Villa Lontana is an independent art space in Rome creating fluid platforms of encounter between ancient and contemporary practices. Villa Lontana is curated by Vittoria Bonifati and initiated in 2018 in collaboration with Jo Melvin. The first cycle of contemporary art exhibitions aims to create fluid platforms of encounter between the sculptures and artifacts from the Santarelli Collection and contemporary art practices. The collection – seen as an archive – has been the starting point for the curatorial program of Villa Lontana which includes exhibitions, publications, artist editions and sound projects.Villa Lontana Records is a record label launched in 2019 which focuses on the production of new sounds, from electroacoustic to sonorous poetry and field recordings. The label responds to the curatorial programme of Villa Lontana and beyond. VLR is run by Vittoria Bonifati and Michele Ferrari.Artists: Larry Achiampong, Bas Jan Ader, Tauba Auerbach, John Baldessari, Elisabetta Benassi, Tomaso Binga, Marcel Broodthaers, Sylvano Bussotti, Alessandro Cicoria, Adelaide Cioni, Gino De Dominicis, Isabella Ducrot, Michele Ferrari, Barry Flanagan, Cyprien Gaillard, Giuseppe Garrera, Jeff Gibbons, Adam Green, Susan Hiller, Thomas Hutton, David Kakabadze, Clementine Keith-Roach, Ketty La Rocca, John Latham, Louise Lawler, Walter Maioli, Emiliano Maggi, Lucy McKenzie, Mario Merz, Anne Minich, Charlotte Moth, Rosalind Nashashibi, Maria Nordman, Francis Offman, Olu Ogunnaike, Michael O’Mahony, Neel, Luigi Ontani, Giorgio Orbi, Christopher Page, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cesare Pietroiusti, Gianni Politi, Robert Rauschenberg, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Ad Reinhardt, Andrés Saenz de Sicilia, Prem Sahib, Hugo Sanchez, Delfina Scarpa, Mario Schifano, Edoardo Servadio, Sudarshan Shetty, Raja Ram Sharma, Lucy Skaer, Daniel R. Small, Jeffrey Stuker, Vivian Suter, Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles, Franco Troiani, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Emiddio Vasquez.VILLA LONTANAVia Cassia 53 – 00191, Romavillalontana.roma@gmail.comSubscribe – SupportMail – SoundcloudPhotos:Installation views: Simon d'ExéaPublications: Francesco DemichelisDesign:Giandomenico CarpentieriHead Technician: Simeon H. Ramos Translations: Tijana MamulaGallery Assistant 2022: Tilde SnyderGallery Assistant 2021: Michela LucalziTechnical Collaborators: Daniel Constantin, Fabio Giorgi Alberti, Handle - Art & Design, Itaca’s, Luci Ombre, Matteo PompiliWith the support of:Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli