Fondazione Ivan Bruschi, part of Intesa Sanpaolo's assets, is home to the eclectic collection of artworks, furniture and antiques amassed by the illustrious, Arezzo-born antiques dealer who founded the Antiques Fair.
Located in the heart of Arezzo's historic town centre, the Casa Museo Ivan Bruschi, which has been called "a place of wonders", is housed in the 14th-century Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo. The sixteen rooms spread over the building’s three floors are home to more than eight thousand pieces from all over the world – dating back to between prehistoric times to the early decades of the 20th century – including Etruscan, Greek and Roman archaeological finds, paintings, furniture, ceramics, coins, weapons, books, sculptures and jewellery.
Fondazione Ivan Bruschi is a cultural environment, which hosts temporary exhibitions, educational tours and workshops, conferences, concerts and events.
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
“FANTASIE DÉCO. Works from the Fondazione CR Firenze art collection”
The Ivan Bruschi Antiques Museum in Arezzo presents the exhibition Fantasie Déco. Works from the Fondazione CR Firenze art collection from 22 October 2025 to 22 February 2026. The exhibition is organised and promoted by Fondazione Ivan Bruschi, which is part of the Intesa Sanpaolo heritage, with Fondazione CR Firenze, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the Region of Tuscany and the Municipality of Arezzo.
Curated by Lucia Mannini, the exhibition brings together over one hundred works, including rare and valuable works on paper, precious illustrated books and ceramic sculptures, from the art collection of Giuliano Ercoli (1940-2023), which recently became part of the Fondazione CR Firenze collection, presenting them to the public for the very first time.
To mark the centenary of the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris, held in 1925 and considered the official affirmation and culmination of the Art Deco style, Fantasie Déco narrates the passion for collecting of Giuliano Ercoli, one of Italy's leading experts on international graphic art between Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The exhibition offers an opportunity to present and explore some of the key aspects of Art Deco in the year that marks its symbolic centenary, drawing on a vast and valuable heritage of high-quality graphic works relating to the origins and development of this style.
Fantasie Déco celebrates the French artistic context between the 1910s and 1920s, with works that lean towards the imagination and dreams, flights of fancy into fairy-tale worlds populated by timeless female creatures.
PERMANENT EXHIBITION ITINERARY
FROM PONTORMO TO FATTORI. THE ART ROOMS. MASTERPIECES COMING FROM THE INTESA SANPAOLO COLLECTIONS
From 29th. of June 2023, important works coming from the Intesa Sanpaolo Collections are going to permanently enrich the "art rooms" inside the "Ivan Bruschi House Museum".
This new permanent exhibition itinerary presents works by some of the most influential artists dating back to the 16th. and 19th. Centuries, in a renewed, reasoned and organic layout that fits perfectly enhancing the eclectic collection of the well-known antique dealer from Arezzo.
The first floor of the 14th. Century Palace where once the “Capitano del Popolo” (Captain of the people) used to live, is now hosting a selection of works made by 16th. Century masters such as “The Annunciation” by Alessandro Allori better known as “Il Bronzino”, “Leda with Castore and Clitemnestra” by Giuliano Bugiardini and the Portrait of the Cardinal “Giulio de' Medici” by Pontormo. The second floor, on the other hand, is going to be the location where a significant and worthwhile part of paintings dating back to the 19th. Century by "Giovanni Fattori", "Silvestro Lega", "Telemaco Signorini" and "Armando Spadini" together with the already present portraits by "Pietro Benvenuti" are going to be permanently displayed.
