On Friday, September 18 at 6:30 PM, there will be the presentation of the book "Villa Romana." The curators of the book, Elena Agudio and Carlotta Castellani, will speak in dialogue with Mistura Allison (Villa Romana), Costanza Caraffa (Phototeca of the Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence), and Justin Randolph Thompson (The Recovery Plan).

This volume retraces one hundred and twenty years of Villa Romana, one of Europe’s longest-running and most historically significant artist residencies. Founded in 1905 by Max Klinger, Villa Romana is a German cultural institution based in Florence that has supported artistic production and hosted recipients of the Villa Romana Prize for over a century. Published on the occasion of the exhibition CENTOVENTI: Villa Romana 1905–2025 at the Museo Novecento in Florence, the book expands and deepens the exhibition’s inquiry in editorial form. Through critical essays, archival materials, documents, and images gathered during a three-year research project conducted in collaboration with the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Humanities, the volume engages with the history of this artists’ house—one that has functioned as a laboratory of experimentation, a space of cohabitation, and a site of encounter across generations and diverse cultural contexts.