Work accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued on August 31, 2021

For the first time the San Patrignano foundation is auctioning a selection of important works from its contemporary art collection for charitable purposes. Each artwork purchased will correspond to an act of support for San Patrignano, the largest drug rehabilitation community in Europe, recognized as an important model worldwide.

Founded in 1978, to date the community has welcomed over 26,000 young people facing marginalization and drug addiction, more than 72% of whom, upon completing the program, have fully reintegrated into society and no longer use any form of drugs. san patrignano provides young men and women in difficulty with a home, healthcare and legal assistance, the opportunity to study, learn a profession, and change their lives entirely free of charge, without requesting any fees from them or their families. it therefore covers very high operating costs, partly financed through its productive sectors – which are primarily educational and vocational training centers for youth, thus a crucial part of the recovery process – and through donations and support from those who consider the foundation worthy of their help.

As part of a financial sustainability strategy aimed at ensuring the community’s long-term survival, together with close friends of the community – including recognized collectors and art enthusiasts – an initiative of extraordinary significance was implemented: to establish a collection of artworks donated by collectors, artists, and gallerists. This is an innovative sustainability tool; the first experience in italy of an anglo-saxon style endowment, allowing San Patrignano to have a patrimonial resource to draw upon through the sale of selected artworks. All of them were exhibited from 2020 to 2024 at the part-palazzi dell’arte in Rimini, with some also presented at Triennale Milano and Università Bocconi in dedicated exhibitions.

In 2025, the San Patrignano foundation selected a group of particularly significant works from its collection to be auctioned, with proceeds directed toward the energy efficiency improvements of the community.

The selection of important works now up for auction includes historically recognized artists such as Igor Mitoraj, with a large resin model titled "Luci di Nara" from 2014, Pino Pinelli with a museum installation paonting from 2014, Julian Schnabel with Carlina from 1998, alongside prominent contemporary italian artists such as Bertozzi&Casoni with Barile (2006) and Matteo Pugliese with Dragonfly (2019) and Custode Samurai VIII (2020).

Nelle tue Mani, Imago art Gallery, Lugano, 2019
Seven Dimensions, Kwuai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2019
The Guardians, Boise Art Museum, Idaho (Usa), 2018
The Guardians, Massey Klein Gallery, New York (Usa), 2018
Sculpture of Spirit, M-Contemporay Museum, Seoul, 2018
Vortici, Villa Fiorentino, Sorrento, 2017
Spiriti Ostinati, Malpensa International Airport, Milano, 2017
The Secret, WM Gallery, Antwerp, Belgio, 2016
Spiriti Ostinati, Imago art Gallery, Lugano, 2016
Spiriti Ostinati, Fondazione La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta, 2016
Giorgio Morandi, Matteo Pugliese, Robilant Voena Gallery, Saint Moritz, 2016
Breath of Freedom, Bertrand Delacroix gallery, New York, U.S.A., 2015
Infinite Battaglie, White Room Gallery, Positano (Sa), 2015
Serenissima Babel, Caffè Florian, Venezia, 2014
Passaggi, Imago art Gallery, Lugano, 2013
Corazze, Fondazione Mudima, Milano, 2013
Matteo Pugliese: Sculptures, WM Gallery, Antwerp, Belgio, 2012
The summer of the Beetle, Galerie Noordeinde, The Hague, Olanda, 2012
Matteo Pugliese - CORAZZE. Casa d’arte Artribù, Roma, 2011
I Guardiani del Tempo, Imago Art Gallery, Lugano, 2011
Out of the Wall, Sculpture Gallery, Brussels, Belgio, 2011
From the wall and further tales, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2010
HEROES, Galerie Noordeinde, The Hague, Olanda, 2010
Through Light and Space: G. Morandi & M. Pugliese, Imago Art Gallery, Londra, 2009
Matteo Pugliese- Walter Trecchi, Galerie Noordeinde. The Hague, Olanda, 2008
Matteo Pugliese, Sculptures, Filip Kesteloot Sculpture Gallery, Brussels, Belgio, 2007
Matteo Pugliese, Galleria Pittura Italiana, Milano, 2006
De Ontsnapping: M.Pugliese, A. Smirnof, Galerie Noordeinde, The Hague, Olanda, 2006
Extra Moenia”, Galleria Gagliardi, Taormina, 2005
Matteo Pugliese & M.M. Gautier, Filip Kesteloot "Sculpture Gallery" Brussels, Belgio, 2004
Freedom, Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, 2004
Flight from the wall, Filip Kesteloot Sculpture Gallery, Brussels, Belgio, 2004
Matteo Pugliese, sculture: 1998-2003, Galleria "Il Castello", Milano, 2003
Extra Moenia, Matteo Pugliese, McCann-Erickson, Milano, 2001