The World of Giorgio de Chirico
CaixaForum - Barcelona
Dream or Reality
19 July - 22 October 2017
Itinerant exhibition curated by Mariastella Margozzi and Katherine Robinson
Future dates: Madrid (winter 2017-2018), Saragossa (spring 2018), Palma di Maiorca (summer 2018)
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
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
The Collection The corpus of works by Giorgio de Chirico conserved in the Foundation’s Collection comprises of paintings, sculptures, drawings, dating from the mid-1920s… read more 
House-museum 31 Piazza di Spagna, Rome The House-museum will be closed from 1 August to 4 September. It will reopen on 5 September with the usual opening hours. (photo B. Ricci) 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