Art
Villa Della Torre per Palazzo Te
Italy’s artistic heritage is a generous resource for culture, capable of involving aesthetic sensitivity, education in enjoying life’s pleasures and the development of civilization itself. The arts, monuments, architecture, but also productive traditions such as winemaking and culinary creations, and the special appeal of festive dining, are an expression of this. Palazzo Te, a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance and a marvelous synthesis of architecture, literature and visionary spirit, has partnered with Villa Della Torre, underpinning obvious historical-artistic similarities, and the world of wine that revolves around the Villa, a world of passion, a signature project and the terroir. A fertile alliance has emerged from the multiple and significant resemblances that unite the two Renaissance masterpieces. Three unprecedented wines, a Valpolicella, a Lugana and an Amarone, adorned with labels illustrating three of the most famous frescoed works displayed in Palazzo Te: the Chamber of the Giants, the Chamber of Cupid and Psyche and the Chamber of the Sun and the Moon.
The Art of Exhibiting Art - Award
Marilisa Allegrini established the Award ‘The Art of Exhibiting Art’ (L’Arte di mostrare l’Arte) in 2013. Prizes have been awarded over the years to:
- Davide Gasparotto, Adolfo Tura, and Guido Beltramini for the exhibition “Pietro Bembo and the Invention of the Renaissance” (Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, Padua, 2013);
- Paola Marini and Bernard Aikema for the exhibition “Paolo Veronese: l’illusione della realtà” (Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, 2014);
- Salvatore Settis, Rem Koolhaas, and Fondazione Prada for the two exhibitions “Serial/Portable Classic” (Fondazione Prada in Milan and Venice, 2015);
- Luca Massimo Barbero for the exhibition “From Kandinsky to Pollock. The Great Art of the Guggenheims” (Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2016);
- Maria Luisa Pacelli for “Palazzo dei Diamanti” (Ferrara, 2017);
- Xavier Salomon for the exhibition “Canova’s George Washington” (Frick Collection, New York, 2018);
- Emanuele Montibeller for the Arte Sella exhibition space (Borgo Valsugana, Trento, 2019);
- Marzia Faietti and Matteo Lafranconi for the exhibition “Raffaello 1520 – 1483” (Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020);
- David Landau for “Le Stanze del Vetro” (Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice, 2021);
- Michele Coppola for “Gallerie d’Italia” (Milan – Naples – Vicenza – Turin, 2022);
- Francesca Cappelletti for Galleria Borghese, Stefano Baia Curioni and Raffaella Morselli for Fondazione Palazzo Te, Stefano L’Occaso for Palazzo Ducale in Mantua for the exhibition project “Rubens! The Birth of European Painting” (Mantua, Rome, 2023);
- Thomas Clement Salomon for the exhibition “Caravaggio 2025” (Palazzo Barberini, Roma, 2025).