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Castello Di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art Turin

Castle in Rivoly, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

Castle of Rivoli

Castello di Rivoli
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The castle's unfinished façade
General information
Boondocks or urban center Rivoli

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria (i)(two)(iv)(5)
Reference 823bis
Inscription 1997 (21st Session)

Remains of the connection betwixt Juvarra's section and the Manica Lunga.

The Castle of Rivoli is a erstwhile Residence of the Regal House of Savoy in Rivoli (Metropolitan City of Turin, Italian republic). It is currently home to the Castello di Rivoli – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the museum of contemporary art of Turin.

History [edit]

The castle was probably built in the 9th–10th centuries. Its existence is mentioned for the kickoff time in 1159, in a diploma past Emperor Frederick Barbarossa that ceded the Rivolese territories to the bishops of Turin.

The House of Savoy caused Rivoli in the 11th century. Soon afterward, a feud began with the bishops, which in 1184 resulted in damage to the castle. In 1273 King Edward I of England visited, en route from Crusade to England, he was met by the Count of Savoy'due south messengers before travelling on to Susa and the Mont Cenis on the way to visit Count Philip I at Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche. In 1330 Amadeus VI of Savoy allowed the Consiglio dei Principi, senior administrative council of the countryside to occupy it. The castle was the commencement place of public veneration of the Shroud of Turin.

The castle then experienced a menstruum of turn down. In 1559, the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis forbade the Duke Emmanuel Philibert from residing in Turin until he had a male kid. He therefore resided in the Castle of Rivoli, having information technology restored by architect Ascanio Vitozzi. In 1562 heir Charles Emmanuel I was born, and he returned to Turin. Works on Vitozzi's designs were brought on until 1644 under Carlo and Amedeo di Castellamonte, with the construction of the and so-called Manica Lunga, intended to house the Savoy Gallery, the sole 17th-century part of the building still visible today. Numerous works of fine art were however stolen by French troops in the following years. New works began afterwards 1706.

19th century onwards [edit]

Victor Amadeus Two commissioned a new façade from Filippo Juvarra, which as well went unfinished. Later on his abdication and failed endeavor to regain ability from his son Charles Emmanuel 3, Victor Amadeus lived here as a prisoner with his morganatic spouse the Marchesa di Spigno. Later his expiry, the castle remained generally abandoned, until in 1863, when the comune of Rivoli turned it into billet. Twenty years after a section was used as library.

The edifice was heavily damaged during World War Ii, and remained in a substantial country of carelessness until 1979, when new works of restoration were begun. In 1984 the castle was reopened as the home of the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the first contemporary fine art museum in Italy.[1] In 2000, the castle also became home to a Michelin-starred restaurant when chef Davide Scabin moved his restaurant Combal in that location renaming it Combal.Zero.[two] [iii]

Renovation projects [edit]

The showtime post-WW2 renovation works were carried out nether the Turin architect Andrea Bruno. Unfortunately, the initiative was not completed, bachelor funding being enough merely repair of structural damage. In 1967, Bruno proceeded to interruption down the decomposable parts of the atrium, congenital at the start of 900.[iv]

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea [edit]

Established in 1984, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea is the first museum devoted to contemporary art in Italy. Today, it is 1 of the leading contemporary art museums internationally, renown not simply for the quality of its exhibitions featuring world-form artists from all generations, countries, and cultural backgrounds, merely also for its research activities contributing to art historical scholarship.[5] Information technology includes the post-obit departments: Curatorial; Education; Research Institute; Library; Athenaeum.

Its audition is both local and international. In addition to collecting and exhibiting artworks, the Museum is a hub for creativity, inquiry and learning, primarily in the field of contemporary art, too contributing to the social evolution of its surrounding region. Conserving and displaying works of art is a fundamental mission of Castello di Rivoli, together with activities which take place both in its physical spaces and online.The Museum hosts theatre performances, concerts, film and video festivals every bit well as seminars and conferences both on- and offsite. It also programs interdisciplinary symposia and roundtables. Its high-quality publications are of long-lasting historical and scholarly importance.

Exhibitions [edit]

Since its launch, Castello di Rivoli has presented an ongoing programme within its Baroque compages and offsite, including solo shows, special commissions also as group exhibitions featuring important Italian and International gimmicky artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, such every bit: aaajiao, Carla Accardi, Franz Ackermann, Francis Alÿs, Carl Andre, Karel Appel, Stefano Arienti, Ed Atkins, Yuri Ancarani, Giovanni Anselmo, Francis Bacon, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Anna Boghiguian, Candice Breitz, Sophie Calle, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Janet Cardiff, Maurizio Cattelan, Gianni Colombo, Claudia Comte, Anton Corbijn, Enzo Cucchi, Merce Cunningham, Roberto Cuoghi, Thomas Need, Raymond Depardon, January Dibbets, Patrizio Di Massimo, Marlene Dumas, Olafur Eliasson, Max Ernst, Bruna Esposito, Luciano Fabro, Lara Favaretto, Teresita Fernández, Lucio Fontana, Yang Fudong, Anna Gaskell, Frank O. Gehry, Mario Giacomelli, Alberto Giacometti, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Keith Haring, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Roni Horn, Pierre Huyghe, Anne Imhof, Arata Isozaki, Francesco Jodice, Joan Jonas, On Kawara, William Kentridge, Martin Kippenberger, Per Kirkeby, Franz Kline, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, James Lee Byars, Nalini Malani, Piero Manzoni, John McCracken, Ana Mendieta, Bertrand Lavier, Renato Leotta, Richard Long, Mario Merz, Joan Mirò, Carlo Mollino, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Max Neuhaus, Pedro Neves Marques, Helmut Newton, Claes Oldenburg, Uriel Orlow, Giulio Paolini, Philippe Parreno, Giuseppe Penone, Elizabeth Peyton, Paola Pivi, Arnulf Rainer, Michael Rakowitz, Robin Rhode, James Richards, Thomas Ruff, Anri Sala, Doris Salcedo, David Salle, Thomas Schütte, Marinella Senatore, Wael Shawky, Cally Spooner, Hannah Starkey, Haim Steinbach, Hito Steyerl, Keiichi Tahara, Alessandra Tesi, Armando Testa, Wolfgang Tillmans, Grazia Toderi, Coosje van Bruggen, Paloma Varga Weisz, Emilio Vedova, January Vercruysse, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Andro Wekua, Joel-Peter Witkin, Gilberto Zorio, amid others.[6]

Permanent Drove [edit]

The Permanent Drove documents crucial moments in the development of contemporary art in Italy and away, from the mid-1960s to the latest currents. It sits at the heart of the Museum activities and includes large permanent installations produced specially for the rooms of the historic Purple Residence. It comprises some of the well-nigh meaning Arte Povera works past artists such every bit Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto; seminal pieces past contemporary Italian artists such as Maurizio Cattelan;[vii] as well as of import works from the Transavanguardia, Land Art, and artworks reflecting the latest contemporary international expressions.

In 2021, the Arte Povera sculptor Giuseppe Penone donated more than 200 works on paper to the Castello di Rivoli – including autographed work notes, handwritten reflections, design sketches, architectural renderings and photographs linked to major pieces – also every bit a version of Svolgere la propria pelle – finestra ("To Unravel 1'southward Skin – Window", 1970-2019) originally presented at the Fridericianum in Kassel in 1972.[8]

Cerruti Collection [edit]

In 2017, Castello di Rivoli announced the acquisition of the Cerruti art collection, estimated to be valued at $570 million. Among the works nerveless by Federico Cerruti are paintings by Francis Salary, Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir, Wassily Kandinsky, and Andy Warhol.[9]

Furthermore, Villa Cerruti plays an important role within the complex of the Castle of Rivoli thanks also to its "light-green" chemical element. As far equally the Castle itself is concerned, but a small part of the aboriginal existing garden is still nowadays, namely the ninfeo. This is an artificial cave constructed at the end of the Xvi century on the hillside, lined with bricks, supplied by an undercover water cistern and covered with spontaneous vegetation. [x] Through an accurate restoration, this site is nowadays open to visitors who are entertained by water games and music. In improver to this small green area, Villa Cerruti intervenes with its peculiar and rather significant garden. In fact, information technology presents a identify for monastic meditation, an agronomical surface area with a henhouse and a vegetable garden, a play area with a bowling alley, a panoramic view on the Alps and the wood. The most intimate place of the entire property can be plant in the wood and it consists of a dog cemetery, in which Cerruti used to coffin his pets. [11] The ninfeo together with the garden of Villa Cerruti provide the Castle of Rivoli with a green lumb.

Library [edit]

Castello di Rivoli's library is open up to the public since 1999 and specialises in 20th and 21st-century art and theory, with a focus on artists featured in the Museum's collections. It includes nearly 44,000 books and periodicals divided into the following categories: contemporary art, photography, architecture, design and advert from 1960 to the present mean solar day. It too houses an attainable video library with over 900 videos. Since 2009, the Castello di Rivoli Library is part of the Cobis Coordinamento delle Biblioteche Speciali due east Specialistiche di Torino, a local network of specialist libraries.[12]

Directors and Board [edit]

Chairmen

  • Giovanni Ferrero (1984–1987)
  • Antonio Maria Marocco (1987–1988)
  • Marco Rivetti (1988–1994)
  • Clara Palmas (1994–1999)
  • Cesare Annibaldi (1999–2009)
  • Giovanni Minoli (2009–2015)
  • Daniela Formento (2015–2017)
  • Alberto Tazzetti (2017–2019)
  • Fiorenzo Alfieri (2019–2020)
  • Francesca Lavazza (2021-present)


Directors

  • Rudi Fuchs and Johannes Gachnang (1984–1991)
  • Ida Giannelli (1991–2008)[13]
  • Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (2009)
  • Andrea Bellini and Beatrice Merz (2010–2014)
  • Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (2015–nowadays)[14]


Current Lath of Directors

  • Gianluca Ferrero (Vice-President and Member)
  • Maria Sabrina Fichera (Fellow member)
  • Marco Chiriotti (Lath Secretary)
  • Alessandro Cian (Board Secretary)
  • Elvira Pozzo (Board of Auditors)
  • Laura Schiavone (Board of Auditors)
  • Luigi Scalise (Lath of Auditors substitute)


Current Advisory Committee

  • Lara Favaretto
  • Peter Galison
  • Joan Jonas
  • William Kentridge
  • Chus Martinez
  • Giuseppe Penone

Pop culture [edit]

The palace is the setting for the play King Victor and King Charles by Robert Browning.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Our Mission". Castello di Rivoli (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-01-21 .
  2. ^ Bruni, Frank. "Cucina dell'Arte: High-Stop Dining in Italy". The New York Times . Retrieved i September 2015.
  3. ^ "Combal Cipher". www.andyhayler.com . Retrieved 2019-01-21 .
  4. ^ "Renovation". castellodirivoli.org . Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Riapre il Castello di Rivoli, uno dei più importanti musei di contemporaneo in Italy per uno Irksome Museum". ArtsLife (in Italian). 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-08-31 .
  6. ^ "Archivi Mostre". Castello di Rivoli (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-05 .
  7. ^ "A Torino l'evoluzione dell'arte da Pistoletto a Viola". world wide web.turismo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-31 .
  8. ^ "Arte Povera sculptor Giuseppe Penone donates more than 200 works on paper to Castello di Rivoli". www.theartnewspaper.com . Retrieved 2021-02-05 .
  9. ^ "Castello di Rivoli Acquires the Legendary $570m Cerruti Fine art Collection". artnet News. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2020-08-31 .
  10. ^ Affenita, Giacomo (1990). Residenze e Collezioni Reali. Torino: Editurist. pp. 125–133.
  11. ^ Christov-Bakargiev, Accornero, Cafagna, Rigolo (2019). La Collezione Cerruti. Torino: Allemandi. pp. 77–81. {{cite volume}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Biblioteche – CoBiS" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-05 .
  13. ^ "Ida Gianelli Biografia". www.zam.it . Retrieved 2021-02-05 .
  14. ^ "Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev appointed manager of Castello di Rivoli and GAM". artreview.com . Retrieved 2020-08-31 .

External links [edit]

  • Official website (in English and Italian)

Coordinates: 45°04′12″N 7°30′37″E  /  45.070028°N 7.51025°E  / 45.070028; 7.51025

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