Arte Italiana Contemporanea

The Farnesina Collection was established in 2000 not only to embellish Palazzo della Farnesina, but also to play an important role in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s cultural promotion policy: it represents a unique and major collection of contemporary art in a public institution. In fact the collection has gone from strength to strength thanks to the special bond that has gradually developed between the Ministry and the artists and their heirs as well as the art institutions, galleries and foundations that have lent their works free of charge and thereby help to enhance many of the most important trends in contemporary Italian art.