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| Location | Rome, Italy Los Angeles, United States |
| Type | Non-profit foundation Arts institution |
| Website | Official website |
DEPART Foundation is an emerging arts organization predicated on the Discussion, Exhibition and Production of contemporary art and is dedicated to the development and support of contemporary artists whose work and careers are departing from their previous endeavors or predecessors.
Since its founding in 2008, DEPART Foundation has served as a catalyst for the Italian art and cultural community, strengthening the dialogue between Italy and the international art world. Like multiple outposts in Europe and U.S., DEPART Foundation has actively encouraged artistic production through sponsorship of young and established artists and the provision of spaces and resources conducive to the research, production and exhibition of new work and to the presentation of educational and public programs.
Some of the most interesting and dynamic artists of our time, from around the world, have been presented for the first time in Rome by DEPART Foundation. They include Cory Arcangel, Joe Bradley, Nate Lowman, Ryan McGinley, Tauba Auerbach, Darren Bader, Louis Eisner, Roe Ethridge, Sam Falls, Mark Flood, Elias Hansen, Brendan Lynch, Oscar Murillo, Sarah Braman, Seth Price, Jon Rafman, Stephen G. Rhodes, Amanda Ross-Ho, Sterling Ruby, Lucien Smith, Valerie Snobeck, Frances Stark, Oscar Tuazon, Cao Fei, Mario Garcia Torres and many others.
DEPART Foundation has supported the Italian art community, presented local artists in cities as far as New York and Los Angeles and collaborated with important art institutions in Italy and beyond including, among others, the Macro and MAXXI museums in Rome, the American Academy in Rome, the Serpentine Gallery in London and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Last September 2014 DEPART Foundation opened a new 3.200sf project space on Sunset Bouleward West Hollywood, Los Angeles. The space provides a platform to foster exchange on the current status of the artistic production and its presentation in Europe and the US, offering more opportunities for international artists to show their works in the vibrant city of Los Angeles and enriching the local community.
Exhibitions
> SAMSARA, curated by Nicola Ricciardi. Artist Kour Pour for the second appointment in Depart Los Angeles project space, January 30th to March 7, 2015.
> FOREST THEATER, curated by Peter Benson Miller. AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, Rome, September 18th to November 16th, 2014. The first solo show in Italy of young American artist Grear Patterson, co-organized with American Academy in Rome.
> GABRIELE DE SANTIS, the first of a cycle of solo shows in the new project space of DEPART Foundation, Los Angeles, October 8th to November 28th, 2014.
> ANAMERICANA, curated by Vincenzo De Bellis. AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, Rome, October 3rd to November 14th, 2013. The exhibition features more than forty works created by artists who live and work in the United States. All the works come from the DEPART Foundation collection and most of them are recent acquisitions. The exhibition reinterprets the meaning of the word “Americana”, playing with the idea of patriotism and positivism, concepts that have always been associated with its definition, offering therefore a more ambiguous and complex meaning.
> STERLING RUBY SOFT WORK, curated by Anna Licata, MACRO Testaccio, May 22nd to September 15th. Sterling Ruby’s first solo show in Rome. SOFT WORK, which has already been shown at the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Geneva the Frac Champagne-Ardenne in Reims and at Stockholm’s Bonniers Konsthalle will came to Rome for its final leg in Europe, including new and site specific pieces created for the installation at MACRO Testaccio.
> UNA STORIA, curated by Luca Lo Pinto, MACRO Auditorium, April to December 2012: a cycle of five talks that rethink the classical artist talk format by internationally renowned artists from different generations. The artists invitated are: Marcello Maloberti, Olaf Nicolai, Mario Garcia Torres, Amalia Pica, and John Stezaker.
> TRESPASS PARADE, curated by Emi Fontana, Los Angeles, October 2nd 2011. The historic Broadway Theater District in Downtown Los Angeles will erupt with Trespass, a parade where artists and residents will rally together to engage in art, music, dancing, floats, community activism, and performance. The parade is part of a collaborative project between Arto Lindsay, Rirkit Tiravanija, and West of Rome with the support of Pacific Standard Time and DEPART Foundation.
> LAY ME DOWN curated by Elena Forin. MACRO, Rome May 3rd to June 12th, 2011. From a collaboration with MACRO comes the project, "Lay Me Down", a solo exhibition featuring three recent works by young American artist Sarah Braman. The work includes a site specific project made especially for the museum's space and conceived by the artist during her stay in Rome.
> WHEN IN ROME. Thirty works of art between now and then, curated by Luca Lo Pinto. ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, HAMMER MUSEUM and LA><ART April 20st to May 21th, 2011. The Provincia di Roma and DEPART Foundation present in Los Angeles, for the first time in a group exhibition the works of some of the most interesting young artists associated with the city of Rome and its environs.
> WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE? curated by Reto Geiser. SWISS INSTITUTE OF ROME, Rome, October 15th and 16th 2010. Organized by the Swiss Institue of Rome and DEPART Foundation. The symposium What ever happened to Italian architecture? is a reflection on Italian architecture and its position in the international field, with contributions from prominent international architects, critics and curators.
> HUNGRY FOR DEATH, curated by James Hoff and Cary Loren. AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, Rome, May 13th to June 11th, 2010. Organized by DEPART Foundation, NERO and the American Academy in Rome. An exhibition on the imagination of the band Destroy All Monsters, a Michigan collective consisting of Mike Kelley, Cary Loren, Niagara and Jim Shaw, among others.
> LATER LAYER, curated by Johnston Marklee Architects and Walead Beshty. ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles, January 16th to February 26th, 2010. A dialogue between art and architecture featuring architect Mark Lee and artist Walead Beshty.
> RMB CITY Second Life project and performance, curated by Davide Quadrio. TEATRO ASTRA, Turin, November 6th, 2009. A theatrical performance and video production by the acclaimed Chinese artist Cao Fei as part of the project "Accecare l'ascolto" ("Blinding the ears") at Artissima 16.
> NY MINUTE. 60 Artists on the New York Scene, curated by Kathy Grayson. MACRO FUTURE, Rome, September 20th to November 1st, 2009. NY Minute earned great critical acclaim and has become, with more than 40,000 visitors, the contemporary art show with the highest average number of visitors ever in Italy.
Collection
DEPART Foundation has a collection of contemporary art of the most cutting edge artists from the International art scene and it is in a continuous progress. Among the others artists:
Board of Advisors
Under Chair Marcy Carsey, the Hammer's Board of Directors includes architect Frank O. Gehry, investor Kevin Wall, art historian John Walsh, Heather Axe, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, former chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Neutrogena Corporation Lloyd E. Cotsen, Martin Cozyn, physician Eric Esrailian, philanthropist Erika Glazer, Larry Marx, businessman and hotel heir Anthony Pritzker, Lee Ramer, Kevin L. Ratner and Christopher Waterman. Members of the Board of Overseers include artists Kruger and Lari Pittman. The museum does not disclose its annual board membership dues.