Paolo Brillo stolen moments: Bob Dylan and other music icons

April 27th - May 20th, 2023
Opening April 27th from 6 p.m.

Since 1984, Paolo Brillo has never stopped photographing Bob Dylan, following him from concert to concert during the gigantic undertaking of the Never Ending Tour. But he is not a professional, he wears no credentials around his neck and demands no backstage passes, which he wouldn't get anyway, because Dylan hates to be photographed. Brillo mingles with the crowd, works his way into the front rows, and then shoots – or steals shots – many of which come out extremely well, though he is very strict about their selection. 
This enormous, obsessive labor of documentation and passion has been portrayed by #paolobrillo in the illustrated volume No Such Thing As Forever, a selection of 250 photos from 30 years of concerts, from 1989 to 2019, published by Red Planet Books. In the first shot Dylan hasn't yet reached 50, while in the last one, taken at Hyde Park in London, he is an elderly man, with wrinkles, and extraordinarily enough he wears half a smile, though what made him grin is unknown. 
Brillo is not just about Dylan. The exhibition at Galleria Antonio Colombo includes a selection of other icons of contemporary music, perhaps pursued with less dedication and continuity, but still with the same method of "stolen moments."

The #show opens on Thursday April 27th from 6 p.m. and will be on view until May 20th, 2023.