Contemporary Art Collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Marks Her Foundation’s 30th Anniversary, Stages First Exhibition in the U.S.

The energy Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo emanates is quite unique — and contagious. When she starts describing the plans to mark the 30th anniversary of the foundation that bears her name, one feels like there’s no time to waste — as if it were really urgent to join her on the whirlwind tour of exhibitions earmarked for the year. There is absolutely no sense of academic snobbery or being patronizing in her words, but rather an ebullient, joyful and sincere passion for contemporary art and curiosity about the world and all the artworks it has to offer. After all, she has worked on supporting young artists for years. She is a collector of contemporary artworks, numbering around 1,500, from the likes of Anish Kapoor, Maurizio Cattelan, Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas, to Charles Ray, Cindy Sherman and Adrián Villar Rojas, to name a few. At the same time, she collects costume jewelry, totaling about 1,000 pieces, and photographs — about 3,000 of them. Not surprisingly, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo hails from a family of collectors since her mother collected porcelain, and her father, who owned a plastic-injection company, assembled historical plastic objects dating back to the late 19th century. Anish Kapoor_1000 names_Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Inspired

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