The Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts Museum is located in the historic center of Spoleto inside Palazzo Collicola, which occupies the entire western side of the eponymous square. Palazzo Collicola was one of the most important noble buildings in the city, built between 1717 and 1730 by the Roman architect Sebastiano Cipriani and was the residence of the noble Collicola family. After the family became extinct, the palace was purchased by the Municipality of Spoleto in 1939. Palazzo Collicola – Visual Arts, together with the Burri Collection of Città di Castello, is the most important contemporary art museum in the region. A vibrant museum and active hub of contemporary art, it houses on the first floor the bequest of Giovanni Carandente and the works of the Spoleto Prize, while the second floor hosts temporary exhibitions. Also not to be missed is the visit to the library, bequeathed by Giovanni Carandente, which holds more than 20,000 volumes of contemporary art. The museum, inaugurated in 2000 and then rearranged in 2010, is spread across the rooms of the ground floor and the first floor of the palace. Arranged in 15 rooms on the ground floor, it consists of three main sections. On the ground floor is preserved the donation of Giovanni Carandente, which includes works by internationally renowned Italian and foreign artists. The collection features works by Alexander Calder, Henri Moore, Ettore Colla, Nino Franchina, and Pietro Consagra. Another group of works, created by artists belonging to the “informal naturalism” movement, were acquired through the Spoleto Prize (1953-1968). An additional section of the collection is formed by donations from artists and collectors and purchases by the Municipality. Among these stands out the group of works dedicated to the Spoleto sculptor Leonardo Leoncillo: it includes drawings, ceramic sculptures, and majolica pieces that arrived at the museum starting from the 1980s. On the first floor, besides visiting the Noble Apartment, there are rooms dedicated to temporary exhibitions. In the summer of 1962, Spoleto was the protagonist of a legendary event in the history of contemporary sculpture. On Giovanni Carandente’s initiative, the exhibition “Sculptures in the City” was organized, during which the streets and squares of the historic center were scattered with 104 sculptures created by 54 of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century, including Alexander Calder, author of Teodelapio, the first stable monumental sculpture by the American artist, which still stands in front of the train station.
Entrance fees Museum Carandente – Noble Floor:
Full ticket €6.00
Reduced Ticket A €4.50 (ages 15 to 25 and over 65, groups over 15 people)
Reduced Ticket B €2.50 (ages 7 to 14)
Free admission up to 6 years old and for residents of the Municipality of Spoleto and holders of the Spoleto Card
Information about Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – Carandente Museum
Piazza Collicola,
06049 Spoleto (Perugia)
0743 46434
info@palazzocollicola.it
https://www.palazzocollicola.it
Source: MIBACT
