Daily Lectures: free guided tour of the exhibition, 6 p.m.
I like Mondays Lecture: short free guided tours, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Lunch Lectures - Wednesdays, 1 p.m.

The lunch lecture - a special kind of lunch break - offers an inspiring encounter addressing a specific theme in the exhibition and is followed by a lunch buffet.
Admission: € 9 / reduced: € 7
Julia Schmidt: Motifs and their Dissolution – An Inquiry into Painting in the Space of Art Dr. Beate Zimmermann 30.04., 18.06.
“By fictionalizing, I want to point out that nothing I show could ever happen” – On the Interplay of Dream and Reality in the Films of Clemens von Wedemeyer Dr. Melanie Franke 07.05., 11.05.
Interiors of the Everyday. Aslı Sungu’s Video Work Alexandra Heimes 14.05., 21.05.
Dani Gal: The Reenactment of History in Acoustic Spaces Silke Feldhoff 28.05., 04.06.
Brunch Lectures - Sundays, 11:30 a.m.

Each tour focuses on a special aspect of the exhibition. Afterwards brunch at the Café.
Admission: € 12 / reduced: € 9
Clemens von Wedemeyer: Filmmaking as a Film Subject – On Production-Aesthetic Strategies Dr. Melanie Franke 02.03.
The Villa Romana Fellowship – More than 100 Years of Support for Young Talents and Deutsche Bank’s Cultural Commitment Silke Feldhoff 30.03., 06.04.
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The Topic of Deception in Works by Julia Schmidt and Clemens von Wedemeyer Vivian Kea 03.02., 10.02., 17.02.
Divided Spaces – The Subject and its Habitation in the Art of Aslı Sungu Alexandra Heimes 09.03., 23.03.
Julia Schmidt: Image, Space, Sound – The Role of Painting in the Nexus of Media Dr. Beate Zimmermann 16.03., 13.04.
SPECIAL EVENTS

26.04., 4 p.m. – Artist’s Talks
Artist’s Talks with the Villa Romana Fellows 2008: Dani Gal, Julia Schmidt, Aslı Sungu, and Clemens von Wedemeyer
Moderated by Angelika Stepken, Director, Villa Romana
04.05., 4 p.m. – Dani Gal and Achim Lengerer
“The Ballot or the Bullet! – voiceoverhead” Live performance
12.06., 7 p.m. – Artist’s Talk with Julia Schmidt
Dr. Beatrice von Bismarck, Academy for Graphic and Book Arts, Leipzig, speaks with Julia Schmidt
18.06., 7 p.m. – Artist’s Talk with Aslı Sungu
Program with short films and videos, followed by Q&A with the artist.
LECTURES

06.05., 7 p.m. – Lecture by Adachiara Zevi
Turning Points in Postwar Italian Art *
Adachiara Zevi, art historian. In cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute Berlin
www.iicberlino.esteri.it
29.05., 7 p.m. – Lecture by Dr. Angela Windholz
Et in Academia Ego: Villa Romana and Villa Massimo: Between Arcadian Hopes and the Politics of Art
Dr. Angela Windholz, presently a postdoc fellow at the Art History Institute in Florence – Max Planck-Institut.
30.05., 6 p.m. – Germany – Land of Ideas
Presentation of “Landmark in the Land of Ideas” award to Villa Romana e.V., and tour by Angelika Stepken, Director, Villa Romana
* Lecture held in Italian with simultaneous translation in German
All lectures in German unless otherwise indicated.
For English and French lectures please contact (030) 20 20 93-18.
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