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Continuous commitment to culture
Enhancement of the Group's artistic heritage and contribution to the protection of the country's artistic heritage, partnerships with national and international museums and public and private institutions, sponsorship of cultural activities and events are the lines of action by which the Group makes its commitment towards the culture. A commitment also confirmed in the 2022-2025 Business Plan.
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Progetto Cultura (Culture Project)
With the “Culture Project”, the Group supports partnerships, sponsorships and grants with the aim of creating a network of collaboration with public and private, national and international actors that promote the cultural heritage of the country.
“Culture Project”, in addition to bringing positive effects to local communities, in terms of enhancing history, traditions and cultural identity, in which the Group is present, represents a concrete opportunity for the Bank by increasing the trust of its stakeholders in the Group and contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the 2022-2025 Business Plan. In fact, the initiatives of the Culture Project are developed according to a multi-year program in accordance with the 2022-2025 Business Plan.
Gallerie d'Italia
One of the main components of Progetto Cultura is the museum hub ot the Gallerie d'Italia which, in its four locations in Milan, Naples, Turin and Vicenza, brings together one of the largest corporate collections in the world. Internationally recognized as centers of excellence in Italy's cultural offering, the Gallerie d'Italia host, in addition to the Bank's collections, temporary exhibitions in partnership with leading national and international museums and are home to free cultural activities aimed at students and fragile categories.
754,000 visitors to Gallerie d’Italia
12 major exhibitions
with national and international partners
480 cultural events and initiatives
38,490 participants
690 courses designed for people with disabilities or exposed to fragile contexts
with 8,300 participants
The Gallerie also play an active role in the inclusion and attention to people exposed to situations of vulnerability, from the promotion of the rights of people with disabilities (physical, mental, cognitive and linguistic), to the inclusion of refugees and citizens from other countries and cultures, to attention to the issues of mental health and diseases with a strong personal and social impact such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's: in the year, 690 courses were designed for people with disabilities or exposed to situations of vulnerability, with 8,300 participants.
Artistic heritage
Intesa Sanpaolo demonstrates a strong commitment to the care and enhancement of the Group's art collections, which in terms of size and quality constitute one of the most important corporate collections in Europe. The works are the subject of constant protection, conservation, study and enhancement activities.
In 2024, sharing took place not only in the Gallerie d'Italia, but also through loans to Italian and international museums (from the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome to the National Gallery in London).
Finally, enhancement initiatives were carried out in Italian territories of strategic importance for the Group, with particular attention to collection nuclei of identity value for the communities, in collaboration with local authorities, primarily the banking foundations (in Pistoia with Fondazione Caript, in Arezzo with Fondazione Bruschi, in Jesi with Fondazione CR Jesi, in Mirandola with Fondazione CR Mirandola).
297 works in 72 exhibitions
in Italian and international museums
Restitutions program
Since 1989, Intesa Sanpaolo has contributed to the protection and promotion of the country's artistic and architectural heritage with the Restitutions Program, the most important restoration program in the world, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. In 2024, the organization of the 20th edition of the program continued, which concerns the restoration of 122 works of art from the 20 Italian regions (in addition to one case of international collaboration between Italy and Belgium), belonging to 63 entities, including museums, churches, places of worship and archaeological areas; the restorations are carried out in collaboration with 51 protection entities of the Ministry of Culture and involve 57 restoration laboratories and hundreds of art historians and conservation scientists. For 35 years, the project has promoted two Italian excellences, art and restoration, and has as its objective the "restitution" to the communities of artistic assets - over 2,200 to date - that belong to the history and collective identity.
122 works of restoration
from 20 Italian regions
63 conservation bodies with which the group collaborates
57 restoration laboratories
Partnerships, sponsorships, donations
The Bank supports artistic-cultural, social and training initiatives through forms of collaboration with public and private entities, where its contribution often takes the form of sharing and co-designing contents, spaces and relationships. Among the synergies developed in 2024, the following are worthy of note: projects with banking foundations (for example, Compagnia di San Paolo, Cariplo, Cariparo, CR Firenze, CR Forlì); main partnerships of international fairs and exhibitions (for example, Miart in Milan, Artissima in Turin, Holy See Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale, Salone Internazionale del Libro in Turin) as well as festivals for the promotion of art, archival assets, photography, music (for example, International Photography Festival in Cortona, Archivissima in Turin, Milano Musica Festival); synergies with museums in the country (including the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence); support for the Christmas exhibitions of the Municipality of Milan and the Municipality of Vicenza; co-organisation of exhibitions in Cuneo with Fondazione CR Cuneo and in Merate with Fondazione Costruiamo il Futuro; Art bonus projects to support public cultural heritage (from the construction of the new venue for the GaMec museum in Bergamo, to the reconstruction of the church in Amatrice damaged by the earthquake, to the renovation of the internal courtyard of the Egyptian Museum, to the restoration of the Church of Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi in the Rione Sanità of Naples, to the enhancement of the Historical Fund of the Municipality of Mondovì).
In 2024, Intesa Sanpaolo also promoted numerous institutional initiatives in collaboration with leading cultural entities and institutions, to bring new generations closer to opera, music, art and culture. These include collaborations with important Italian theatres such as Teatro alla Scala (for example, the project “La Scala UNDER 30”), projects and photographic exhibitions. It also supported cultural events, science dissemination festivals and film festivals (for example, the Turin Film Festival and BergamoScienza).
A year of sustainability
Last updated 21 July 2025
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