Pietrasanta, hotel with contemporary art collection opens for tours

A Versilia hotel with a rich contemporary art collection opens for tours. This is the idea ofAlbergo Pietrasanta, a luxury hotel located in the heart of the Versilia town of the same name, which is known for its galleries and for being a workshop and destination for important contemporary Italian and international artists for their artistic work in marble and bronze. The hotel has decided to reopen its doors, despite the heavy crisis the tourism industry is experiencing due to restrictions imposed to contain the Covid-19 contagion.

The reopening will take place in full compliance with anti-covid safety measures to protect guests and employees (every staff member has been trained to comply with all recommended protective measures, and strict sanitization procedures are constantly put in place for rooms and common areas). The novelty, however, is all...artistic. In fact, Albergo Pietrasanta, during the months of closure, has taken advantage of the situation to kick off modernization work that is also going through the offerings and experiences that the hotel offers guests. And among the new features is the opportunity to experience contemporary art, which has always been a feature of Albergo Pietrasanta.

The owners, who are passionate about art, have in fact, over the years, created an appreciated contrast between the historic elements of the building that houses the hotel and the works that the building contains: in fact, Albergo Pietrasanta has been enriched, in the common areas and in the rooms, with a private collection that boasts works by important artists such as Alighiero Boetti, Mario Schifano, Jannis Kounellis, Gino De Dominicis, Luigi Ontani and many others. For the 2021 season, the hotel has decided to make contemporary art the protagonist of the proposed experience: in fact, the hotel’s owner, architect Maria Rosa Cotta Sandretto, who personally curates the collection, will make art critics available to the public who will illustrate the works in the hotel to interested guests in a specially designed itinerary that promises to be particularly interesting.

The visit to the collection then continues with works by international artists at Magazzino Pietrasanta, a 700-square-meter exhibition space a short distance from the hotel that houses works by Anselm Kiefer, Bernard Frize, Robert Longo, Chen Zhen, Katharina Sieverding and many others.

“Pietrasanta and its artistic value,” the hotel explains in a note, “will be enhanced through experiences the direct acquaintance of emerging artists, visits to artisan ateliers, sculpture workshops and artistic foundries, and encounters with where the works of historic artists such as Fernando Botero and Igor Mitoraj are born.” The experience does not end there: the owners are in fact friends of Nunzia and Vittorio Gaddi, collectors, and owners of one of the most prestigious private collections of contemporary art in Italy. Thanks to their availability, Albergo Pietrasanta guests will have the opportunity to privately visit the collection in Vorno (Lucca), which holds works by artists such as Carsten Höller, Gina Pane, Philippe Parreno, Wolfgang Tillmans, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Pawel Althamer, Olafur Eliasson, Isa Genzken, Vanessa Beecroft, Neïl Beloufa, Petrit Halilaj and many others. “Art therefore the absolute protagonist this season,” concludes Albergo Pietrasanta, “flanked by proposals for experiences related to the territory, food and wine and music, this is Albergo Pietrasanta’s strategy to restart with an offer that looks to Italian and international audiences with a view to diversification and integration.”

In the photo: the Magazzino Pietrasanta space

Pietrasanta, hotel with contemporary art collection opens for tours

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