The definitive monograph on the celebrated Italian artist of the meta-spectacle.

Francesco Vezzoli (b. 1971, Brescia, Italy) studied at the Central St. Martin's School of Art in London from 1992 to 1995. His work has been exhibited at many institutions including: New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2002); Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2002); Fondazione Prada, Milan (2004 and 2005); Museu Serralves, Porto (2005); Le Consortium, Dijon (2006); Tate Modern, London (2006); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2009-10); Kunsthalle Wien (2009); Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2010); Gagosian Gallery, Rome; Gagosian Gallery, New York (2011); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2007); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2009); MAXXI, Rome (2013); and MoMA P.S. 1 (2013/14). With essays by Klaus Biesenbach, Francesco Bonami Caroline Bourgeois, Mariuccia Casadio, Germano Celant, Caroline Corbetta, Nicholas Cullinan, Joao Fernandes, Richard Flood, RoseLee Goldberg, Chrissie Iles, Mark Nash, Cristiana Perrella, Alma Ruiz, Ali Subotnick, Stefano Tonchi, Eric Troncy, Matt Tyrnauer, Giorgio Verzotti, Linda Yablonsky.