Acquisitions Fund by Fondazione Arte CRT

Artissima has organized an acquisition fund with the support of Fondazione Arte CRT.

To mark its 25th anniversary, for the third consecutive year Fondazione Arte CRT has increased the size of its Acquisition Fund to benefit the collections of GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna di Torino and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, reaching a total of 300,000 euros, constituting the highest budget over the last eleven years. Continuing its role of consultancy for the Foundation in the area of acquisitions, the Steering Committee of the Foundation takes part in the choice of acquisitions inside the fair, in synergy with the directors and head curators of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea and GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, selecting works that further enrich the artistic heritage of both museums, centres of excellence in Piedmont and key players to bring art to a wider and heterogeneous audience on local, national and international levels.

For twenty years Fondazione Arte CRT, the art-oriented branch of Fondazione CRT, has been a constant partner of the Artissima international fair, supporting it with concrete actions focused in particular on an extensive process of acquisitions, in the conviction that for the city of Torino it represents an extraordinary opportunity to confirm and consolidate its role on the international scene.

Over the years, also through the acquisitions made inside Artissima, the foundation has fostered a remarkable collection of works of contemporary art, which is now one of the most prestigious on a national and international level: over 950 works, ranging from painting to sculpture, video to photography, large installations to NFTs, created by about 380 artists, for an overall investment of about 42 million euros.