Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Volpi

Como (CO)

AM Lombardy and Aosta Valley

Inaugurated in 1989 in the 17th-century setting of Palazzo Volpi, the Pinacoteca houses the city's prestigious pictorial and sculptural heritage. The exhibition itinerary offers a complete narrative of the art of the territory: from the evidence of ancient religious buildings to portraiture and landscapes, up to the avant-gardes of the 20th century, with an outstanding focus on futurism, rationalism and design.

Volpi Palace is the privileged starting point for discovering the artistic heritage of Como and its territory. Towards the end of the 1980s, the building was identified as the natural home for the expansion of the Civic Museums, allowing the transfer of important nuclei of paintings and sculptures - from the Middle Ages to the 20th century - previously held at Palazzo Giovio and Palazzo Olginati.

Inaugurated in 1989 with three high-profile exhibitions dedicated to the 14th century, the 17th century in the Como area and Como Abstractionism, the Art Gallery completed its layout in 1992 with the definitive transfer of the picture gallery. Today, the exhibition itinerary is divided into four broad thematic areas: the Medieval Section, that Renaissance, the Quadreria and the Twentieth century.