Intesa Sanpaolo makes poker: after the three museum headquarters in Milan, Naples and Vicenza, the bank presented in Turin (where it still has part of its headquarters) the project for the new museum of the Gallerie d'Italia: it will be Palazzo Turinetti, a historic building and registered office of the group, to host the new important cultural initiative which will be mainly dedicated to photography. In fact, a selection of works from the bank's collections will be exhibited at Palazzo Turinetti, including the Publifoto Archive, consisting of approximately 7 million photographic shots on events, personalities, places built from the early 900s to the XNUMXs and recently acquired by Intesa Sanpaolo.
To this we will add an activity of temporary exhibitions of international photographers in synergy with Italian and foreign cultural institutions and with the main city events supported by the Bank. Intesa Sanpaolo boasts of being – according to what you write in the presentation press release – the only banking group in the world to own four museums which it puts at the service of the public good with the display of permanent collections and a programming of original exhibitions of its own production.
Overseeing the project is the architect Michele De Lucchi, who highlighted that the exhibition spaces will be mostly underground, accessible by a large staircase, cut out in the current courtyard, which will bring natural light to the entrance hall. The project also includes areas dedicated to teaching and a restoration laboratory. The exhibition itinerary will also develop on the second level, the noble floor of the building, which enjoys a direct view of Piazza San Carlo, with rooms rich in decorations, stuccos and mirrors. The construction site will be started in the coming months and will last for a couple of years.
