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Collezione Farnesina

Events
4 May 2022
Farnesina Collection now includes ​Raffaella Mariniello’s “Grand-Bassam”

The Farnesina Collection welcomes the piece of work “Grand-Bassam” (2019) by Raffaela Mariniello (Naples 1961). The photograph was taken in 2019 during the artist’s stay in Côte d’Ivoire, at the Italian Embassy in Abidjan, for the project “Under The Spell Of Africa” curated by Adriana Rispoli and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Events
11 April 2022
Farnesina Collection: “Quattro Stagioni” by Franco Fontana

The Farnesina Collection welcomes the work “Quattro stagioni” [Four Seasons] (1974) by Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933). The photography series consists of four rural landscapes, characterized by the original use of colour – bright and vivid – which combines with the interpretation of the natural environments through geometric shapes and essential lines. Among the great masters […]

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Events
29 March 2022
New addition to Farnesina Collection: Biasucci’s “Ex voto”

The Farnesina Collection welcomes a new work, “Ex voto” (2007) by Antonio Biasiucci (Dragoni, 1961). The work consists of 12 photographs depicting different forms of votive offering, taken by the artist during a visit to the chapel of St Giuseppe Moscati, a doctor, in the Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo in Naples. In this work Biasiucci […]

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Events
25 March 2022
​The Farnesina Collection welcomes the photographs of Paola Agosti

The Farnesina Collection welcomes a selection of works – “Vallemosso (Biella), Lanificio Giuseppe Botto” (1983) and “Torino, Fiat Mirafiori”(1983) – by photographer Paola Agosti (Turin 1947). The images are from the 1980s series “La donna è la macchina”, dedicated to women’s work in Italian factories such as Olivetti, Indesit, Solex or Fiat. From the early days of […]

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Events
17 February 2022
“Epiphany about Nature” in the Farnesina Collection

We would like to welcome “Epiphany about Nature” (1976) by Mario Giacomelli (Senigallia, 1925 – 2000) to the Farnesina Collection. The work forms part of the Epiphany about Nature series comprising aerial shots taken from a Piper airplane. As with his other collections, Giacomelli portrays the countryside near his hometown of Senigallia, transforming it into […]

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Events
2 February 2022
Farnesina Collection: new Catalogue now online

The new Farnesina Collection Catalogue on photography, illustrations, graphics and street art is now available online. Set up on the fifth floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the photographic gallery includes, among others, works by Paola Agosti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Antonio Biasucci, Silvia Camporesi, Luciano D’Alessandro, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Luigi […]

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Events
19 November 2021
Diary of Ornament by Iacurci enters the Farnesina Collection

The Farnesina Collection has been enriched with a new project: “Diary of Ornament”, by the famous street artist Agostino Iacurci. It consists of a series of paintings inspired by the urban landscape of Brooklyn, where Iacurci has lived: details that he photographed and collected during his journey from home to the studio, later reproduced as […]

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Events
18 October 2021
The Farnesina Collection: the new catalogue on mosaics is online

For the series “I quaderni della Collezione”, the third volume entitled “Mosaici contemporanei nella Collezione Farnesina” [“Contemporary mosaics in the Farnesina Collection”], edited by Fabio De Chirico, has been published by Electa. Beginning with the large wall mosaics by Luigi Montanarini and Toti Scialoja in the Palazzo della Farnesina, and those in the Contemporary Art […]

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Events
24 September 2021
The Farnesina Collection: “Spazi d’Artista” with Licia Galizia

The latest new episode of the “Spazi d’Artista” web series, the video series focusing on ten artists from the Farnesina Collection, is available online. These are episodes – created in collaboration with Artribune – that recount the stories and faces of the artists, their professional careers, and the relationship with the ateliers in which they […]

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Events
17 September 2021
Loredana di Lillo in the new episode of “Spazi d’artista”

A new episode of the “Spazi d’artista” web series, created in collaboration with Artribune magazine, is now available. This is a series of ten short films dedicated to ten artists from the Farnesina’s Collection, talking about their journey and their relationship with the studios in which they operate. Until September 2021 one film per month is broadcast on the website and […]

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