It looks like the huge architectural work by Gio Ponti is well known to everyone. Yet often not even the most experienced admirers of the milanese master know his only oeuvre built in France, one of the first of his whole career. It is called “L’Ange Volant” and it’s a private villa constructed for the Bouilhet family (owners of Christofle) on Garches’ ill, close to Paris. This private commission allowed him to realize his prototypical "casa all’italiana", conceived around the idea of joy, with spaces designed to host artworks, and the lightness of the maestro’s unmistakable touch.

Not surprisingly, the villa will be the setting (and the protagonist) of an exhibition which marks Diorama’s first time into the art world. “Genius Loci”, from 16th to 24th October, is the first stage of a series of exhibitions that will take place in some private residences all over the world. 20 multidisciplinary artworks signed by international artists inspired by the creative spirit of the place will be shown through an immersive exhibition curated by Marion Vignal.

We are glad to announce that we are official partners of this exceptional art experience. But other than that, we have the honour to collaborate with Laurent Grasso, a French artist we truly admire represented by Galerie Perrotin, for the production of his new artwork conceived specifically for the exhibition.

Born in Mulhouse in 1972, Laurent Grasso works with film, sculpture, painting and photography to immerse the viewer in an uncanny world of uncertainty. In 2020, he produced the installation-work Artificialis for the Musée d’Orsay.

More details coming soon...in the meantime, you can book you visit here.