Giuliano Gori
Giuliano Gori collected contemporary art, known above all for commissioning site-specific environmental works at Fattoria di Celle near Pistoia. The collection began in Prato in the 1950s and the programme at Celle started in 1970. Opened to the public by appointment in 1982, it continues after his death in 2024 with about 80 works, most of them outdoors.
Artists named in the collection
Alice Aycock, Dani Karavan, Fausto Melotti, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Ulrich Ruckriem, Richard Serra, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Sol LeWitt, Mimmo Paladino
On record
- The first works at Celle were inaugurated on 12 June 1982.
- In 2001 he donated the presbytery of Prato Cathedral redesigned by Robert Morris.
Institutional roles
- Founding member, Centro Pecci, Prato
Questions
What does Giuliano Gori collect?Giuliano Gori collected contemporary art, known above all for commissioning site-specific environmental works at Fattoria di Celle near Pistoia. The collection began in Prato in the 1950s and the programme at Celle started in 1970. Opened to the public by appointment in 1982, it continues after his death in 2024 with about 80 works, most of them outdoors.
Which artists are in the Giuliano Gori collection?Cited sources name works by Alice Aycock, Dani Karavan, Fausto Melotti, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Ulrich Ruckriem, Richard Serra.
Can the public see the collection of Giuliano Gori?Yes. Works are shown at Collezione Gori, Fattoria di Celle in Santomato di Pistoia, Italy.
Sources
- History of the collection, Collezione Gori
- Farewell to Giuliano Gori, entrepreneur and collector, Finestre sull'Arte, 2024
- Giuliano Gori and his Fattoria di Celle, Slow Words, 2018
Last verified 2026-10-31.