Roberto Gagliardi

Roberto Gagliardi is an Italian-born art dealer based in London.[1] He has a gallery in London[2] and has founded as well as curated a temporary exhibition in Chelsea Old Town Hall called London Art Biennale.[3][4] His art collection is housed in the Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme in Chianciano Terme, in Tuscany, central Italy;[5][1][6][7] which since 2009 has organised the Biennale di Chianciano in the town.[8][9][10][11]

For many years, Gagliardi sold imported Italian furniture.[3]

Gagliardi wished to found an art museum and, after considering other options, chose Chianciano Terme in Italy.[12]

In 2016, Gagliardi bought 10 vacant shops in Chianciano Terme to be used for the Chianciano Expo.[13]

In 1978 Gagliardi founded the Gagliardi Gallery, located on Kings Road, in Chelsea, London.[14][15][16] Through it, he organizes the London Art Biennale.[15][16]

In December 1992 an exhibition entitled "Children Versus Mafia" opened at the gallery, showing paintings by Italian schoolchildren inspired by the killing of two judges, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, who were investigating the Mafia and their bodyguards.[17]

References
  1. Jessica Donati (11 September 2009). "An Art Collection Lands in Italy". New York Times.
  2. "Museo d'Arte Contemporanea". Comune di Chianciano Terme, Siena. Municipality of Chianciano Terme.
  3. Designs on Art ‹ ArtMag Blog
  4. ArtSlant - Roberto Gagliardi
  5. Ciao, Chianciano! ‹ ArtMag Blog
  6. Francesco Amorosino (7 July 2009). "Chianciano: con Turner, Guttuso, Magritte apre il nuovo museo". Nanni Magazine (in Italian).
  7. Arte e cultura con la Biennale d'Arte di Chianciano 2013 - 2013 - Comune di Chianciano Terme
  8. Chianciano: i vincitori della Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea 2011
  9. LA BIENNALE D'ARTE DI CHIANCIANO CHIUDE I BATTENTI, APPUNTAMENTO AL 2013
  10. Snap shots of the Biennale of Chianciano 2013
  11. Biennale di Chianciano 2013 | Effetto Arte, Rivista d'Arte Online
  12. "Apre in un ex albergo il museo di arte contemporanea". La Nazione (in Italian). 25 August 2009.
  13. "A Chianciano dieci negozi chiusi diventano musei". La Nazione (in Italian). 2 August 2016.
  14. http://www.gagliardigallery.org/roberto-gagliardi
  15. http://www.londonbiennale.co.uk/the_organisers
  16. "Local Artist Hits London". Somerset Guardian. 22 January 2015. ProQuest 1647495667.
  17. Sicily exhibition; The Times [London (UK)], 25 Nov 1992.http://search.proquest.com/docview/317869111
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