Spazio Taverna Brings Contemporary Art to Renaissance Palazzo Orsini-Colonna in Tagliacozzo

Key facts

• Invito a Palazzo. Mecenatismi is organized by Spazio Taverna founders Ludovico Pratesi and Marco Bassan for the ninth edition of Contemporanea Ventiventidue directed by Emanuele Moretti.
• The project links Palazzo Taverna in Rome with the Orsini-Colonna palace in Tagliacozzo, both built in the mid-15th century.
• Artists include Giulio Bensasson, Antonio Della Guardia, Alice Paltrinieri, Alfredo Pirri, and Eugenio Tibaldi.
• The fresco of condottieri and patrons from the loggia of Tagliacozzo was detached in the late 1970s and is now at the Museo d'Arte della Marsica in Celano.
• The Cappella's frescoes (Annunciation, Nativity with Magi, Crucifixion) are attributed to Lorenzo da Viterbo (c. 1465) or the Maestro di Tagliacozzo.
• Mayor Vincenzo Giovagnorio announced the palace will have a museum future after restoration.
• Alfredo Pirri's permanent installation uses plywood panels with a transparent case of feathers, creating a walkway overlooking the restoration site.
• Giulio Bensasson's Rallégrati places a freezer with lily stems in the Cappella, using faux marble and jasmine scent to explore true/false dynamics.
• Caterina Volpi, professor at Sapienza, discussed Renaissance patronage and the shift from servile artists to philosophers in the 16th century.
• The exhibition runs until October 31, with four phases: Pirri/Bensasson, Paltrinieri (September), Della Guardia, and Tibaldi.