After being critically acclaimed – Nobel prize-winner Mario Vargas Llosa described it as an “extraordinary” exhibition – and enjoying considerable public success (over 150,00 visitors), The Arts of Piranesi. Architect, printmaker, antiquarian, vedutista, designer, goes to Barcelona, where it is due to run from 5 October to 20 January 2013 at the Caixa Forum, headquarters of the Obra Social La Caixa, the organisation which made the Spanish tour possible.

Conceived by architect Michele De Lucchi and produced by the Giorgio Cini Foundation and Adam Lowe’s Factum Arte studio, the exhibition explores the many and varied activities of Giambattista Piranesi (Venice 1720 – Rome 1778) in an itinerary featuring prints from the complete works held in the Giorgio Cini Foundation graphic collections and a series of modern objects created in Piranesi’s language and style.

They include a 3D fi lm of the Carceri d’Invenzione and eight original objects made by Factum Arte starting from Piranesi prints (two tripods, a vase, a chair, a candelabrum, an altar, a coffee pot and a fi replace complete with fi re furniture). The exhibition also features views of Rome, Tivoli and Paestum by  photographer Gabriele Basilico.