti, 1, Rome

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From February 25th to May 25th, 2026, the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici pays tribute to the photographic work of the artist and director Agnès Varda (1928-2019) through the first major retrospective dedicated to her in Italy, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the twinning between Paris and Rome. The exhibition invites you to immerse yourself in post-war Paris and, in particular, in the courtyard-studio of rue Daguerre, a place of life, creation, and experimentation for Agnès Varda for almost seven decades, inseparable from her work. The photographs taken by the artist during her travels in Italy, from Venice to Rome, in Renaissance villas and gardens or on film sets, echo the Parisian years. Through the places and figures that inspired her, the exhibition traces the path of a prolific and unique artist. Her work will also be featured in Viva Varda (March 6, 2026 - February 7, 2027), an exhibition at the Modernissimo Gallery of the Bologna Cineteca, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque française. The exhibition will retrace the entire work of the first filmmaker to receive an honorary Oscar for her entire career. The exhibition at Villa Medici juxtaposes the work of the photographer with that of the filmmaker through a collection of 130 original prints, film excerpts, publications, documents, posters, set photographs, and objects belonging to the artist. Conceived by the musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris and curated by Anne de Mondenard and Paris Musées, it was presented in Paris from April 9th to August 24th, 2025. The exhibition is the result of over two years of research and is based on Agnès Varda's photographic collection, as well as the archives of Ciné-Tamaris, the production company she founded, now run by her children Rosalie Varda and Mathieu Demy. The exhibition traces Agnès Varda's beginnings as a photographer and her settlement in the early fifties in the courtyard-studio of rue Daguerre, transformed into a studio, photographic laboratory, and the venue for her first exhibition in 1954. That courtyard, later shared with her partner, the director Jacques Demy, became the beating heart of her universe. Photographs and film excerpts highlight the unconventional, humorous, and singular gaze that the artist directs towards the streets of the capital and its inhabitants. Through works like Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) or Daguerreotypes (1975), the exhibition particularly emphasizes her constant attention to women and marginalized lives.

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monday	09:30 - 19:00	18:30
tuesday	Closed now
wednesday	09:30 - 19:00	18:30
thursday	09:30 - 19:00	18:30
friday	09:30 - 19:00	18:30
saturday	09:30 - 19:00	18:30
sunday	09:30 - 19:00	18:30

AGNÈS VARDA:

HERE AND THERE BETWEEN PARIS AND ROME

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