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| Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri | |
|---|---|
| Name | Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri |
| Established | 1981 |
| Location | Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy |
| Type | Art museum, foundation |
| Founder | Alberto Burri |
Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri is a foundation and museum dedicated to the work of Alberto Burri, located in Città di Castello in the Province of Perugia. The institution preserves, researches, and exhibits a comprehensive corpus of paintings, sculptures, collages, and installations spanning Burri's career, and it engages with curators, conservators, and scholars from institutions such as the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna and the Museum of Modern Art. The foundation functions as both a permanent repository and an active program partner for exhibitions with venues like the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Tate Modern, and the Centro Pompidou.
The foundation grew out of Alberto Burri's decision to organize and donate significant portions of his oeuvre to his native region, following dialogues with municipal authorities of Città di Castello and representatives of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Initial institutional steps were taken in the late 1970s and formalized in 1981 with the establishment of a foundation modelled after European artist-endowed institutions such as the Fondazione Merz and the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the foundation collaborated with curators from the Museo del Novecento and the Palazzo delle Esposizioni to mount retrospectives and loans, while conservation projects were supported by experts from the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Major leadership figures and advisors have included museum directors and art historians associated with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Gallerie degli Uffizi, and the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo.
The collection centers on core cycles by Alberto Burri such as the Sacchi works, the Combustioni series, the Cretti, and the cellotex and plastic compositions produced during the 1950s through the 1990s. Holdings comprise paintings, sculptural reliefs, works on paper, and documentary archives including correspondence with figures like Giorgio Morandi, Lucio Fontana, Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian, Henri Matisse, Willem de Kooning, and collectors tied to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The archive contains exhibition catalogues, photographic documentation, and conservation records linked to projects at the Tate Modern, the Centro Pompidou, the Museo Reina Sofía, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Significant single works include large-scale Sacchi assemblages, cellotex reliefs exhibited alongside pieces by Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko in comparative modernism displays, and late-period cretti installations referenced in scholarship from the Courtauld Institute of Art.
The museum occupies the renovated Palazzo Albizzini, a sequence of historic structures adapted for modern display, conservation, and research functions. Architectural interventions were proposed by teams with experience at the MAXXI and the Fondazione Prada, integrating climate-controlled galleries, a conservation laboratory informed by standards from the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, and archive storage meeting criteria used by the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. Exhibition spaces were configured to host both the textured surfaces of Burri's works and site-specific installations by guest artists who have collaborated with institutions such as the Tate Modern and the Guggenheim Bilbao. The adaptive reuse project balanced preservation obligations overseen by the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio with contemporary museography approaches practiced at the Palazzo Grassi.
The foundation mounts monographic displays, thematic loans, and curated dialogues that have been presented in partnership with the Tate Modern, the Centro Pompidou, the Museo Reina Sofía, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. Programs include symposiums featuring scholars from the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and the European University Institute, as well as collaborative projects with the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and the Università degli Studi di Perugia. Educational outreach has involved workshops sponsored by local cultural bodies and exchanges with international curatorial residencies such as those affiliated with the Fondation Beyeler and the Stedelijk Museum. Special exhibitions have juxtaposed Burri with contemporaries like Lucio Fontana, Franco Angeli, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Enrico Castellani, and international figures from postwar abstraction.
Conservation practice at the foundation follows methodologies developed by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and is informed by collaborative research with the Cambrai Laboratory and conservation departments at the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Research priorities include the material analysis of synthetic resins, combustion residues, cellotex degradation, and pigment binding media, with scientists from the Università degli Studi di Perugia and the Università di Bologna contributing to publication projects. The archival program curates correspondence between Burri and dealers, museum directors, and critics associated with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, and major European biennales, while technical dossiers support loans to institutions including the Tate Modern, the Museo Reina Sofía, and the Centre Pompidou.
The foundation is located in the historic center of Città di Castello and is accessible via regional rail connections linked to Perugia and major routes toward Florence and Rome. Visiting hours, ticketing, guided tours, and accessibility services follow policies comparable to those at the Galleria degli Uffizi and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, with advance booking recommended for group visits and research consultations. The site hosts a bookstore carrying publications by the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, the Allemandi press, and exhibition catalogues produced in collaboration with the Skira publishing house. Visitor amenities and program calendars are coordinated with the Provincia di Perugia tourism offices and regional cultural networks.
Category:Art museums in Umbria