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| Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT | |
|---|---|
| Name | Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT |
| Established | 1991 |
| Location | Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| Type | Art foundation |
| Director | Carlo Gasparini |
Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT is an Italian foundation established to promote modern and contemporary visual arts in Turin and the Piedmont region. Founded in 1991, it operates through acquisitions, loans, exhibitions, publications and educational programs, collaborating with museums, galleries and cultural institutions. The foundation has supported major shows and long-term partnerships with national and international entities, enhancing Turin's role in European art networks.
The foundation was created in the context of post-1980s Italian cultural policy reforms influenced by figures such as Giulio Andreotti, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and regional initiatives in Piedmont. Early activities linked it with institutions like the Museo del Risorgimento, Castello di Rivoli, and Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Torino), fostering exchanges with collections of the Gallerie d'Italia, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, and the Palazzo Madama. During the 1990s the foundation collaborated on projects with international partners including the Tate Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, while engaging Italian curators from the Triennale di Milano and the Biennale di Venezia. The 2000s saw expanded acquisitions and exhibition loans, connecting with curatorial programs at the Prado Museum, Fondation Beyeler, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
The foundation's mission emphasizes acquisition, conservation and promotion of 20th- and 21st-century art, coordinating with institutions such as the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio and the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Its collection strategy includes works by Italian and international figures like Giorgio de Chirico, Piero Manzoni, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mimmo Rotella, Carlo Carrà, Amedeo Modigliani and Gianfranco Baruchello, while also collecting pieces by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Duchamp, René Magritte and Yves Klein. The holdings range from painting and sculpture to photography, video and installation, with archival materials linked to artists and movements such as Arte Povera, Futurism, Spatialism, and Pop Art.
The foundation organizes temporary exhibitions, thematic retrospectives and collaborative projects with venues including the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, MAXXI, Palazzo Reale (Turin), Villa Stuck, and international stages like the Kunsthalle Basel and the Hamburger Bahnhof. Curatorial collaborations have involved curators from the Venice Biennale, documenta, Skulptur Projekte Münster and academic partnerships with the Università degli Studi di Torino and the Politecnico di Torino. Programs often feature lectures, symposiums and publications engaging critics and historians such as Germano Celant, Nanni Balestrini, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti and Achille Bonito Oliva.
Facilities supporting the foundation include climate-controlled storage, restoration ateliers and exhibition spaces integrated with Turin’s cultural infrastructure near landmarks like Piazza Castello and the Mole Antonelliana. The architectural framework draws on conservation principles used at institutions such as the Uffizi, British Museum, and the Louvre, while adapting technical standards from restoration centres like the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Building upgrades have referenced contemporary interventions by architects affiliated with the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio and practices seen in projects by Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas and Cino Zucchi.
Governance combines a board of trustees, artistic advisors and administrative staff, interacting with local entities such as the Regione Piemonte and municipal bodies of Turin. Financial support historically derives from the foundation’s endowment tied to the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino network and collaborations with banking foundations like Fondazione Cariplo, Fondazione CRT, and philanthropic partners including Fondazione per la Scuola. European funding and project grants have been obtained via programs associated with the European Commission cultural initiatives, and partnerships with corporate sponsors comparable to those of Fiat and local industry.
Educational activities range from school programs coordinated with the Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per il Piemonte to adult education in collaboration with universities and cultural centres such as the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and the Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea. The foundation has hosted workshops, curator residencies and artist talks with participants linked to networks like Progetto educativo and international residency platforms similar to Cité internationale des arts. Outreach includes mobile exhibitions and community projects engaging civic spaces near Via Roma and Piazza San Carlo.
Exhibition histories include presentations of works by Italian masters Carlo Levi, Renato Guttuso, Umberto Boccioni, Fortunato Depero and international figures Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Broodthaers, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Kruger, Maurizio Cattelan, Anish Kapoor, Ai Weiwei, Jenny Holzer, Sigmar Polke, Kiki Smith, Cindy Sherman, Gerhard Richter, Antoni Tàpies, Brice Marden, Cy Twombly and Ellsworth Kelly. Specific loans and acquisitions have included works associated with movements such as Arte Povera installations by Giulio Paolini and sculptures by Tony Cragg and Klaus Rinke, while photographic projects have featured Giovanni Gastel and Mario Giacomelli. The foundation’s programming continues to serve as a platform for both historic surveys and contemporary dialogues across European and global art contexts.
Category:Arts foundations in Italy Category:Culture in Turin