The Cassero per la scultura italiana dell’Ottocento e del Novecento - Museo Civico di Montevarchi (Arezzo) is organizing, in collaboration with the Centro Cagianelli per il ’900, a study day dedicated to Gipsoteche and Musei d’artista in Toscana. The initiative will take place on November 19, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Palazzo del Podestà in Montevarchi. The event’s scientific committee, composed of Alfonso Panzetta, Diego Esposito, Federica Tiripelli and Francesca Cagianelli, has selected twelve realities among Gipsoteche and Musei d’artista, with the aim of outlining a broad picture of Tuscan institutions capable of documenting the activity of artists between the 19th and 20th centuries. The structures identified have different legal statuses and management methods, but they share the function of preserving a significant plastic and documentary heritage, whose value has grown in recent years thanks to the attention of new generations of scholars.
The study day will feature talks by the directors and curators of the Gipsoteche and Museums, who will explain the artists represented in the collections, the conservation methods and the enhancement strategies adopted. The event is part of a broader debate on the protection and promotion of Tuscany’s artistic heritage, with a focus on 19th- and 20th-century sculpture. The initiative is made possible with the contribution of the Banca del Valdarno Credito Cooperativo and is supported by the partnership of the Valdarno Museum System, the National Association of Houses of Memory and the Friends of Il Cassero Association for 19th- and 20th-century Italian Sculpture. It has received the patronage of ICOM Italy, the Department of History, Archaeology, Geography, Art and Performing Arts of the University of Florence and the Department of Historical Sciences and Cultural Heritage of the University of Siena.
The day will open at 9 a.m. with registration of participants, followed by institutional greetings from Silvia Chiassai Martini, mayor of Montevarchi; Federica Tiripelli, director of Il Cassero; Francesca Cagianelli, president of the Centro Cagianelli per il ’900; Maurizio Martinelli, head of promotion and enhancement of the regional museum system of the Region of Tuscany; Michele Lanzinger, president of ICOM Italia; and Adriano Rigoli and Marco Capaccioli, president and vice president of the National Association of Houses of Memory. Moderation will be provided by Alfonso Panzetta, professor of contemporary art history and coordinator of the School of Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.
After the greetings, the morning will continue with a series of talks dedicated to individual Gipsoteche and Musei. Speakers include Giulia Coco and Eleonora Pucci, from the Gipsoteca of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, who will present the path from artistic design to museum conservation; Michelina Simona Eremita and Patrizio Fracassi, from the Musei e Collezioni Civiche in Siena; and Susanna Ragionieri, scientific director of the Rinaldo Carnielo Museum, who will illustrate the prospects for the revival of the Carnielo Gallery with an educational and civic approach. After a brief intermission, the talks will resume with Claudia Massi, head of the Pescia Museums; Claudio Pizzorusso, consultant to the Libero Andreotti Museum; Marina Porri, curator of the collections of the Royal Palace of Pisa; and Diego Esposito, delegate of the Municipality of Forio d’Ischia for the restoration of the Giovanni Maltese House Museum. The talks will focus on aspects of conservation, research and enhancement of the plastic and documentary heritages of each institution.
After lunch, moderated by Diego Esposito, the afternoon session will feature talks by Francesca Cagianelli on Enrico Cagianelli’s museum project for national identity; Federica Tiripelli on the Gipsoteca Michelangelo MontipressoIl Cassero; Vittorio Guidi on the Ugo Guidi House Museum in Forte dei Marmi; Lucia Minunno on the House-Studio of Quinto Martini; Lucia Fiaschi on the Venturino Venturi House-Museum in Loro Ciuffenna; and Chiara Celli on the “Pierluigi Gherardi” Museum of Sketches and the International Park of Contemporary Sculpture in Pietrasanta. The day will conclude at 5 p.m. with a final session to summarize and reflect on the topics addressed, offering participants a comprehensive overview of the strategies adopted by museums to conserve and enhance their artistic heritages.
To register for the initiative, you can fill out the form available online at https://forms.gle/tJffEzAbx6bfqcq4A. The full program can be found on the website of the Cassero per la scultura italiana dell’Ottocento e del Novecento(https://ilcasseroperlascultura.it/documenti/), while further information can be requested at 0559108274 or email info@ilcasseroperlascultura.it.
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