Cannarella Foundation
The Cannarella Foundation, established in Milan in 2013 at the behest of the artist Karam Sebastiano Cannarella, who is its president, aims to support, preserve, promote and enhance contemporary cultural and artistic activity in all its expressive forms.
The Foundation, as a cultural institution operating in the field of visual art, pursues the purpose of promoting the artistic figure of the Founder, his works and all the tangible and intangible assets that bear witness to his artistic-creative activity as well as, more generally, the promotion of contemporary art and any other form of visual art in its various realisations by making its works as well as publications, audio-visuals and multi-media available to the public, art enthusiasts, students and researchers.
The Foundation has not been conceived as a purely personal experience, but may engage in related and ancillary activities, including the realisation of and participation in educational and cultural initiatives and events of local, national and/or international relevance, including with third parties
Promoting, also through the establishment of scholarships, training courses and research in the cultural, historical and artistic fields, promoting the publication of books, catalogues and magazines.
In this sphere, the Cannarella Foundation continues with the intention of publicising, planning and implementing initiatives aimed at cultural development, in order to bring out new talents and increase their artistic skills so as to boost human development.
Another purpose, conferred on the Foundation, is to recognise the authenticity of the arts through the preservation of cultural heritage, the beauty of monuments, natural sites and the environment in general by employing appropriate means to better manage natural resources without harming their aesthetic value.
Through the foundation, it wishes to organise and participate in events, conferences, debates and seminars on a national and international level in cooperation with other public and private organisations and institutions, both in Italy and abroad.
The foundation is responsible for setting up other cultural structures and creating a network of contacts with national and international institutions and museums with a view to sharing intentions.
In order to promote further knowledge of contemporary art, the work of the Foundation promotes the setting up of a virtual museum by taking care of works from donations, young artists and others.
In addition, the Cannarella Foundation establishes a cooperation relationship with foundations with the same goals in order to realise joint programmes with a view to promoting the pictorial arts and all art forms.
In accordance with the similar foundations, a partnership agreement is concluded for the implementation of the above-mentioned programmes. It is assigned to the art critic Giorgio Grasso, who aims to pursue exclusively public benefit purposes in the research, promotion and dissemination of contemporary art.