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Casa Museo<\/h1>\n

Giorgio de Chirico\u2019s House Museum is situated at n\u00b0 31 Piazza di Spagna, Rome, where he settled at the age of 60 after having lived in various European cities and a period spent in New York (1936-1938). The artist lived and worked the last 30 years of his life in the three-floor apartment-studio now open to the public.<\/p>\n

The Giorgio de Chirico house-museum is open to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays\u00a0and the last Sunday of the month.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The House Museum will be closed on Monday 1 June and Tuesday 2 June, in addition to its usual Wednesday closure<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Piazza di Spagna 31<\/a>, 00187 Roma
tel: + 39 06 679 6546
Metro A – Piazza di Spagna<\/p>\n

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Full priceYou can book your visit at any time on our website:\u00a0<\/span>prenotazioni.fondazionedechirico.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Guided tours:
<\/strong>Monday, Thursday, and Friday at: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:15 p.m.
Tuesday at: 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
Saturday at: 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
Last Sunday of the month at: 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Ticket prices:<\/strong>
Full price:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u20ac 8,00
Reduced price:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>sunder 18 years old, over 65 years old: \u20ac 5,00
Free:<\/em><\/strong> under 12 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tickets must be paid for at the House Museum on the day of the visit. You will receive your ticket by email, which you must present at the entrance to the House Museum either on your device or in printed form.<\/p>\n

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A maximum of 15 people are allowed per tour slot. If the number of participants exceeds the permitted limit, please send an email to \u00a0<\/span>prenotazione@fondazionedechirico.org<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey say that Rome is at the centre of the world and that Piazza di Spagna is in the centre of Rome, therefore, my wife and I, would indeed be living in the centre of the centre of the world, which would be the apex of centrality, and the apogee of anti-eccentricity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Giorgio de Chirico The Memoirs of Giorgio de Chirico<\/em><\/p>\n

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The apartment-studio is composed of the artist\u2019s living quarters, his atelier and a wide terrace on the third floor of Palazzetto dei Borgognoni in the centre of Rome. De Chirico lived the last 30 years of his life here with his second wife Isabella Pakzswer Far, who continued to live in the apartment until her death in 1990.<\/p>\n

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Having arrived in Rome in 1944 after extensive periods spent in various European cities and a period in New York, de Chirico settled in the apartment in Piazza di Spagna in 1948 at 60 years of age. Enjoying fascinating views of Trinit\u00e0 dei Monti and Villa Medici, the residence is \u201cstrategically\u201d situated at the heart of what has been considered the city\u2019s cultural and artistic centre since the 17th \u00a0century. The area is home to numerous artist studios and galleries located in Via Margutta and Via del Babuino, as well as Via Condotti\u2019s historic Caff\u00e8 Greco. At this time in his life, the area represented an ideal place for de Chirico to settle and continue with his work.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Isabella Pakszwer Far\u2019s legacy, the de Chirico House-museum is currently accessible to the public. Inaugurated on 20 November 1998 on the 20th anniversary of the artist\u2019s death, the House Museum provides a unique and intimate look into de Chirico\u2019s everyday life as well as an opportunity to enjoy a close-up view of the original imagery of his artwork, in a surprising and evocative weaving of art and life.<\/p>\n

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The apartment\u2019s rooms and 1950-style furnishings were restored following a rigorous study of old photographs and historical anecdotes. The luxurious rooms on the main first floor provide a Rubenesque vision of grand 17th \u00a0century style salons with red damask curtains, ornate gold frames, wooden cherub sculptures, marble tables, silverware and Louis XVI-style armchairs. Conceived as a magnificent \u201cliving gallery\u201d, this area of the apartment was once a lively, vibrant place of gatherings and receptions. The artist\u2019s paintings and sculptures are exhibited with the aim of introducing the visitor to the diverse subject matter and themes of his art. The visit begins in the main entrance and living room with a selection of paintings from the 1940s and 1950s, including a number of splendid Great Master copies, portraits of his wife Isabella and self-portraits. One then passes through to the dining room with a selection of still-lifes before entering the extended wing of the apartment (added in the late 1960s) with works executed during the last ten years of the artist\u2019s life, a period commonly known as Neometaphysical Art. Throughout the rooms, gold and silver patinated bronze, gold or silver sculptures convey the artist\u2019s reinterpretation of classic mythical tales borne from his own personal mythology.<\/p>\n

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Climbing the stairs to the second floor, one gains access to the private area of de Chirico\u2019s home with the bedrooms and his atelier. The latter, restored as faithfully as possible to how it was when de Chirico worked in it, is without doubt the most evocative room of the entire apartment. Light filters down from a wide opening in the ceiling onto numerous tools of his trade \u2013 paintbrushes, tubes of paint, frames, as well as the palette used by the artist \u2013 are left as if work was about to recommence. A number of plaster casts of classical busts, gladiators and horses sit on top of the artist\u2019s personal reference library which contains precious monographs on Watteau, Courbet, Delacroix and Rubens, among others.<\/p>\n

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A wide terrace o the third floor (with limited access to the public), is the place where de Chirico loved to pause during the day to admire spectacular views of Rome and nature. What once was the apartment\u2019s kitchen now hosts the Foundation\u2019s office and library, with numerous volumes of the artist\u2019s written work, as well as solo and group exhibition catalogues.<\/p>\n

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