TO January 2023, at the age of 95, Gina Lollobrigida she left this world in which she was consecrated above all as movie star. But she was also singer, sculptor and photographer. Rome pays homage to his figure, in the round: with the exhibition Gina’s worldsset up from 9 June to 8 October at the Central Institute of Graphics in the heart of the capital (near The Trevi Fountain).
A long journey through Gina’s many talents 120 photographs, from the Cinecittà Luce Archive, the Experimental Center of Cinematography and the MuFoCo – Museum of Contemporary Photography. There are even some of his own Bulgari jewelryof the clothes and stage costumes (for example of the maison Big cats) who entered history together with the eternal diva.
Gina’s worlds: the exhibition in Rome
The “Lollo”, the “Bersagliera”, the actress from Subiaco conquered the world becoming a star and a sex symbol of the sixties and seventies. The exhibition Gina’s worldsset up in Palazzo Poli, in the heart of Rome, and curated by the Undersecretary of the MIC Lucia Borgonzoni and by the President of Cinecittà, Clare Sbarigiais above all a tribute to one of the greatest actresses in the history of Italian and international cinema. Through her career, from the beginning with Peter Germi (The city defends itself) And Carlo Lizzani (Achtung banned) to the first big success with Bread love and fantasy (1953) by Luigi Comencini.
In the parade of 120 snapshots, she is portrayed on the set of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (1959), by Bread love and jealousy (1964), in Rome while being awarded with the Donatello’s David in 1956 (Lollo won seven), at home with her son Andrew Milko with a lion cub in his arms, or with stars of the caliber of Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich.
We see her shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II at the London premiere of Thief hunt by Alfred Hitchcock. Also on display are two dresses made for the actress by Big catstwo stage costumes from the films Imperial Venus And The most beautiful woman in the world made by Costumi d’Arte and some Bulgari jewelrypart of his personal collection (like the emerald earrings).
Gina Lollobrigida sculptor and photographer
But the actress who also liked the Americans, who worked with John Huston and Robert Siodmakhe recited with Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatrawho was Esmeralda paired with Anthony Quinn neither The hunchback of Notre Dame, he loved art at three hundred and sixty degrees. He loved photography (he portrayed characters like Indira Gandhi, Fidel Castro, Henry Kissinger, Maria Callas, Liza Minnelli, etc.) and sculpture. In the last years of his life he devoted himself to works in marble and bronze.
«Gina was above all a self made woman – he has declared Clare Sbarigia – A contemporary woman, come on a thousand facets and inexhaustible creativity, which already at the height of its success in the sixties, first in parallel and then leaving acting behind, resumed his artistic vein and turned to photography, receiving many prizes and honors».
Gina Lollobrigida and Queen Elizabeth II in London in 1955. (Getty Images)
The other tributes dedicated to Gina Lollobrigida
The project related to Gina Lollobrigida includes other initiatives, during the Venice International Film Festival. una second photographic exhibition celebrating Gina together with Anna Magnania projection of a his restored film and the presentation of a prize dedicated to young talents in the field of art, fashion, design and photography.
Where did Gina Lollobrigida’s millionaire fortune go?
After the death of Gina Lollobrigidawhich took place in January 2023, we are looking for his assets (approx 9 million euros) which seems to have disappeared. At least so says the son Milkoconvinced that the mother has been duped by the handyman Andrew Pizzollanow on trial for circumvention of incapacitated, on charges of having robbed the actress of its assets between 2013 and 2018.
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