Just a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, on the Lungarno Serristori in Florence, the new exhibition spaceof the Collezione CasamontiAssociation for Art and Culture—housed within Palazzo San Giorgio—will open to the public on Monday, September 28, 2026. The move to this historic building marks a new phase in the cultural project conceived by gallery owner Roberto Casamonti and, for the first time, allows the collection to be presented in its entirety through a single exhibition itinerary dedicated to Italian and international art from the 19th century to the present day.
The collection, which opened in 2018 on the main floor of Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni in Piazza Santa Trinita, had previously been organized into two rotating exhibition sections. With the new installation at Palazzo San Giorgio, the exhibition has been reorganized into a unified itinerary designed to establish connections between works, movements, and different artistic languages.
Palazzo San Giorgio, a 19th-century building historically linked to the nearby Palazzo Serristori, has been restored and repurposed according to a design by the firm Archea Associati to house the new exhibition. The renovation created spaces intended to enhance the relationship between the works and the visitor’s journey.
The Casamonti Collection now comprises approximately 250 works by leading figures in Italian and international art, distributed across 28 rooms spread over two levels of the building. The exhibition itinerary spans different generations and artistic approaches, alternating between historical sections, comparisons between artists, and in-depth explorations of the major movements of the 20th century and the contemporary era. The exhibition design highlights connections, influences, and continuities between Italian and international artistic traditions, without overlooking differences and contrasts.
The collection has grown over the years thanks to the efforts of Roberto Casamonti, developed through his work at the Tornabuoni Arte galleries, and the relationships he has built with artists, critics, and cultural institutions. The exhibition begins with Italian painting from the 19th and 20th centuries and the historical avant-garde movements—including Futurism, Metaphysical Painting, Cubism, and Abstract Art—and continues with artistic movements from the second half of the 20th century: Informal Art, Spatialism, Arte Povera, Nouveau Réalisme, Pop Art, Graffiti Art, Transavantgarde, Video Art, and Performance Art.
Among the featured artists are, among others, Giovanni Boldini, Giacomo Balla, Giorgio de Chirico, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Piero Manzoni, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Bill Viola, Marina Abramović, Anselm Kiefer, Anish Kapoor, and Maurizio Cattelan.
The project stems from Roberto Casamonti’s desire to make a collection built up over more than fifty years of activity accessible to the public and to consolidate the collection’s role within the landscape of Italian private institutions dedicated to contemporary art. The new venue will also host cultural outreach and educational activities, as well as talks and in-depth sessions for visitors, with the aim of broadening public engagement.
“The opening of Palazzo San Giorgio represents a moment of great significance for me,” says RobertoCasamonti. “Bringing together such a wide selection of works means sharing with the public not only extraordinary artworks, but also a personal and cultural journey that continues to evolve.”
“The new Palazzo San Giorgio venue in Florence,” emphasizes Bruno Corà, art historian and President of the Burri Foundation, “not only facilitates the display of individual works and highlights the poetic connections and linguistic references between them—thanks to larger spaces and thoughtfully designed itineraries—but also encompasses a broader repertoire of creations open to further additions and substitutions. It is a truly dynamic collection.”
“The new goal of the Casamonti Collection is to become a space for dialogue, research, and participation, increasingly open to diverse audiences to foster a direct relationship with culture and contemporary art,” notes Jonathan Paonetti, who has been entrusted with curating the exhibition.
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