FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION

The VAF Foundation (VAF Stiftung) is the name for a uniquely committed initiative in the field of contemporary visual arts, which is registered with the foundation supervisory authority in Frankfurt am Main. It is particularly noteworthy that this foundation is a German-based organisation whose programme concentrates solely on the interests and themes of Italian art.

The VAF Foundation (VAF Stiftung) is the name for a uniquely committed initiative in the field of contemporary visual arts, which is registered with the foundation supervisory authority in Frankfurt am Main. It is particularly noteworthy that this foundation is a German-based organisation whose programme concentrates solely on the interests and themes of Italian art.

The VAF Foundation (VAF Stiftung) is the name for a uniquely committed initiative in the field of contemporary visual arts, which is registered with the foundation supervisory authority in Frankfurt am Main. It is particularly noteworthy that this foundation is a German-based organisation whose programme concentrates solely on the interests and themes of Italian art.

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ART COLLECTION
ART COLLECTION
ART COLLECTION

The VAF Foundation’s art collection, which, in accordance with its statutes, contains works by Italian artists exclusively, is captivating, both because of the high quality of the works, as well as their wide range. This results from an unsurpassed wide range of their styles as well as from the widespread appeals of the holdings. In addition to examples of the artistic desire to communicate in classical modernism, there are many examples of newer formalised ideas and media strategies. The basis of this passionate and committed initiative consists of an extensive high-quality collection of Italian art, the holdings of which cover the artistic period from the beginnings of modernism in Italy to today’s trends.

From Futurismo to Pittura Metafisica to Novecento and early abstraction, the collection contains important masterpieces in significant artistic movements since 1945.

The VAF Foundation’s collection is now unique, having more than two thousand individually inventoried items. This also includes major works from the early history of Italian modernism, which lasted from around 1900 to the 1940s and whose importance is reflected in a correspondingly large number of works.

De Chirico, Giorgio , La matinée angoissante, 1912, olio su tela, VAF 665, Roverto, Mart

De Chirico, Giorgio

La matinée angoissante

Zen, Giancarlo , def/leg/n 11, 1972, tekla bianca, neon rosso , VAF 2078, Roverto, Mart

Zen, Giancarlo

def/leg/n 11

Bertozzi & Casoni , minimi avanzi, 2015, ceramica policroma, VAF 2128, Roverto, Mart

Bertozzi & Casoni

minimi avanzi

Funi, Achille

La sorella

X PREMIO VAF-STIFTUNG 2024
X PREMIO VAF-STIFTUNG 2024
X PREMIO VAF-STIFTUNG 2024
POSIZIONE ATTUALE DELL’ARTE ITALIANA
16.06 – 04.09.2024 KIEL
Virtual Tour 3D


IL PREMIO
IL PREMIO
IL PREMIO
IX PREMIO FONDAZIONE VAF
CURRENT POSITION OF ITALIAN ART

CASTELLO ESTENSE OF FERRARA
5.3.– 22.5.2022

The VAF Foundation is very pleased to announce that the 9th edition of the “VAF Foundation Award” will be held at the Stadtgalerie in Kiel (Germany) from 11 March to 22 May 2022. The works of the nine finalists selected by the Foundation Jury will be presented: Luca Azzurro, Renata e Cristina Cosi, Silvia Inselvini, collettivo KEM, L’orMa, Enrico Minguzzi, Sebastiano Raimondo, Dario Tironi, Valeria Vaccaro.


Virtual visit of the exhibition at Castello Estense of Ferrara

IX PREMIO FONDAZIONE VAF
CURRENT POSITION OF ITALIAN ART

STADTGALERIE KIEL
12.3.– 22.5.2022

L’orMa
The Garden of Earthly Delights, 2017

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The Foundation’s spiritual and physical bedrock lies in a collection of Italian art. The basis of this collection consists of high-quality works that have been assembled by the Foundation’s creator Volker W. Feierabend over many years of intensive collecting activity