Books, presented at Gnamc ‘Cy Twombly’ on the American painter’s connection with Rome

The editorial project was born on the occasion of the three donations from the Cy Twombly Foundation to the museum, which led to the entry of twelve new works into the permanent collection, the opening of a room dedicated to the artist and the financing of the redevelopment of the restoration laboratory and an international postgraduate course on the conservation of contemporary works on paper, both named after Twombly. The presentation was attended by Renata Cristina Mazzantini, director of Gnamc; Carlo Nicolais, vice president of External Relations and Sustainability of Maire; Eleonora Di Erasmo, managing director of the Cy Twombly Foundation; Rosanna Cappelli, CEO of Electa; Fabrizio Di Amato, president and founder of Maire. with the moderation of the journalist Stefano Salis. The three volumes collect, among other things, essays by Roland Barthes, a rare text by Fabio Mauri on Rome in the 1960s and critical contributions dedicated to the relationship between Cy Twombly and Italy. The work is bilingual Italian-English.