The street art project at Palazzo Farnese, promoted by the French Embassy, came to life in collaboration with Liquitex and the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA), with the aim of highlighting Palazzo Farnese architecture from the perspective of young contemporary artists. The French Embassy gave artists from different disciplines (street art, painting, illustration, architecture, etc.) the opportunity to offer a new lens on historical Palazzo Farnese, one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome and head offices of the French Embassy.  

As part of the Farnese palace's facades restoration project, the 320m² palisade along Via del Mascherone served as a blank canvas. The 20 artists from around the world were selected through an open call based on a prompt to express their personal vision of the Palace, the people who have marked its history, its colors and its architectural details. 

Artists were guided by Aristide Barraud, who transformed the walls into a space for creation and poetry through his collages of texts and photographs, and Guido d'Angelo, a painter and lecturer at the Rome University of Fine Arts and technical coordinator of the project.