Published on the occasion of the travelling exhibition promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the catalogue documents a selection of some of the most important artworks in the Farnesina Collection, especially chosen by Achille Bonito Oliva.
Established in 2001, the Farnesina Collection includes over 1200 artworks of the highest value, which testify to the great Italian artistic heritage, from the 20th century up to the contemporary: a collection that is made up of the most current forms of artistic expression, proving to be a grand international showcase for contemporary Italian art.

Artists: Carla Accardi, Afro, Getulio Alviani, Matteo Basilé, Vanessa Beecroft, Elena Bellantoni, Domenico Bianchi, Umberto Boccioni, Alighiero Boetti, Agostino Bonalumi, Danilo Bucchi, Alberto Burri, Loris Cecchini, Mario Ceroli, Sandro Chia, Sarah Ciracì, Francesco Clemente, Pietro Consagra, Enzo Cucchi, Sabrina D’Alessandro, Gino de Dominicis, Nicola De Maria, Fortunato Depero, Gianni Dessì, Irene Dionisio, Tano Festa, Giuseppe Gallo, Alberto Garutti, Mimmo Jodice, Jannis Kounellis, Felice Levini, Sergio Lombardo, Piero Manzoni, Marino Marini, Arturo Martini, Fabio Mauri, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Mirko, Maurizio Mochetti, Liliana Moro, Nunzio, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino, Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali, Luca Maria Patella, Achille Perilli, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Alfredo Pirri, Vettor Pisani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Fabrizio Plessi, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Daniele Puppi, Mimmo Rotella, Pietro Ruffo, Alberto Savinio, Mario Schifano, Marco Tirelli, Grazia Toderi, Grazia Varisco, Gilberto Zorio.

Contents

Great Italian Works of Art
Achille Bonito Oliva

Interview with Umberto Vattani
Paola Damiani

The Italian Laboratory Protagonists and Thought: The Fifties and the Birth of the Sixties, from Matter to Image
Luca Massimo Barbero

From the Tongue to Language. Art as a Form of Diplomacy
Valentino Catricalà

Temporary Museum on Tour
Cristiana Collu

Abstraction in Italian Art since the Post-War Period
Angela Tecce

N.B. nota bene
Paola Marino

Artists

The Farnesina Collection in Numbers

Editorial Projects