Carlo Palli: A Life in Collecting, from Prato to the World
Carlo Palli, born in Prato in 1938, is a distinguished Italian art collector whose extensive archive encompasses Fluxus, Visual Poetry, Nouveau Réalisme, and works centered around rhinoceroses. His journey into the art world began with a fascination for stamp collecting, which transitioned into a career as an art dealer during the 1960s, highlighted by his management of Galleria Metastasio from 1979 to 1988. He also contributed to Farsettiarte and led Finarte's modern and contemporary art division until his retirement in 2009. Notable recent exhibitions include "Rigorosamente Libri" (2016) and "Libro. Libri d’Artista" for Pistoia Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2017. His collection was showcased in "Viva Italia!" in Bratislava, which will continue to Sofia in April. Future exhibitions are planned in Žilina, Vilnius, and a contemporary art display in Siena.
Key facts
- Carlo Palli was born in Prato in 1938.
- He started as a stamp collector, then became an art dealer in the 1960s.
- He ran two seasonal galleries at Lido degli Estensi and Roccaraso until 1979.
- He owned Galleria Metastasio in Prato from 1979 to 1988.
- He worked for Farsettiarte and directed the modern art department at Finarte Venice until 2009.
- His archive includes Fluxus, Visual Poetry, Nouveau Réalisme, and a rhinoceros collection.
- He donated about 250 works to Centro Pecci in Prato.
- His exhibition 'Viva Italia!' in Bratislava featured 98 Italian artists and will travel to Sofia.
- The 'Vitamine' collection of 466 small panel works toured Italian museums in 2015-2016.
- Upcoming projects include shows in Žilina, Vilnius, Rome, and a Palio-themed series in Siena.
Entities
Artists
- Carlo Palli
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Giuseppe Spagnulo
- Enzo Cucchi
- Sandro Chia
- Mimmo Paladino
- Alighiero Boetti
- Enrico Baj
- Franco Angeli
- Mario Schifano
- Getulio Alviani
- Emilio Isgrò
- Hermann Nitsch
- Cesare Zavattini
- Aldo Frangioni
- Paolo della Bella
- Stefano Pezzato
- Fabio Cavallucci
- Maurice Nio
- Niccolò Lucarelli
- Lorenzo Bartolini
- Tiziano
- Francisco Goya
- Édouard Manet
- Allan Kaprow
- Daniel Spoerri
Institutions
- Galleria Metastasio
- Farsettiarte
- Finarte
- Biblioteca San Giorgio
- Fondazione Banca del Monte di Foggia
- Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
- Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
- Museo dei Bozzetti
- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
- Galleria 0.96
- Palazzo Poli
- Dryphoto
- Officina Giovani
- Corte di Via Genova
- Artribune
Locations
- Prato
- Italy
- Lido degli Estensi
- Roccaraso
- Pistoia
- Foggia
- Bratislava
- Slovakia
- Sofia
- Bulgaria
- Kaohsiung
- Taiwan
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Pietrasanta
- Fiesole
- Žilina
- Vilnius
- Lithuania
- Rome
- Siena
- Venice