“The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection” is an enthralling journey through the history of Italian art from the 1900s to the present day, by means of 71 works selected from the extraordinary art collection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic. The only public institution in the world to have its own art collection, built up with passion and steadfastness since the end of the Nineties, it has created today’s dynamic collection that bears witness to the wealth of a cultural heritage, dwelling within the spaces of the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, a setting for exhibition activity worthy of any museum.
Painting, sculpture, photography and videos testify to the continuity and thematic variety of the various disciplines and tendencies which, in their formal arrangement, enable us to speak of a “Grand Italian Vision”, a grand tour through the creativity of our Country, which has always lauded an ongoing quest for new forms, in an iconographic fecundity that flourishes to this day.
An inexorable vitality, documented in this exhibition by artists who have been outstanding protagonists of the principal artistic movements in Italy, together with research initiated by the more recent generations, thus confirming the anthropology of an art that belongs to a culture, the Mediterranean culture, which has always grappled with history and nature.
The exhibition develops along a fluid yet not chronological path, in which linguistic affinities and differences between the various artists condense. Visions that range from a twentieth-century awareness to the drive towards modernity. From looking inwards to looking out, from environmental emergencies to migrations and new forms of poverty, right up to dialogue and encounter. The public is invited to experience these works directly, without any academic rigidity, letting itself flow along with the “grand Italian vision” through an exhibition project spread in different institutional places in New York.
NEW YORK VENUES
- 18. 2023
- 27. 2023
Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
Consulate General of Italy
Italian Cultural Institute
Residence of the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
United Nations Building
10.12. 2023 – 10.27. 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Riccardo Guariglia
Secretary General
Alessandro De Pedys
Director General for public and cultural diplomacy
Filippo La Rosa
Deputy Director General for public and cultural diplomacy
Tommaso Giordano
Deputy Head of Unit
Unit III – Cultural Promotion, Italian Cultural Institutes and the Farnesina Collection
Stefano Moser
Unit III – Cultural Promotion, Italian Cultural Institutes and the Farnesina Collection
Michela De Riso, Redenta Maffettone, Lucrezia Naglieri, Viola Novarini, Paolo Vanino
Cultural promotion officers
Unit III – Cultural Promotion, Italian Cultural Institutes and the Farnesina Collection
Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
Maurizio Massari
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
Ludovica Murazzani
Spokesperson, Head of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy
Eugenio Boldrini
Head of Administrative Office
Italian Cultural Institute
Fabio Finotti
Director
Massimo Sarti
Attaché
Malina Mannarino
Director’s Assistant
Gianni Lopez
Building Managment and Security
Consulate General of Italy
Fabrizio Di Michele
Consul General
Riccardo Cursi
Deputy Consul
The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection
Achille Bonito Oliva
General Curator
Paola Marino
Chief Curator
Anna Fresa
Set-up Project
Simona Rossi
Project Coordinator
Giulia Bellipario Marino
Graphic Design and Catalogue
Dafna ets
Organization, Logistics and Production
