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| Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli |
| Established | 2002 |
| Location | Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| Type | Art museum |
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli is an art gallery located on the rooftop of the Lingotto building in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The gallery presents a private collection assembled by Giovanni Agnelli and Marella Agnelli, situated within an adaptive reuse project of a former industrial complex designed by Renzo Piano. It functions as a cultural node linking Giovanni Agnelli (industrialist), Marella Agnelli, Casa Agnelli, FIAT, Torino, and a constellation of European and international museums, collectors, foundations, and artists.
The gallery originated from the collecting activities of Giovanni Agnelli (industrialist) and Marella Agnelli in the 20th century, intersecting with patrons such as Gianni Agnelli and institutions like Fondazione Agnelli. The collection grew alongside networks involving Museo Egizio, Galleria Sabauda, Palazzo Madama, Museo del Risorgimento, Museum of Modern Art, and private collections across France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and Spain. Architectural transformation of the Lingotto (Turin) factory involved stakeholders including Fiat S.p.A., Renzo Piano, Emanuele Garosci, and municipal actors like City of Turin and the Piedmont Region. The inauguration in 2002 followed collaborations with curators, conservators, and lending partners such as Uffizi, Louvre, Tate Modern, National Gallery (London), Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Prado Museum during early exhibitions and loans.
Housed on the rooftop of the Lingotto (Turin) former car factory, the gallery occupies a purpose-built structure by Renzo Piano atop a site associated with Giuseppe Lancia, Carlo Abarth, Automobili Fiat, and the industrial heritage of Turin. The Lingotto complex sits near landmarks including Piazza Castello, Via Roma (Turin), Porta Nuova railway station, and the Mole Antonelliana. The building program integrates with urban projects led by entities like CNH Industrial, Benetton Group, Echo Investment, and municipal planners linked to Expo Milano, Città Metropolitana di Torino, and European adaptive reuse exemplars such as Tate Modern and Hamburger Bahnhof. The gallery's rooftop placement affords views toward Alps, Po River, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, and the Monte dei Cappuccini skyline.
The collection comprises masterpieces and decorative arts spanning painting, sculpture, drawing, and design. Holdings include works by Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Georges Braque, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Caravaggio, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Titian, Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco Goya, Diego Velázquez, Giovanni Bellini, Canaletto, Giovanni Fattori, Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Giorgio Vasari, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Alberto Giacometti, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Henri Rousseau, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Auguste Rodin, Constantin Brâncuși, Giulio Romano, Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Boldini, Artemisia Gentileschi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Giorgio Morandi, Carla Accardi, Alighiero Boetti, Enrico Baj, Umberto Eco, and decorative commissions associated with Alfa Romeo. The assemblage reflects transnational exchange with loans and provenance tracing linked to Jean-Paul Getty Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Centro Pompidou, MAXXI, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Fondazione Prada, Fondazione Merz, Collezione Maramotti, Fondazione Cini, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, and private estates such as the Rothschild family and Agnelli family holdings.
The Pinacoteca has organized monographic and thematic exhibitions in partnership with Fondazione Torino Musei, Museo Nacional del Prado, National Gallery of Art (Washington), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Palazzo Reale (Turin), Castello di Rivoli, and international curators affiliated with ICOM, ICOMOS, and academic institutions such as University of Turin, Politecnico di Torino, Columbia University, Harvard University, Courtauld Institute of Art, Sorbonne University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and Princeton University. Public programs include lectures, symposia, guided tours, workshops, and collaborations with festivals like Torino Film Festival, Artissima, Salone del Libro, and Festival delle Colline. The gallery's curatorial rotations have featured dialogues between historic masters and contemporary artists such as Anish Kapoor, Cindy Sherman, Ai Weiwei, Jeff Koons, Thomas Struth, and Martha Rosler.
Conservation activities occur in concert with laboratories and institutes like Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro, Centro Conservazione Restauro La Venaria Reale, and scientific facilities associated with Politecnico di Torino and CNR (Italy). Research initiatives involve cataloguing projects with partners including Getty Research Institute, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Archivio di Stato di Torino, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, European Commission cultural programs, Horizon 2020, and international conservation consortia linked to ICCROM. The gallery contributes to provenance research, technical studies employing X-ray fluorescence, infrared reflectography, and digital imaging collaborations with Google Arts & Culture and academic labs at University College London.
Located in south-central Turin within the Lingotto (Turin) complex, the gallery is accessible via Turin Porta Nuova railway station, Porta Susa railway station, Turin Metro, and local tram lines connecting to Corso Francia and Via Po. Nearby cultural sites include Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Palazzina di Stupinigi, Reggia di Venaria, Museo Egizio, and Museo dell'Automobile. Visitor services coordinate timed entry, educational tours, catalog sales, and membership through Fondazione Agnelli and Fondazione Torino Musei. The site participates in city-wide initiatives such as Settimana della Cultura, Notte dei Musei, and collaborates with travel partners including ENIT and regional tourism boards of Piedmont.
Category:Museums in Turin Category:Art museums and galleries in Italy