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The Palazzo Cini Gallery, the extraordinary museum house that was once Vittorio Cini’s home and now contains the masterpieces from his personal collection, will reopen to the public – this year again in collaboration with Assicurazioni Generali – on 25 April 2015 with a number of new attractions for visitors. Some additional works of art and furnishings will further enhance the itinerary, while the recently refurbished second floor will host a series of temporary exhibitions, starting with a focus on contemporary art in the form of a solo show by Ettore Spalletti, developed in cooperation with ASLC Progetti per l’arte – Verona. This year’s cultural activities programme also includes the return of A Guest at the Palace and Art Conversations, aimed to keep the Gallery lively until the season ends on 15 November 2015.

The Palazzo Cini Gallery is a treasury of masterpieces with around thirty Tuscan Renaissance paintings, donated by Yana Cini to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in 1984 together with the part of the palazzo containing them, and the Ferrarese Renaissance paintings presented in 1989 by Ylda Cini Guglielmi di Vulci. Now the Gallery will reopen in April with significant new paintings and furnishings, previously in the extraordinary collection put together by the Vittorio Cini. They will further enhance the itinerary of the permanent collection on the first floor thanks to the generosity of the Guglielmi di Vulci family.

One of the important new features of the Palazzo Cini reopening is the use of the recently renovated second floor to host a programme of temporary exhibitions. Conceived mainly as a means of showcasing the extraordinary material held in the Institute of Art History’s collections and archives on the island of San Giorgio, this space will be opened to coincide with the Venice Biennale with a focus on contemporary art: an exhibition of works by Ettore Spalletti created especially for the Palazzo Cini. The artist will get the feel of the venue, observe the variations in light and study the space in order to establish an ideal continuity with the past, when the great collector Vittorio Cini lived in the same rooms.

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