Palazzo Maffei

The House Museum

Palazzo Maffei is a new point of reference for art lovers, an eclectic path between masterpieces and curiosities that go through more than two thousand years of history, with more than 650 works united by a kaleidoscopic passion for collecting.

An itinerary through the ancient and the modern, with over 650 works that create a dialogue between the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture and applied arts. A selection of great interest that includes works from the 14th century until today, the result of over fifty years of passionate collecting of the businessman Luigi Carlon.

Throughout the museum, a dialogue has been created between the ambiance of the two Noble Floors, where the atmosphere of a private home and of a cabinet of curiosities can be felt. The dialogue continues throughout the exhibition, where a piece of modern art unexpectedly breaks the thematically arranged classical works.

In the second part of the Collection, a proper gallery of masterpieces from 19^th and 20^th centuries has been created, where numerous masterpieces stand out and the passion for Futurism and Metaphysical art can be seen through the works of great artists such as Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini, as well as Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Felice Casorati and Giorgio Morandi next to René Magritte, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp. And also Afro, Emilio Vedova, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Tancredi, Gino De Dominicis, Piero Manzoni.

The result of this great passion is Palazzo Maffei House Museum, a cultural initiative fostered by Luigi Carlon, businessman and Veronese collector, architectural project by studio Baldessari and Baldessari and curatorial project by Gabriella Belli, with scientific contributions by Valerio Terraroli and Enrico Maria Guzzo.

The collection

An itinerary through the ancient and the modern, with over 650 works that create a dialogue between the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture and applied arts. A selection of great interest that includes works from the 14th century until today, the result of over fifty years of passionate collecting of the businessman Luigi Carlon.

Throughout the museum, a dialogue has been created between the ambiance of the two Noble Floors, where the atmosphere of a private home and of a cabinet of curiosities can be felt. The dialogue continues throughout the exhibition, where a piece of modern art unexpectedly breaks the thematically arranged classical works.

In the second part of the Collection, a proper gallery of masterpieces from 19th and 20th centuries has been created, where numerous masterpieces stand out and the passion for Futurism and Metaphysical art can be seen through the works of great artists such as Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini, as well as Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Felice Casorati and Giorgio Morandi next to René Magritte, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp. And also Afro, Emilio Vedova, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Tancredi, Gino De Dominicis, Piero Manzoni.

The result of this great passion is Palazzo Maffei House Museum, a cultural initiative fostered by Luigi Carlon, businessman and Veronese collector, architectural project by studio Baldessari and Baldessari and curatorial project by Gabriella Belli, with scientific contributions by Valerio Terraroli and Enrico Maria Guzzo.