Centre Pompidou to host Gianfranco Baruchello centenary retrospective
Established in 1998 by Gianfranco Baruchello and Carla Subrizi, the Fondazione Baruchello is organizing celebrations to mark the centenary of Baruchello (Livorno, 1924 – Rome, 2023). Kicking off the festivities, a retrospective titled "Doux comme saveur" will take place at the Centre Pompidou in Paris from October 25, 2024, to March 2025, featuring a film that includes 24 hours of interviews. In November, Subrizi will release "Baruchello. Certe idee," along with reprints of Baruchello's works by Arbor Editions. Additionally, a workshop for students and artists is set for November. An international conference is scheduled for January 23–24, 2025, in Rome, and a book on Baruchello's later drawings is anticipated next year, with a Catalogue Raisonné due by 2026.
Key facts
- Gianfranco Baruchello was born in Livorno in 1924 and died in Rome in 2023.
- The Fondazione Baruchello was established in 1998 by Baruchello and Carla Subrizi.
- Centre Pompidou retrospective runs from October 25, 2024 to March 2025.
- The exhibition is provisionally titled 'Doux comme saveur'.
- Curators are Philippe-Alain Michaud and Jonathan Poutier.
- The film 'Doux comme saveur' collects 24 hours of interviews from a 1978 project.
- The monograph 'Baruchello. Certe idee' edited by Carla Subrizi will be published by Electa in November 2024.
- Arbor Editions reissued Baruchello's out-of-print books in 2024.
- Workshop 'Baruchello. The Garden as a joint agent' starts November 2024.
- International conference 'Il Possibile: Istruzioni per l'uso' at Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, January 23–24, 2025.
- Conference collaborators include Biblioteca Hertziana, Sapienza Università di Roma, Fondazione Baruchello.
- A book on Baruchello's late drawings edited by Andrea Bellini and Hans Ulrich Obrist is forthcoming in 2025.
- The Catalogue Raisonné is expected by 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Gianfranco Baruchello
- Marcel Duchamp
Institutions
- Fondazione Baruchello
- Centre Pompidou
- Electa
- Arbor Editions
- Accademia dei Lincei
- Biblioteca Hertziana
- Sapienza Università di Roma
- Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
Locations
- Livorno
- Italy
- Rome
- Paris
- France
- Genève
- Switzerland