FONDAZIONE PRADA PRESENTS THE EXHIBITION “PARAVENTI: FOLDING SCREENS FROM THE 17TH TO 21ST CENTURIES” IN MILAN FROM 26 OCTOBER 2023 TO 26 FEBRUARY 2024

Milan, 19 July 2023 – “Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries” is an extensive exhibition curated by Nicholas Cullinan on view at Fondazione Prada’s Milan venue from 26 October 2023 to 26 February 2024. The press preview will take place on Wednesday, 25 October 2023. Two complementary shows, organized by Prada with the support of Fondazione Prada at Prada Rong Zhai in Shanghai and Prada Aoyama Tokyo from 2 November 2023, will further investigate the historical heritage and contemporary interpretations of folding screens in Eastern contexts.

The exhibition design created for the Podium building by SANAA, the renowned architectural firm founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, will gather more than seventy folding screens, including valuable historical objects and more recent works on loan from international museums and private collections, and a selection of new creations commissioned from more than fifteen international artists specifically for this project.

7. Eileen Gray ‘Brick’ Screen 1925 circa, 13. Mona Hatoum Grater Divide 2002, 14. Franz West Paravents 2010, 18. Wade Guyton Untitled 2023, 19. William Kentridge Untitled 2023