The World of Giorgio de Chirico
CaixaForum - Zaragoza
Dream or Reality
14 March - 24 June 2018
Itinerant exhibition curated by M. Margozzi and K. Robinson
Madrid (23 Nov. 2017 - 18 Feb. 2018): 114.097 visitors
Barcelona (19 July - 22 Oct. 2017): 88,000 visitors
Future dates: Palma di Maiorca (summer 2018)
De Chirico and the United Kingdom
(c. 1916-1978)
Victoria Noel-Johnson
Maretti Editore - October 2017
Pages: 831
Metaphysical Art
The de Chirico Journals n. 14/16The current issue in Italian (June 2017) marks the 15th year of the periodical's publication.
The volume includes a selection of essays by authors on historical, theoretical and technical aspects of Giorgio de Chirico’s art.
Link to the English edition 14/16 (2016) - Maretti Editore
Giorgio de Chirico
Catalogue of WorksArtworks dating from 1913 to 1976
The 3rd volume of Giorgio de Chirico’s Catalogue of Works comprising of 451 artworks.
Maretti Editore - Vol. 3/2016
Giorgio de Chirico
Artworks dating from 1910 to 1975
Catalogue of Works
The 2nd volume of Giorgio de Chirico’s Catalogue of Works comprising of 478 artworks.
Maretti Editore - Vol. 2/2015
The Collection G. de Chirico, Mercury’s Meditation, 1973 Read more 
House-museum Open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday and the first Sunday of each month: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (photo B. Ricci) Information Booking 
2018: European Year of Cultural Heritage Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico is participating in the European Year of Cultural Heritage 
Open House Roma – program The Giorgio de Chirico House-museum participates in the European Year of Cultural Heritage on May 12-13
The Mysterious Baths Fountain, 1973, XV Triennial, Sempione Park, Milan Nikolaus Velissiotis, “Metaphysical Art” n. 9/10 read more 
Ulysses’s Return, 1968 Executed in the later period of the Maestro’s life, this painting is an original elaboration of earlier themes… read more 
Hebdomeros, 1929
New edition in Italian, Abscondita 2016 
A Collection of Excellence
The Italian Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Tourism, in accord with Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, has instituted a safeguard for 227 artworks… read more 
The Archeologists 1940
“If a sculpture is hard, it is not sculpture. Sculpture must be soft and warm; as such, it will not only have all of painting’s softness, but also its colour”.
G. de Chirico, Brevis pro plastica oratio, 1940, read more
Essays
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Mister Dudron looked at his watch. It was five p.m. In an hour he thought, or little more, the gates of the Acropolis will close. I need to go now and, just before closing, try and hide myself behind a column or on the ground between the ruins and wait for the closing of the gates, in order to remain alone all night on that sacred hill under the infinite vault of stars… Giorgio de Chirico, excerpt from Il Signor Dudron (a novel in preparation with the same title). |
Autobiographies
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I was born in Volo (Greece) in 1888 of Italian parents. During my childhood I dedicated myself to drawing and painting; I did not do regular studies of any kind or attend an academy, except for the academy of Munich, which I went to for a year when I was about 18. In Italy and France, I always worked alone. I worked in Paris from 1911 to 1915. During that time, I exhibited at the Salon d’Automne and at the “Indépendants”. I became friends with Guillaume Apollinaire. I returned to Italy in 1915… Giorgio de Chirico, Autobiography c. 1926 |
Correspondence
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Dear Mr. Levy,
I have not had any news since my letter to you in which I spoke of the Surrealists’ persecution and put you on guard against their action towards me. I am told that Dalí has taken advantage of his stay in New York to speak badly of my painting to journalists. Is this true? To tell you the truth, it only affects me to a certain extent… Giorgio de Chirico |
Poetry
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Day following the very cool night Second half 1920s – translated by W. Bohn |
| The Collected Poems |
Drama
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The unpublished theatre piece Le Ballet – Commedie en quatres actes (dating to 1965 based on earlier version from mid-1940s) was published in the original French version in “Metaphysical Art” n. 3/4. At left: Giorgio de Chirico, Icarus and the Minotaur (sketch for per The Minotaur), 1937
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