The space

The Itinerary of the Permanent Collection

As currently displayed, the works of the permanent collection are displayed through forty-three rooms on the building’s two upper floors, and are flexibly ordered in the light of various criteria. At times the order is chronological, and at others it is determined by the traits in common that the works are understood to hold within their respective movements, or by questions of nationality, resulting finally in a multi-layered reading of Western art since the Second World War. The works presented on the first floor consist of Italian and European paintings and sculptures from the late Fifties to the late Eighties; the second floor is dedicated to European and American works from the early Eighties to the early 2000s.

As currently displayed, the works of the permanent collection are displayed through forty-three rooms on the building’s two upper floors, and are flexibly ordered in the light of various criteria. At times the order is chronological, and at others it is determined by the traits in common that the works are understood to hold within their respective movements, or by questions of nationality, resulting finally in a multi-layered reading of Western art since the Second World War. The works presented on the first floor consist of Italian and European paintings and sculptures from the late Fifties to the late Eighties; the second floor is dedicated to European and American works from the early Eighties to the early 2000s.

In each of the two floors an open space displays installations and sculptures from the early Seventies to the present day.

Two pieces are assigned a special place: the installation Caspar David Friedrich by Claudio Parmiggiani housed in the vertical shaft linking the two floors of the building, and the sound installation by Vito Acconci, Due o tre strutture che s’aggancino a una stanza per sostenere un boomerang politico, for which the space were it was originally displayed in 1978 has been completely rebuilt.