Land of Art - Regione Piemonte

© Marco Saroldi - Fondazione Torino Musei
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www.turismotorino.org
Turin
and the metropolitan area
The ancient capital looks to the future
GPs Turin
Lat. 45°04'23"N
Long. 7°40'51"E
TURIN
† Turin, GAM,
Penone, In Limine
The city of Turin is the perfect melting pot of modern and
contemporary art, in its multiple expressions and endless opportunities
for renewal and contamination. Our aim is to
guide you through the best the city can offer in this sense.
museums
Gam
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Turin - via Magenta, 31 - Ph. +39 011 4429518
Info: open Tuesdays to Sundays, 10.00 - 18.00
(the ticket office closes at 17.00).
www.gamtorino.it
GAM – Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art – is
one of Italy’s oldest and most important modern and contemporary
art museums. Indeed, Turin was the first Italian city
to promote a public collection of modern art, in 1863, as part of
its Civic Museum. Today its collections consist in over 45,000
works, including paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs,
besides a rich collection of drawings and engravings
and one of the most important European collections of art films
and videos. The museum holds important works by major 19th and 20th century Italian and international artists, followers of the
Arte Povera movement and of the new avant-garde of the second
post-war period. These include works by Merz, Paolini, Boetti,
Anselmo, Zorio, Penone and Pistoletto.
GAM is surrounded by a pleasant sculpture garden with items
by Melotti, Mainolfi, Cordero, Paolini and Penone. At night, a
blue neon inscription reading “All Art Has Been Contemporary”,
an installation by Maurizio Nannucci, shines out from the roof.