Rome, new exhibition space opens, Palazzo Bonaparte. And it begins with the "secret impressionists"

Generali ’s activities in the area of culture do not stop. After the start of the restoration of the Procuratie Vecchie in Venice, the insurance company opens to the public the historic Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, directly overlooking Piazza Venezia: built in the seventeenth century (between 1657 and 1677, to be precise) to a design by Giovanni Antonio De Rossi (Rome, 1616 - 1695) for the Marquises d’Aste, it is nevertheless famous for having been, from 1818 to 1836, the residence of Maria Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1750 - Rome, 1836), Napoleon’s mother. It became the property of INA Assitalia in 1972 after the Generali Group acquired the historic company, and is now owned by the latter.

Generali has subjected Palazzo Bonaparte to a year-long restoration project, in collaboration with the Special Superintendence of Rome, to recover it as a space to be used for art exhibitions (it will be called Generali Valore Cultura), which will be organized in partnership with Arthemisia. The first exhibition will start on October 6 and will be titled SecretImpressionists: there will be fifty works by Monet, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Gauguin, Signac, Cézanne and others from private collections. First, however, there will be an opening to the public: on July 9, from 2 p.m. to midnight, everyone will be able to enter the Bonaparte Palace and visit it for free to admire the three thousand square meters of mosaics, frescoes and stuccoes, as well as the precious Baroque architecture. Then, the next event will be the opening of the October exhibition.

“Doing business in a modern way means flanking our commitment to our 10 million clients with a concrete commitment to our communities,” said Marco Sesana, CEO of Generali Italia. “This for us is being Partners in People’s Lives and in this ambition lies the opening and enhancement of our assets such as Palazzo Bonaparte: an asset that,thanks also to the collaboration of an important operator such as Arthemisia, becomes a development pole for the community.”

“Palazzo Bonaparte,” says Lucia Sciacca, communications and sustainability director of Generali Italia, “represents a new step along the path traced by Generali Valore Cultura in recent years. A project that was born precisely with the ideaof bringing alive the artistic and cultural heritage with initiatives of participation and accessibilityoffering innovative experiences, engaging for people and relevant for the entire community. In 3 years, Generali Valore Cultura events have involved more than 3.5 million people with a lot of focus on young people and families.”

“Participating in the birth of the new Generali Valore Cultura cultural hub at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome,” stresses Iole Siena, president of the Arthemisia Group, "is a great privilege for us; we will bring important art exhibitions there, starting with one of the most exciting themes for the public,Impressionism. With Generali we have shared for years the goal of opening the doors of culture to as many people as possible, certain of the social and human value derived from knowledge of art. Art should not be for the few, it should be understood and loved by everyone, and Arthemisia has always been committed in this direction."

In the photo: Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. Ph. Credit Lienyuan Lee

Rome, new exhibition space opens, Palazzo Bonaparte. And it begins with the "secret impressionists"

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