Alcestis: a Ferrara Love Story
Giorgio de Chirico and Antonia Bolognesi
by Eugenio BolognesiIn celebration of the 100th anniversary of de Chirico's arrival in Ferrara in 1915, the Foundation announces the pubblication of over 100 previously unpublished letters written by Giorgio de Chirico in 1919 to “Alcestis”.
Maretti Editore - January 2015
Giorgio de Chirico
(1912-1976)
Catalogue of Works
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico is pleased to announce the 1st volume of Giorgio de Chirico’s Catalogue of Works comprising of 450 artworks.
Maretti Editore - 2014
Presentation Artefiera Bologna - Saturday 24 January 2015 - ore 12:30
Giorgio de Chirico
Fondazione Molise Cultura, Palazzo Ex Gil, Campobasso
Gioco e gioia della Neometafisica
20 December 2014 - 6 April 2015
Curated by Lorenzo Canova
Dedicated to the artist's extraordinary Neometaphysical period (1968-1976) presenting 68 works from the collection of Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico
Reggia di Monza - Serrone della Villa Reale
and the Mysterious Object
27 September 2014 - 1 February 2015
Curated by Victoria Noel-Johnson in collaboration with Simona Bartolena
Organised by ViDi in collaboration with Consorzio Villa Reale and Parco di Monza www.dechiricomonza.com
Metaphysical Art
New triple issue - Maretti Editore - August 2014 - 416 pages
The de Chirico Journals n. 11/13
Noteworthy contributions include: Mannequins and Vaticinators by Ester Coen and Giorgio de Chirico, Apollinaire and Metaphysical Portraiture by Willard Bohn
De Chirico's 1945 essay Desecrated Reality is published in English for the first time ever
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 
The Collection G. de Chirico, Return to the Castle, 1969 info collection currently on show in Campobasso 
A Metaphysical Interior Exhibition catalogue edited by Izet Sheshivari and Luca Lo Pinto Read more 
2014: The Foundation’s Activities Of de Chirico’s vast corpus of work, his art of the 1970s held a forefront position in 2014… read more
À travers l’Europe
Consiglio Nazionale Forense I European Lawyers Day 10 December 2014, Rome Read more -
Il piccolo trattato di tecnica pittorica
Teoria e prassi del “ritorno al mestiere” Salvatore Vacanti Nardini editore Info Publication in Italian
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