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Francesco Vezzoli Museums of Tears

Edited by Francesco Vezzoli
Texts by Donatien Grau, Francesco Vezzoli, and FiIlippo Bisagni
Art direction: Alberto Agosti
Design: Leonardo Pertile
Published for ArchivorumxM

2026, English, spiral-bound, 23 x 17 cm, 206 pages
ISBN 979-12-80579-95-9

Conceived as both a publication and an autonomous artwork, Museums of Tears extends Francesco Vezzoli’s acclaimed exhibition presented at Museo Correr, Venice, in 2024. Developed in dialogue with Donatien Grau, the project brought together historical works from the museum alongside recent and newly commissioned works by Vezzoli, creating a layered conversation between antiquity, emotion and illusion. The exhibition marked a significant moment in the artist’s practice, reflecting his growing engagement with art history, archaeology and the museum as a space where the past can be reimagined through contemporary desire.

Moving beyond the conventional exhibition catalogue format, the volume has been conceived as a true artist’s book. Inspired by the historical guidebooks of Museo Correr and by Carlo Scarpa’s vision of the museum as a form of emotional choreography, it transforms the museum guide into a hybrid object: part scholarly document, part fictional archive and part personal diary. Rather than documenting the exhibition, Museum of Tears becomes an extension of it: a portable museum of memory, beauty, mourning and artifice.

Photos: Nicola Gnesi

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