The Nicola Trussardi Foundation is a no profit institution for the promotion
of contemporary art and culture. Neither a museum nor a collection, the Trussardi
Foundation acts as an agency for the production and the diffusion of contemporary
art in a wide variety of contexts and channels.
Under the direction of president Beatrice Trussardi and with the artistic direction
of Massimiliano Gioni, in 2003 the Nicola Trussardi Foundation has decided to
concentrate its resources on the realization of contemporary art events in the
public spaces of the city of Milan. After many years of activity in the exhibition
spaces of Palazzo Marino alla Scala, the Nicola Trussardi Foundation has decided
to explore new territories and modes of presenting contemporary art, by pushing
the boundaries of the spaces traditionally devoted to today’s creativity.
The city of Milan will become the stage for the Foundation’s incursions
in the field of contemporary: the city thus function both as a source of inspiration
and a privileged site for the Foundation’s projects and activities.
Along with its exhibition program, the Foundation will also promote a series
of more agile projects (such as publications, inserts in magazines, mail projects
etc) devoted to the diffusion of contemporary art in every aspect of our daily
life.
Projects:
I LIKE THINGS Martin Creed
LONG SORROW Anri Sala
JET SET LADY Urs Fisher
MEECHFIEBER John Bock
Maurizio Cattelan
I NUOVI MOSTRI: Elisabetta Benassi, Simone Berti, Alex Cecchetti, Roberto Cuoghi, Giuseppe Gabellone, Piero Golia, Massimo Grimaldi, Margherita Manzelli, Gianni Motti, Adrian Paci, Diego Perrone, Alessandro Pessoli, Paola Pivi, Andrea Salvino, Carola Spadoni, Patrick Tuttofuoco.
IF I HAD YOU by Darren Almond
SHORT CUT by Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset
PANORAMA MILANO
CHRISTMAS CARD 2002: image by Paul McCarthy
CHRISTMAS CARD 2003: image by Verne Dawson
ADVERTISING PAGE ON ART DIARY INTERNATIONAL: image by David Shrigley
ADVERTISING PAGE ON ART DIARY ITALIA: image by Roberto Cuoghi
ADVERTISING PAGE ON ART DIARY ITALIA: image by Diego Perrone
Cover:
COVER 1: Massimo Grimaldi
COVER 2: Patrick Tuttofuoco
COVER 3: Paola Pivi
COVER 4: Alessandro Pessoli
COVER 5: Micol Assael
COVER 6: Marcello Maloberti
COVER 7: Pierpaolo Campanini
COVER 8: Gabriele Picco
COVER 9: Sara Rossi
COVER 10: Marco Boggio Sella
COVER 11: Lara Favaretto
COVER 12: Monica Bonvicini
COVER 13: Alex Cecchetti
COVER 14: Adrian Paci
COVER 15: Christian Frosi
COVER 16: ZimmerFrei
COVER 17: Elisabetta Benassi
COVER 18: Anna Galtarossa
COVER 19: Francesco Gennari
COVER 20: Riccardo Previdi
COVER 21: Diego Perrone
COVER 22: Piero Golia
COVER 23: Andrea Salvino
COVER 24: Simone Berti
COVER 25: Ra di Martino
COVER 26: Luisa Lambri
COVER 27: Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio
COVER 28: Pietro Roccasalva
COVER 29: Armin Linke
COVER 30: Stefania Galegati
How does the Foundation operate?
The decision to take contemporary art directly to the city’s streets is
a natural evolution of the earlier activities of the Foundation, and of the
Trussardi tradition, which has always sought out new possibilities for the interaction
between the Milan audience and the liveliest expressions of contemporary culture.
In keeping with this legacy, the Foundation works on the creation of temporary
events to demonstrate that art can give a new identity and international visibility
to the city, entering our everyday and public existence to enrich it with unexpected
languages and experiences.
The Foundation spreads and disperds itself in the city and beyond: in each event
and publication, in its website and on every other occasion, the Foundation
aims at creating new spaces of expression for contemporary art. Anytime the
Foundation exposes itself, it aspires to open a platform for artists. The Nicola
Trussardi Foundation is a bridge, a transmission mechanism between artists and
audiences.
How old is the Foundation?
The Nicola Trussardi Foundation was created in 1996. In the past it has been
mainly devoted to art, fashion, design and culture at large. In January 2003
the Nicola Trussardi Foundation has left its exhibition spaces in Palazzo Marino
alla Scala in order to disperse contemporary art directly in the city of Milan:
the Foundation thus becomes a laboratory for the exploration of both contemporary
art and city life.
What is the Foundation doing?
In 2003 the Nicola Trussardi Foundation has decided to change both its strategies
and its interests: the Foundation focuses all its energies and resources on
contemporary art, producing or exhibiting ambitious works by the most challenging
artists of today.
Inspired by similar experiences in London and New York (Art Angel, Public Art
Fund), the Nicola Trussardi Foundation aims at presenting contemporary art in
both historical and symbolic spaces of the city of Milan, initiating a dialogue
- or at times a confrontation - with the public. Along with the exhibition program,
the Foundation will produce books and publications, which will circulate independently
from the exhibitions, trying to offer another platform to the work of artists.
“Changing its language and its structure for each project, the Foundation
is free to work in very different situations and contexts, respecting the needs
of both artists and audiences” says artistic director Massimiliano Gioni.
“The Foundation is a flexible structure. It’s not a museum neither
a collection: it’s rather a production center for the diffusion of contemporary
art” explains president Beatrice Trussardi. “The Foundation thus
works on creating different occasions of dialogues between many institutions,
in the city and beyond: the Nicola Trussardi Foundation is a machine for exploring
contemporary art but also a new way to promote our contemporary culture”.
The collaboration with national and international institutions contributes to
make the Foundation an ideal link between different ways to approach and support
contemporary art and culture.
Board Members
Beatrice Trussardi - President
Massimiliano Gioni - Artistic Director
ADVISORY BOARD
Laura Hoptman - Curator, Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, USA
Hans Ulrich Obrist - Curator, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Jerry Saltz - Critic, The Village Voice, New York
Phillipe Vergne - Curator, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA