Fondazione Prada to host Wes Anderson exhibition

Wes Anderson has a strong and deeply rooted connection with the city of Milan and in particular with Prada Foundation: for this reason, on the occasion of the Italian preview “asteroid city”, from September 23, 2023 to January 7, 2024, the exhibition is open to the public. Wes Anderson – Asteroid City: The Exhibition.

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Wes Anderson and Fondazione Prada together at the preview of “City of Asteroids”

September 22 at 20.30 at the Foundation is expected – along with the screening of the film, which will be released on September 28 – meeting with Anderson

at the Jean-Luc Godard Cinema.

Set in 1955, this project, the eleventh project by the famous Texas director, is about conference of young astronomers and cadets-cosmonautsi, which brings together students and parents from all over the country, shocked by the mysterious events that will change the world. asteroid city calls with irony collective (atomic bomb) and individual (loneliness) fears and represents a further development of the director’s original and refined poetics with his unmistakable style.

Two years since then french control roomWes Anderson returns to the big screen with a film that combines science fiction with the spirit of Broadway. The film contains the characteristic features that cemented the international fame of the American author. A film of extraordinary plasticity and great strength. compositional refinement it uses – needless to say – a choral cast of unique international talents.

‘Asteroid City’: film cast and achievements at an exhibition in Milan

So let’s talk about Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber and Hope Davis.

The exhibition, organized in collaboration with Universal Pictures International Italy, will be a real journey in the postmodern style that Anderson has developed film after film to become a cult. After the first exhibition in London, the project will be placed in the North Gallery of the Prada Foundation. It will include a selection original sets, props, models, costumes, and artwork featured in the film.. Immersive installations will take viewers into the creative universe familiar to fans.

Fondazione Prada and cinema: 20 years of love

Over the past twenty years Prada Foundation contributed to numerous activities in the field of cinema. In fact, he created projects that createdunexpected ranges of moving images, fine arts and technology. Since 2015, he has sought to coexist in his films with multiple genres, productions and eras, creating a dialogue with a diverse audience. With its new program launched in February 2023 and curated by Paolo Moretti, Fondazione Prada aims to further explore the wide range of modern and old cinematic creativity in all its richness and diversity, expanding and engaging its audience.

Photo by Fondazione Prada press service