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“Recto Verso” continues an approach from the preceding Nord gallery exhibition “In Part”,
curated by Nicholas Cullinan, whereby a latent theme is detected in the Prada Collection,
and then expanded with loaned works from international and national institutions.
In this way, the Prada Collection is thought of as an open resource whose potential
provides new interpretations of the present.
The Western art tradition has mainly conceived of paintings as frontal (“recto”) artifacts. The
back (“verso”) carries significantly less cultural meaning, destined to remain beyond the
public’s view, and only …