Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

Exhibitions, events and publications
Together with institutional support for the Turin Museums Foundation and exhibition activities of
some organisations of excellence in Piedmont, some initiatives of scientific and artistic value were
promoted. In particular, the Franz Kline retrospective at Rivoli Castle or the Arts and Architecture
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Vercelli, a particular of Bernardino Lanino’s
frescos in the church of the Confraternita
Santa Caterina
Cantieri d’Arte (Art Workshops) 2004
In December the results of the Cantieri d’Arte 2004 call for
proposal were made public. The call for proposal was
aimed at the regeneration of religious heritage throughout
the territory, which in this edition widens the scope of the
intervention to Liguria in addition to Piedmont. The call for
proposal, set out in a double selection, brought about the
approval of 80 projects between the end of 2004 and the
beginning of 2005, out of a total of 264 applications for a
total amount of € 4.5 million.
The assessment took account of the design quality, the
historical-artistic merit of the asset, its cultural and social
impact on the territory, level of preservation and the
urgency for intervention. The projects and the information
relative to the proposed interventions, ordered according
to uniform adjudication criteria, created an unpublished
sample collection. It is extremely valuable for the
assessment of the state of the “minor” heritage and useful
for enriching the documentary materials already known to
scholars in the subject. The panorama of the religious
artistic heritage that emerges is of great interest;
differentiated by types, building period, style and
influences, and full of often forgotten masterpieces.