{"id":2925,"date":"2019-06-20T10:01:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/?page_id=2925"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:21:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h1>About us<\/h1><p>The Foundation was instituted in 1986 by the artist&#8217;s widow Isabella Pakszwer Far and by Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, curator of the <em>Giorgio de Chirico Catalogue of Works<\/em> (1971-1987) with the aim of safeguarding and promoting Giorgio de Chirico&#8217;s art and intellectual work. After Isabella&#8217;s demise in November 1990, the Foundation inherited the painter&#8217;s apartment and the greater part of his artistic patrimony. The Foundation was recognized as a legal entity in 1993. The Giorgio de Chirico House Museum was opened to the public in 1998 after a careful restauration.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><strong>President<\/strong><br \/>\nPaolo Picozza<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Council<br \/>\n<\/strong>Simonetta Antellini<br \/>\nFabio Benzi<br \/>\nWillard Bohn<br \/>\nLorenzo Canova<br \/>\nJean Clair<br \/>\nAndrea Cortellessa<br \/>\nPaolo Picozza<br \/>\nElena Pontiggia<br \/>\nKatherine Robinson<br \/>\nVincenzo Trione<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Advisors<\/strong><br \/>\nPietro Rescigno<br \/>\nLucio Francario<br \/>\nGianluca Fusco<\/p>\n<p><strong>House-museum<\/strong><br \/>\nSimonetta Antellini &#8211; (Director)<br \/>\nFederica Polenta<br \/>\nCorrado Panico (custody)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catalogue of works<\/strong><br \/>\nGiorgia Chierici<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writings<\/strong><br \/>\nSabina D&#8217;Angelosante<\/p>\n<p><strong>Archive and Library<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alessia Hintz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administration, loans and exhibitions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Valentina Zucchet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical Expertise and Conservation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alessandro and Lycia Pavia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-invasive X-ray and Chemical Analysis<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stefano Ridolfi &#8211; \u201cArs Mensurae\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMetaphysical Art &#8211; The de Chirico Journals\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Paolo Picozza \u2013 Editor-in Chief<br \/>\nGiuseppe Rivetti \u2013 General Manager<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.05)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;5%|5%|5%|5%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h1>Scientific Council<\/h1>\n<p>The Foundation\u2019s Scientific Council was instituted in February 2015. In line with its statutory mission of \u201csafeguarding and promoting Giorgio de Chirico\u2019s art and intellectual work\u201d, the Council is contributing to the development of a comprehensive and well-structured program of research with the objective of furthering knowledge and making the Great Metaphysician\u2019s oeuvre more widely known. The Council is composed of qualified modern art, contemporary art and philosophy scholars, who over the years have made Giorgio de Chirico\u2019s art a focal point of their research:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simonetta Antellini<\/strong>, <em>Art Historian, degree in Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, Specialization Diploma in Medieval and Modern Art History. Director of the Giorgio de Chirico House Museum, Rome<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fabio Benzi<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Contemporary Art History, Universit\u00e0 &#8220;Gabriele d&#8217;Annunzio&#8221; di Chieti-Pescara<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Willard Bohn<\/strong>, <em>Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Illinois State University<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Lorenzo Canova<\/strong>, <em>Associated Professor of Contemporary Art History, Department of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Educational Sciences, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi del Molise<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Luciano Caramel<\/strong>, <em>Art critic and historian, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Art History, Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean Clair<\/strong>, <em>Art Historian, General Curator of Heritage and Curator of the Museums of France, Member of Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Riccardo Dottori<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paolo Picozza<\/strong>, <em>President of Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, previously Professor of Ecclesiastical Law, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Macerata, formerly lawyer for Giorgio de Chirico and for his widow Isabella Pakszwer de Chirico<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elena Pontiggia<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Contemporary Art History, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Professor of Contemporary Art History, Faculty of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Katherine Robinson<\/strong>,<em> graduate in Painting, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Scientific Coordinator of the periodical<\/em> \u201cMetaphysical Art &#8211; The de Chirico Journals\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vincenzo Trione<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Art and Media, Universit\u00e0 IULM, Milan and Department Head of Art and Tourism<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><h1>About us<\/h1><p>The Foundation was instituted in 1986 by the artist&#8217;s widow Isabella Pakszwer Far and by Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, curator of the <em>Giorgio de Chirico Catalogue of Works<\/em> (1971-1987) with the aim of safeguarding and promoting Giorgio de Chirico&#8217;s art and intellectual work. After Isabella&#8217;s demise in November 1990, the Foundation inherited the painter&#8217;s apartment and the greater part of his artistic patrimony. The Foundation was recognized as a legal entity in 1993. The Giorgio de Chirico House Museum was opened to the public in 1998 after a careful restauration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>President<\/strong><br \/>\nPaolo Picozza<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Council<br \/>\n<\/strong>Simonetta Antellini<br \/>\nFabio Benzi<br \/>\nWillard Bohn<br \/>\nLorenzo Canova<br \/>\nJean Clair<br \/>\nAndrea Cortellessa<br \/>\nPaolo Picozza<br \/>\nElena Pontiggia<br \/>\nKatherine Robinson<br \/>\nVincenzo Trione<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Advisors<\/strong><br \/>\nPietro Rescigno<br \/>\nLucio Francario<br \/>\nGianluca Fusco<\/p>\n<p><strong>House-museum<\/strong><br \/>\nSimonetta Antellini &#8211; (Director)<br \/>\nFederica Polenta<br \/>\nCorrado Panico (custody)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catalogue of works<\/strong><br \/>\nGiorgia Chierici<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writings<\/strong><br \/>\nSabina D&#8217;Angelosante<\/p>\n<p><strong>Archive and Library<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alessia Hintz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administration, loans and exhibitions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Valentina Zucchet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical Expertise and Conservation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alessandro and Lycia Pavia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-invasive X-ray and Chemical Analysis<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stefano Ridolfi &#8211; \u201cArs Mensurae\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMetaphysical Art &#8211; The de Chirico Journals\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Paolo Picozza \u2013 Editor-in Chief<br \/>\nGiuseppe Rivetti \u2013 General Manager<\/p>\n<h1>Scientific Council<\/h1>\n<p>The Foundation\u2019s Scientific Council was instituted in February 2015. In line with its statutory mission of \u201csafeguarding and promoting Giorgio de Chirico\u2019s art and intellectual work\u201d, the Council is contributing to the development of a comprehensive and well-structured program of research with the objective of furthering knowledge and making the Great Metaphysician\u2019s oeuvre more widely known. The Council is composed of qualified modern art, contemporary art and philosophy scholars, who over the years have made Giorgio de Chirico\u2019s art a focal point of their research:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simonetta Antellini<\/strong>, <em>Art Historian, degree in Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, Specialization Diploma in Medieval and Modern Art History. Director of the Giorgio de Chirico House Museum, Rome<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fabio Benzi<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Contemporary Art History, Universit\u00e0 &#8220;Gabriele d&#8217;Annunzio&#8221; di Chieti-Pescara<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Willard Bohn<\/strong>, <em>Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Illinois State University<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Lorenzo Canova<\/strong>, <em>Associated Professor of Contemporary Art History, Department of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Educational Sciences, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi del Molise<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Luciano Caramel<\/strong>, <em>Art critic and historian, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Art History, Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean Clair<\/strong>, <em>Art Historian, General Curator of Heritage and Curator of the Museums of France, Member of Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Riccardo Dottori<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paolo Picozza<\/strong>, <em>President of Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, previously Professor of Ecclesiastical Law, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Macerata, formerly lawyer for Giorgio de Chirico and for his widow Isabella Pakszwer de Chirico<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elena Pontiggia<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Contemporary Art History, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Professor of Contemporary Art History, Faculty of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Katherine Robinson<\/strong>,<em> graduate in Painting, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Scientific Coordinator of the periodical<\/em> \u201cMetaphysical Art &#8211; The de Chirico Journals\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vincenzo Trione<\/strong>, <em>Professor of Art and Media, Universit\u00e0 IULM, Milan and Department Head of Art and Tourism<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2925","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2925"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7584,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2925\/revisions\/7584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionedechirico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}