05.06.2025 Interview

Behind the scenes of the Pinacoteca Agnelli

by Elena Pozzi – Underwriter ARTE Generali Italia

Museum activities behind closed doors. What happens when no one sees?

All museums have a closing day, but what happens when the museum doors are closed and visitors do not crowd the rooms? It is precisely when the paintings are not being admired by hundreds of visitors that the magic happens: the works are checked, cleaned, moved, examined...

 

We delved into this with Pietro Rigolo – Chief curator and Head of the collection of the Pinacoteca Agnelli in Turin and Beatrice Zanelli – Curator of the Permanent Collection of the Pinacoteca Agnelli.