Writings

Lanfranco Aceti’s The Crocodile’s Flight continues his ambitious four-part series exploring the environmental and cultural crises of our time. Following A River of Crocodile Tears, The Home of the Crocodile, and The Crocodile's Lament, this last chapter focuses on the Tiber River symbolisms, transforming it into a site of memory, resistance, and renewal. In collaboration with Tevereterno, IPER Festival delle Periferie, and the Museo delle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 7, 2025, 12:00 Introducing the Trump Museum: A Monument to Visual Culture and the American Dream Austin–February 7, 2025, 12:00–Lanfranco Aceti, artist and curator, announces the Trump Museum—the first institution of its kind—dedicated to preserving and celebrating Donald J. Trump’s visual legacy and the material culture that has shaped his public life over the past two decades. Trump’s visual achievements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2025, 12:00 Starmer Called 'Perfidious Albion' and 'Mezzana' at EU Meeting Brussels–February 4, 2025, 12:00–UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced intense resistance at a high-level European Union meeting in Brussels, where tensions escalated over his calls for the EU to increase support for Ukraine. The diplomatic exchange, intended to reaffirm UK-EU cooperation on security and defense, instead saw Starmer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 3, 2025, 12:00 Greenland Joins the European Union as Its 29th Member State Brussels, Nuuk, Copenhagen–February 3, 2025, 12:00–In a historic move, Greenland has become the 29th member state of the European Union (EU), following a collaborative agreement between the EU and the Kingdom of Denmark. This decision comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions—especially after Trump’s past attempts to "buy" Greenland—and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 2, 2025, 12:00 Canada Rejects 51st State Status, Moves Toward Becoming 28th Member of the European Union In a historic geopolitical shift, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have formally invited Canada to join the European Union (EU) as its 28th member state. The proposal comes as a direct countermeasure

(English version below.) Nel 2023, la città di Taranto ospitò due mostre al Palazzo Pantaleo e una nuova opera commissionata per l'occasione dal titolo: Collasso. Un’opera questa che chiedeva al visitatore non solo di osservare, ma di confrontarsi attivamente con il suo significato. Esibita al CRAC Puglia sotto la direzione artistica di Giulio De Mitri, e come parte della mostra Monumental Elements a Palazzo

Lanfranco Aceti’s The Crocodile’s Lament continues his ambitious four-part series exploring the environmental and cultural crises of our time. Following A River of Crocodile Tears and The Home of the Crocodile and leading to The Flight of the Crocodile, this third chapter focuses on the Tiber River, transforming it into a site of memory, resistance, and renewal. In collaboration with Tevereterno, IPER Festival delle Periferie,

Lanfranco Aceti’s The Crocodile’s Home confronts the intertwined environmental and cultural crises of the 21st century through the intimate lens of the home. Premiering in the spring of 2024 with a thought-provoking installation at the Museo dell'Altro e dell'Altrove (MAAM) in Rome, the project transforms rivers—often dismissed as mundane elements of the landscape—into powerful loci of refuge, memory, and contested identity. Aceti employs the

“[…] hunc inter fluvio Tiberinus amoeno verticibus rapidis et multa flavus harena in mare prorumpit […]” Virgil. What remains of the mythology of the blonde Tiber, strictly linked as it is to the birth of Rome and over 2000 years of history, as its waters dwindle season after season? Lanfranco Aceti’s A River of Crocodile Tears dives into the heart of his four-part series