18 Feb. The French Academy - Villa Medici, currently celebrating its 350th anniversary, stages I giovedì della Villa, involving personalities from the world of art and culture each Thursday.

The initiative begins with Enzo Cucchi, the internationally-famous artist and leading exponent of Italian Transavanguardia, part of an worldwide Neo-Expressionist art movement. Cucchi, whose work featured on a Wanted in Rome magazine cover in 2011, will create an installation in the Grand Salon of Villa Medici at 20.30.

The event will be preceded by performance-encounter by magician and mentalist Larsène, at 19.00. For more details see website.