The Giorgio de Chirico House-museum
"It is said that Rome is in the centre of the world and that Piazza di Spagna is in the centre of Rome. Therefore, my wife and I live in the centre of the centre of the world, which would be the utmost with regard to centrality and the utmost with regard to non-eccentricity." (1962)
Rai Educational - video presentation
Giorgio de Chirico Portraiture: Figure and Form
8 June – 30 September 2013
Fortezza Poliziana, Montepulciano, Tuscany
“Portraiture, a somewhat unadventurous subject, is superseded by a sense of surprise and discovery...”
Giorgio de Chirico, Reflections on Ancient Painting, 1921
Giorgio de Chirico
Edited by Giovanni Gazzaneo and Elena Pontiggia
Catalogue Raisonne of Sacred Art
A project by Crocevia in collaboration with Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico - Silvana Editoriale
"Art is always sacred, even when treating a profane subject" Giorgio de Chirico
Essays by Gianfranco Ravasi, Pierangelo Sequeri, Giovanni Gazzaneo, Elena Pontiggia and Paolo Picozza
Metaphysical Art
The latest issue of “Metaphysical Art – The de Chirico Journals” marks the tenth anniversary of the periodical founded in 2001 with the aim of safeguarding and promoting Giorgio de Chirico’s art and intellectual work. As to tradition, the current issue includes contributions by internationally recognised academics as well as a new generation of researchers. A significant part of the volume is dedicated to primary source documents pertaining to the artist’s life and work.
The de Chirico Journals n. 9/10
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 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 
D’après Giorgio
The de Chirico House-museum, 31 Piazza di Spagna, Rome
27 January 2012 – 26 January 2013
Project by Luca Lo Pinto
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Giorgio de Chirico Portraiture: Figure and Form
Fortezza poliziana, Montepulciano, Tuscany 8 June – 30 September, 2013 Press release
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 |
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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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