About the exhibition
Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati Collection, in conjunction with the inauguration of the LAC Lugano Arte Cultura, presents the monographic exhibition Teatro di Mnemosine. Giulio Paolini d’après watteau dedicated to the Italian artist Giulio Paolini. The exhibition is part of a series of initiatives dedicated to artists of the Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati Collection. The exhibition project originates from the work in the Mnemosine collection (Les Charmes de la Vie / 7), 1981-84, acquired in 2007 and exhibited at the Olgiati Collection museum since its opening in 2012. It belongs to the cycle of six works entitled Mnemosine (Les Charmes de la Vie, 1981-1990) which, with this exhibition, is fully reunited in Lugano for the first time, with the personal supervision of the artist.