Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri
Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri
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artnik
Brooklyn, NY370 contributions
Oct 2017 • Solo
There are two spaces that comprise this museum: one is in a former tobacco-drying warehouse (an easy walk from the centre of town), the scale of which is beyond enormous. This is where his later work is exhibited, along with his graphics. The earlier work is in a Palazzo right on one of the town squares.
I had known Burri’s name but wasn’t familiar with the work. He was a medical doctor who spent 2 years during WW II in Texas as a POW, which is where he started to paint. When he came back to Italy he gave up medicine and became an artist full time.
I found the work to be strong, powerful, and elegant. Seeing it in that space (the warehouse) was revelatory. I think some of the black paintings would hold their own against Rothko, and his graphics are superb. If you are at all interested in 20th C Italian art, don’t miss this.
I had known Burri’s name but wasn’t familiar with the work. He was a medical doctor who spent 2 years during WW II in Texas as a POW, which is where he started to paint. When he came back to Italy he gave up medicine and became an artist full time.
I found the work to be strong, powerful, and elegant. Seeing it in that space (the warehouse) was revelatory. I think some of the black paintings would hold their own against Rothko, and his graphics are superb. If you are at all interested in 20th C Italian art, don’t miss this.
Written November 1, 2017
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DCharlotteD
Evanston, IL31 contributions
Aug 2017 • Friends
There are two fabulous Alberto Burri museums in Citta di Castello. His earlier works are displayed in the Palazzo Albizzini and his later works in Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco, and industrial complex originally used to dry tobacco.
The Burri collection warrants a day's visit.
The Burri collection warrants a day's visit.
Written September 3, 2017
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LarryandSharen
43 contributions
Sep 2017 • Couples
Wow, we loved both museums. This is a must go. We could not have done both galleries in one day, overload.
Written November 4, 2017
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greyonatray
Isle of Wight, UK201 contributions
Dec 2016 • Friends
Saw the ads at Perugia Airport, so decided to go to visit. The ex-Seccatoi is a stupendous space, kind of like the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, only 5 times over. Great for showing Burri's work. Ashamed to say I'd not heard of him, but feeling much better informed now, especially after seeing his work in the context of his contemporaries and those he inspired and was inspired by.
Must go home and try my blowtorch on some clingfilm
Must go home and try my blowtorch on some clingfilm
Written January 4, 2017
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stefanopasini
Bologna, Italy209 contributions
May 2014 • Friends
Split in 2 parts between the 'Palazzo Albizzini' in Citta di Castello and the 'Essiccatoi del Tabacco' on the outskirt of this town, the Museum was set up by the great artist Alberto Burri before his untimely Death (1995). Even persons not very familiar with the esoterism of modern art will enjoy this fabulous display of different, esxciting works; 'Sacchi', 'Combustioni', Gretto' etc, superbly displayed and very well cared for by a passionate team of professionals. A very nice place to visit and enjoy in one of the less known, but still very beautiful, parts of Italy
Written May 15, 2014
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Willy P
Leuven, Belgium318 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
We had big expectations of both the spaces (Foundation and Tobacco drying halls). Burri was a surprise and at the start we enjoyed the discovery of an artist we didn't know.
But after a while it get's too much of the same what doesn't do good for the artist. I can understand he is one of Italy's most important contemporary artists, but the accumulation of works with the same artistic idiom get's boring.
To say that the tobacco drying halls are impressive.
But after a while it get's too much of the same what doesn't do good for the artist. I can understand he is one of Italy's most important contemporary artists, but the accumulation of works with the same artistic idiom get's boring.
To say that the tobacco drying halls are impressive.
Written August 21, 2018
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Samuele A
Bologna, Italy50 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
we went to visit seccatoi del tabacco thinking to meet the artistic corpus of alberto burri. that was, the big artworks are really beautiful and it's possible to meet burri's philosophy very easily. but we didn't expecy the exhibition about space and matter between europe and usa. well organized and rich of painters from the same era of burri. jolly good!
Written December 30, 2016
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luca b
Rome, Italy40 contributions
Dec 2016 • Family
A great exhibition. It worths the trip from everywhere in the world. Where Italy is leading the culture. Visit also the Essiccatoi del tabacco where the big works of Burri are on display.
Written December 29, 2016
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KulturaRoma
Roma48 contributions
Oct 2013 • Couples
If you are on the PIero della Francesca trail, Burri makes it all fit. The early works are exactly that, but there is some mature Burri here that make it worth the visit. But the ex-tobacco drying sheds are even better...
Written October 30, 2013
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sognoCortona
wellington113 contributions
Sep 2013 • Couples
One damp day in September, we took a drive to Citta di Castello in Umbria to see the Burri exhibition. We were most fortunate to arrive on a day which had free entry so we first viewed the exhibition in the Palazzo in Citta di Castello itself and then made our way 5 mins. south to the old tobacco factory exhibit. Both were impressive although the Palazzo exhibit was a fairly standard modern art offering, using various media such as cloth and wood, staged in a fairly impressive old architectural setting. The second exhibit in the old tobacco factory was most impressive for it's vast spaces and extremely large canvases. What a wonderful idea to utilise these spaces in this way. An otherwise cavernous factory has been transformed into a gallery of epic proportions, all in honur of Alberto Burri, the artist who was incarcerated in the US during WW2, and who then started studying and creating his art.
Written October 23, 2013
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Carla_T66
Rome, Italy49 contributions
Si può prenotare l'ingresso alla mostra. Vengo con due genitori anziani (...un po' insofferenti alle cose)...
Leggo delle difficoltà di parcheggio. Proponete indicazioni?
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Carla
Fondazione Burri
Citta di Castello, Italy
Gentile Sig.ra Carla,
la sede degli Ex Seccatoi Tabacco e la mostra "Burri: lo Spazio di Materia tra Europa e USA" fino all'8 gennaio 2017 sono aperte con orario continuato 10.00 - 18.00 (il 1 gennaio apertura straordinaria 15.00 - 18.00).
Gli spazi espositivi sono accessibili anche a persone con disabilità, su sedia a rotelle, in questo caso è possibile parcheggiare all’interno del piazzale del museo, richiedendo l’accesso al personale della biglietteria (citofono sul cancello di ingresso).
Difronte al museo, a pochi metri, è comunque disponibile un parcheggio.
Per ulteriori informazioni può contattarci al n. 075.8554649
Cordiali saluti.
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