The restoration of “In limine” by Giuseppe Penone
The conservative restoration of Giuseppe Penone’s work “In limine” is almost completed, carried out in 2011 by the De Fornaris Foundation on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy and inaugurated on April 18 of that year by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano.
Portrait of Massimo d’Azeglio
After being admired in the Milanese exhibition “Romanticism”, the beautiful “Portrait of Massimo d’Azeglio (Portrait of a Man)” from 1835, purchased in 2016 by the De Fornaris Foundation, returned home. Long considered a “Self-portrait” of the same artist and writer, after extensive research it turned out to be a painting
The Passanti Fund will soon be available on the web
The digitization of the Archival Fund of the architect Mario Passanti (Rosario de Santa Fé, 1901 - Turin 1975), acquired by the De Fornaris Foundation in 1992, has recently been completed. It includes drawings, manuscripts, projects, photographs, plates, negatives, albums , sketches, for a total of over 15,000 elements. The
New acquisitions
Two paintings by Francesco Tabusso - "The old chestnut tree", oil on canvas from 1956, and "Imaginary allegory without joy legs in the air" or "Imaginary allegory" or "Allegory", oil on panel from 1966 - have entered recently part of the collections of the De Fornaris Foundation. They belong to
De Fornaris works at the Hermitage
From "Che fare? By Mario Merz, almost an icon of the movement, to "Torsione" by Giovanni Anselmo and to "Omaggo a Billie Holiday" by Pino Pascali. Then, "Rosa-blu-rosa" by Gilberto Zorio and “Trattenere diciassette anni di crescita (continuerà a crescere tranne che in quel punto)” e “Lavorare sugli alberi –
Morandi at Modern Art Museum of Shanghai
E' partito per la Cina il “nostro” “Paesaggio”, olio su tela di Giorgio Morandi realizzato intorno al 1942. E’ stato richiesto dal Modern Art Museum di Shanghai per la mostra “De Chirico and Morandi”, che inaugurerà il 16 giugno (fino al 15 settembre). “Paesaggio” (FD 28) è una delle numerose
The Italian Pop Art in Cuneo
Monumental Complex of St. Francis in Cuneo hosts since May 27 “I do not love nature. Italian Pop Art from the collections of Gam – Torino “. The exhibition, sponsored by the deputy director of Gam Riccardo Passoni, is realized in collaboration with the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo,
Carol Rama in New York
The works of Carol Rama of the Fondazione De Fornaris are on the road. “Seductions” (1985) and two versions of “Passionate” (1940) are now available at New York Museum of Contemporary Art , where a retrospective of the Turin artist disappeared in 2015 (until September 10) was inaugurated on 3
“In limine”
Finally, the lime tree has grown, the third element of “In limine”, the work of Giuseppe Penone placed underway by Galileo Ferraris in front of the Gam. The tree should reach with its thin branches the ones in bronze that overlook it: only then will it be that bow imagined
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