Fondazione Centro Giacometti

The Foundation aims to create and manage the Giacometti Center in Val Bregaglia. The Giacometti Center is a permanent institution of public utility, open to the public and non-profit, which collects, conserves, studies, communicates and exhibits material and immaterial evidence for study, training and leisure purposes. The Giacometti Center focuses its activities on the life and work of the personalities of the Giacometti di Stampa family. In this way the Foundation pursues an approach based on completeness, in-depth analysis and interdisciplinarity. The foundation promotes the understanding of the work of the personalities of the Giacometti family in relation to the Val Bregaglia. The foundation helps to appreciate, document, research, communicate and preserve the legacy left by their lives and works; it respects the interests of those entitled. The Foundation pursues a cultural and knowledge exchange at a regional, national and international level on topics related to the Bregaglia Valley. The purpose of the Foundation is achieved in particular with the following activities: Planning, implementation, management and development of the Giacometti Center. To this end, the foundation may receive, acquire or lease properties or construct, renovate or renovate buildings and infrastructure. The acquisition occurs through gift, purchase or surface right. Guarantee the financial coverage of the Giacometti Center, in particular through the provision of services for consideration and fundraising activities. Creating, receiving and curating a collection of works of art and cultural heritage and its presentation in the Giacometti Center as the definitive venue for both the public and research. Documentation, research and publications on the cultural heritage, history, landscape and nature of the Bregaglia Valley. Preservation of the traditional cultural landscape and the intact image of the villages of the Bregaglia Valley. Promotion of the lasting development of the valley.