{"id":5745,"date":"2025-05-24T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u-art-p.it\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:51:37","slug":"the-two-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u-art-p.it\/en\/exhibitions\/the-two-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Home<\/a> \u00bb Eventi<\/a> \u00bb The Two Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Two Collection<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

On View
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Opening<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 7 June 2025 \u2013 17:00 \/ 20:00<\/p>\n

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Open to the public
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Sunday 8 June 2025 \u2013  10:00 \/ 12:00 and 15:00 \/ 17:00<\/p>\n

Open only on request
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Every weekday afternoon until 30 September 2025<\/p>\n

Contact at<\/em> +39 375 8860953<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Free Entry
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Every collection begins with a gesture. Sometimes it\u2019s an intuition, other times a stroke of luck \u2014 often, it\u2019s a passion that finds its place.
The Two Collection<\/strong>, however, was born from a dialogue: an ongoing exchange between two people who, before becoming collectors, were colleagues and friends.<\/p>\n

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Diego Bergamaschi and Oliviero Falconi first met in the late 1990s in the banking world, but it was art that truly brought them together. A mutual friend introduced them on this shared ground, and from there began a journey made of visits to fairs and exhibitions, spirited conversations about emerging artists, curiosity, and research.<\/p>\n

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Their daily closeness evolved into an intellectual laboratory \u2014 a fertile ground where dialogue nurtured knowledge, and knowledge sparked the desire to collect.<\/p>\n

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And so, almost by osmosis, the idea of a shared collection took shape.
The Two Collection<\/strong> was founded in 2009, the result of a deep mutual understanding and a shared ambition: to grow together through art.<\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t just about acquiring works, but about confronting \u2014 together \u2014 the doubts, questions, and uncertainties that come with starting out, and turning inexperience into a meaningful path. Dialogue, mutual listening, and the pleasure of exchange became tools to refine their taste, expand their knowledge, and make collecting an inclusive, shared, and open experience.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a start, we would say: let\u2019s open a file on this artist,\u201d recalls Oliviero.
That\u2019s how it began \u2014 with a name, a piece seen at a fair, a hunch. They would go back to look again, to follow the evolution of a practice. And often \u2014 not by chance \u2014 those very artists would later gain visibility and recognition in the art world.<\/p>\n

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The choice of medium was anything but accidental: the collection\u2019s common thread is paper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Works on paper \u2014 small in scale, domestic, intimate \u2014 often no larger than an A4 sheet \u2014 invite a close, focused viewing experience. Even when the medium expands to photography, slides, or small installations, the scale remains intentionally modest: a \u201cproximity format\u201d that demands attention and gives back intensity.<\/p>\n

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Step by step, piece by piece, The Two Collection<\/strong> has become not only an artistic journey, but a human one \u2014 a collection that reflects a clear belief: that things done together, even on a small scale, can become something greater.
And that art, more than a possession, is a form of connection.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Courtesy<\/h4>\n

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     The Two Collection<\/p>\n

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Organizer<\/h4>\n

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     Organization and Coordination U-ART-P<\/p>\n

     Curated by Manuela Parrino<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Via Don Luigi Palazzolo 42<\/p>\n

Bergamo, BG<\/p>\n

Italy<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Benni Bosetto<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Silvia<\/div>

Silvia B\u00e4chli<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Ruth<\/div>

Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Danh<\/div>

Danh Vo<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Giulia<\/div>

Giulia Cenci<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Petrit<\/div>

Petrit Halilaj<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Vanessa<\/div>

Vanessa Safavi<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Hannah<\/div>

Hannah James<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Andrea<\/div>

Andrea Romano<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"David<\/div>

David Maljkovi\u0107<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Vanessa<\/div>

Vanessa Billy<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Giulio<\/div>

Giulio Frigo<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/a>\"Alberto<\/div>

Alberto Guidato<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Installation Views<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>