THE SIR DENIS MAHON FOUNDATION was created by Sir Denis in his lifetime.
It aims to continue his philanthropic work, his art historical research and his passionate promotion of young scholars.
It promotes his art collection and lifelong work and studies to the general public, organises exhibitions, supports museums, and also endows three annual prizes for young scholars and artists, the Sir Denis Mahon Essay Prize, the Mahon Award, a drawing prize at The Royal Drawing School, and the Sir Denis Mahon Sculptural Project Grant in collaboration with City & Guilds of London Art School.
SPOTLIGHT
LORENZO CASTELLO
The Royal Baby
Year 2013 – Oil on canvas, 70 × 80 cm
The exhibition “Suggestioni” by Lorenzo Castello, promoted by Fondazione Carige, is presently shown at Palazzo Doria Carcassi in Genova.
Visiting the show, the art critic M. Montagnani wrote:
“A unique venue for aprestigious exhibition.Castello’s masterpieces represent his long life as an artist. His original expression and personal interpretation are the cornerstones that define his artistic practice. His art is the finest expression of universal beauty.”
Lorenzo Castello’s work is present in several public and private collections. His portrait of Sir Denis Mahon, painted in 2002, is on permanent display at the National Gallery in Dublin.
Leonardo Passeri – Artist
Marco Brunelli – FIGC General Secretary
LEONARDO PASSERI’S PAINTING ENTRUSTED TO THE ITALIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION
Coverciano – The Temple of Italian Football
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has officially received Stadio Interiore (Inner Stadium), an original painting by Italian artist Leonardo Passeri.
The work was created for Calcio Special – Sport & Inclusion, a project promoted by the Cammini Camaldolesi Umbri Association that combines football, art and social inclusion.
RESIDENT ARTIST
LEONARDO PASSERI
THE MOTHER OF MOTHER NATURE
80 cm × 120 cm
Acrylic on panel
The Origin Within Form: Leonardo Passeri’s “The Mother of Mother Nature”
The Mother of Mother Nature, Leonardo Passeri presents an archetypal figure suspended between organic origin and geometric order, where the human presence becomes a symbolic threshold between nature and constructed space. Built across two panels, the work generates a subtle three-dimensional tension, expanding perception and inviting the viewer into a structured, contemplative field.
SUPPORT
In the picture: a graphic composition by the artist Leonardo Passeri (born 1982) showing a detail of “Saint Roch giving Alms” by Annibale Carracci (1587-1595) in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany.
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PAST EVENTS
TIME {?} AND ETERNAL LIFE
5 October – 20 December 2020
The exhibition spans over five millennia, exploring the concept of time and of Eternal life from Antiquity to the Modern Era. This immense period is divided into three chapters, each a chronological step forward.
WILLIAM BLAKE AT FLAT TIME HOUSE
30 January - 8 March 2020
Organised by Flat Time House in partnership with the Sir Denis Mahon Foundation, and curated by Chris McCabe and Magnus Rena, the exhibition gave a unique opportunity to view Blake’s work in the domestic environment of John Latham’s home.
LUCRETIA CANTATA AT THE BOWES MUSEUM
13 November 2019
The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation was delighted to support The Bowes Museum on the occasion of their exhibition, The Power and the Virtue : Guido Reni’s Death of Lucretia (26 October 2019 – 20 January 2020), which highlights the theme of female beauty in Reni’s painting, particularly the depiction of devotional and legendary heroines such as Cleopatra, Saint Catherine, Saint Mary Magdalene, and specifically the suicide of Lucretia Romana.
VISIONARIES AND THE ART OF PERFORMANCE
28 June - 14 July 2019
Through the work of several artists, the exhibition suggests that visionary qualities are not exclusive to one period or personality, but they are enduring characteristics of artistic creativity.
VISIONS & VISIONARIES
11 December 2018 - 30 April 2019
They made the “visionary” into a poetic manifesto, the germ of an idea that is still relevant in the contemporary world with artists such as Geoffrey Fletcher, John Latham, Grayson Perry, or in art movements like Technomedioevo.
TECHNO MEDIOEVO STUDY DAY
14 June 2018
The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation and Museum of the Order of St John hosted a study day to explore The Language and Meaning of Time in Art & Science. The study day took place following a recent exhibition.
TECHNO MEDIOEVO: AGE OF FUTURE RELOADED
1 March - 16 June 2018
What would the past have been like in the Middle Ages if the future had happened before?
BICE VISCONTI: THE REASSEMBLED PAPERS: DRAWINGS AND SKETCHBOOKS FROM THE GREAT WAR
1 October – 20 November 2017
The exhibition was held during the events in remembrance of the Great War and presented part of the graphic corpus of works by the artist, Bice Visconti (1883-1962), who enrolled as a volunteer in the Italian Red Cross in 1915, working in a field hospital where she recorded moments in the lives of soldiers and medical personnel.
CARAVAGGIO: FASHION AND FABRICS
3 October 2016 – 31 January 2017
This exhibition put a spotlight on the fabrics used during Caravaggio’s time, with a focus on Caravaggio’s painting, The Cardsharps (1594), which was loaned to the museum by the Sir Denis Mahon Foundation. It also provided the opportunity to view ancient textiles and religious vestments from the collections of the Diocese of Novara and the Rubelli Museum in Venice.
OUR SHOP
