The Pietro Ghizzardi Museum is where the on-off artist Pietro Ghizzardi (1906-86) lived much of his life. One of the most important exponents of European Outsider Art, Ghizzardi was never afraid to play with different artistic styles, creating works of notable complexity.
Pietro Ghizzardi Museum: useful information
Created in via De Rossi 27/B in Boretto in 1992 by the artist’s niece, Nives Pecchini Ghizzardi, it is free and open all year round, and run by volunteers. It aims to promote and maintain the artistic heritage left by Ghizzardi: in fact, the Museum has the largest existing collection of his works, including pictoral works, murals, sculptures, carvings, and published and unpublished manuscripts. It also houses a considerable quantity of material relating to both his private and public life, especialy regarding his video and photo archive
Entrance to the Pietro Ghizzardi Museum is free but you must book: for more information, please consult the Museum’s website.
