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After Kazu Kibuishi, another extraordinary artist is ready to fascinate the public with an exhibition that will highlight all the best of her production. Palazzo Ducale is ready to host the exhibition “Francesca Ghermandi: The Intergalactic Planet. Comics, Drawings and Objects”.

Now a true cult author, Francesca Ghermandi offers a comic that is a point of advanced synthesis and melting pot of the most disparate artistic experiences: painting, design, narrative, theatre, even music. An experimental, synesthetic comic, to which Ghermandi, also an illustrator, lends her notable visual skills, creating a personal pop universe with distinct dark contours. Starting from the extraordinary "short films on paper" of Pastil up to wider scope graphic novels, such as Cronaca dalla palude (Coconino Press) and the very recent I misteri dell’oceano intergalattico (Eris Edizioni), the exhibition offers a complete summary of an extraordinary author’s career. An invitation to immerse yourself in a navigation through the imagination of an artist who continues to challenge and fascinate with her unique vision. Her fantastic versatility, which offers intellectual stimulation and visual satisfaction of the highest level will be exhibited. In addition to the originals of her most famous comic works, visitors will be able to admire volumes, ceramics, scarves, furnishing curtains, t-shirts and multimedia contributions. Francesca Ghermandi has entered the Lucca Comics & Games Hall of Fame twice: in 1997 with the Pantera Best Author award and in 2023 with the Gran Guinigi Best Drawing (ex aequo) for I misteri dell’oceano intergalattico.