Donation of the Cy Twombly Foundation to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1957
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
Gift of the Cy Twombly Foundation
© Cy Twombly Foundation
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE
ROME — June 26, 2025 — The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and the Cy Twombly Foundation have announced an agreement in which the Foundation will donate twelve works that will become part of the Museum’s permanent collection. Eleven of these are by Cy Twombly and one, Nu Debout, is a pastel on paper by Pablo Picasso dated 1906. A gallery in the museum will be dedicated to Cy Twombly.
The agreement between the Director of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Renata Cristina Mazzantini, and the President of the Cy Twombly Foundation, Nicola del Roscio, was signed on 11 June 2025, and will include a donation of approximately 3 million dollars from the Foundation to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea to fund the updating of the museum’s restauration laboratory and the establishment of scholarships for a Master’s Program in the name of the artist.
Produced in Rome between 1957 and 1963, these works by Cy Twombly will enrich the patrimony of the Italian State and are of great art historical interest. Among these is one of his masterpieces, Untitled (1959-1961), a large-scale work (77.75 x 92.44 inches), in pencil, oil, pastel and wax on canvas.
Half of the monetary donation will be used for the restructuring and modernization of the museum’s restauration laboratory, including the purchase of new equipment, furniture, instruments, and supplies. The agreement includes a commitment to keep the laboratory -which will be named in honor of Cy Twombly- fully operative and active, except for occasional maintenance requirements.
The other half of the donation will be used for the establishment and administration for fifteen years of an annual Master’s Specialization in the restoration of works of art on paper, at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, recognized by the Ministero della Istruzione e del Merito, also named after Cy Twombly. The gift will fund scholarships and an annual event dedicated to the program. This activity will ensure that the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea will become an innovative center of research on the conservation of contemporary works of art on paper.
More details will be announced at a press conference at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea at the end of the summer.
For further information:
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
