Partners

The city of Milan has always been committed to the organization of major events devoted to art, history and culture. Over the last 13 years the Municipality of Milan, in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo, has hosted the Christmas exhibit in the Sala Alessi at Palazzo Marino.

Located in the heart of Milan, this museum is dedicated to promoting its own collection and safeguarding its magnificent masterpieces that captivate Italian and foreign visitors alike.

Formerly a stately residence during the Renaissance, Palazzo Strozzi is now a museum where visitors can experience new ways to immerse themselves in art and culture, through a packed calendar of exhibitions, events and activities.

A hub for creativity, experimentation, education and cultural development (with a particular focus on contemporary art), this museum helps visitors to understand our era through a rich variety of art forms.

La Quadriennale di Roma is a national institution supporting Italian contemporary art with an exhibition held every four years, training initiatives, and by preserving sources of visual art from the 20th and 21st centuries.

A 2000-m2 space devoted to photography: the Italian Centre for Photography is both an exhibition space for Italian and international photography and a hub for exchanging ideas and experimentation.

The international festival dedicated to contemporary photography was born in 2011 from an idea of the Cultural Association ONTHEMOVE. The festival, in constant pursuit of original forms of visual communication, showcases the best international visual narrative productions. Every summer, the small Tuscan town of Cortona hosts events, workshops and meetings involving international professional photographers in the setting of the Etruscan village.

This museum’s history dates back to 1764 with Empress Catherine the Great and, since then, its collection of art has continued to grow, with over 3 million works and artefacts in its possession. It is no coincidence that the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg is considered one of the most important in the world.

The Moscow-based museum is home to more than 700,000 works of art – dating back to Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, all the way to the present day – but the true pièce de resistance is its astonishing collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings.

Modern Italian art in London: this small museum showcases some of the most important works by renowned Italian artists, including Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carrà, Umberto Boccioni, Giorgio de Chirico and Amedeo Modigliani.

An official office of the Italian Government, the Institute is dedicated to promoting Italian culture, from the arts to science, in the United States by organising events and providing cultural services.

One of Italy’s leading contemporary art fairs, Artissima is considered one of the world’s leading exhibitions for its exclusive, specialist focus on the contemporary art scene. Since its launch in 1994, the fair has been showcasing innovative international artists and reflecting key trends and directions in modern-day culture.

Fondazione Torino Musei cares for and manages the city of Turin’s art collections. The Foundation’s group of museums includes Palazzo Madama – Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale and GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. It is also the sole partner for Artissima, Italy’s most prominent international art fair.

La Consulta was set up in 1987 to help develop and improve access to Turin’s historical and artistic heritage. In over 30 years of operation, its member organisations and companies have invested more than 30 million euro in 90 restoration and optimisation in association with institutions and conservation bodies.

The international modern and contemporary art exhibition attracts world-renowned galleries, collectors and young art afficionados to Italy every year. An ongoing dialogue with contemporary art, it helps bring culture to the entire country.

The National Gallery is one of the greatest art galleries in the world. Founded by Parliament in 1824, the Gallery houses the nation’s collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the late 13th to the early 20th century, among which includes masterpieces by Bellini, Cézanne, Degas, Leonardo, Monet, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir, Rubens, Titian, Turner, Van Dyck, Van Gogh and Velázquez.

The Polo del ‘900 cultural centre is open to the wider public, particularly the younger generations and new citizens. Home to 22 member organisations, it provides a reference point for 20th-century historical, social, economic and cultural research while safeguarding the values of resistance, democracy and freedom.

Italy’s largest book fair brings together major publishing groups and independent imprints, the finest writers from Italy and beyond, booksellers and librarians, agents, translators, illustrators and a host of readers at a 63,000 m² exhibition space with over 1,200 events.

An institution open to all arts, readings, trainings and a contemporary place. Established in 1869 by Count Giovanni, the last descendant of the Querini Stampalia family, its museum is one of the most important and best-preserved examples of a house museum in the heart of Venice. Since 2018, the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection has been permanently open to the public with the treasures from the 16th to the 20th century that had already belonged to the collections of the Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia.