Giorgio de Chirico
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Metaphysical Visions
19 April - 23 July 2017
Exhibition curated by G. Mercurio in collaboration with
T. Goryacheva and V. Noel-Johnson
Catalogue in Russian, English and Italian, Italian Cultural Institution, Moscow, Antiga Edizioni, Treviso
Giorgio de Chirico
Artworks dating from 1913 to 1976
Catalogue of Works
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico is pleased to announce 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
Giorgio de Chirico
(1912-1976)
Catalogue of Works
The 1st volume of Giorgio de Chirico’s Catalogue of Works comprising of 450 artworks.
Maretti Editore - Vol. 1/2014
Metaphysical Art
The current issue presents the first-ever English translation of Giorgio de Chirico's The Comedy of Modern Art (theoretical essays from 1918-1945) and The Collected Poems.
The de Chirico Journals n. 14/16
The volume includes a selection of essays by authors on historical, theoretical and technical aspects of Giorgio de Chirico’s art.
Number 14/16 (2016)- 412 pages Maretti Editore
The Collection G. de Chirico, Offering to the sun, 1968 Information Collection 
House-museum 31 Piazza di Spagna, Rome Open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday and the first Sunday of each month (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) Information Booking 
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
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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Poème Non je ne suis pas le roi ô foule hurlante En jours très tristes d’été avancé Quand l’amour pleure la revolte est latente Et je pense ò Afrique à tes palmes balancées Je pense au choc des armes dans les salons deserts aux chasses à la baleine dans les mers boreale aux rugissements lointains la nuit dans le desert et à la luer des torches aux fêtes lupercales… Second half 1920s |
| The Complete 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, set design for Othello, Act III, pencil and watercolour tempera on cardboard, Teatro del’Opera, Rome 1964
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Authentic painting signaled as fake
Le Muse Inqietanti, late 1940s, by Giorgio de Chirico, has been signalled as a forgery by Peretti by the Archivio dell’Arte Metafisica. Read more 
Fakes
The historical and ongoing situation regarding the falsification of Giorgio de Chirico’s artwork is a problem that the Foundation dedicates constant… read more