Independent Collectors

Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone

Searching for strong feelings of humanity within paintings, sculptures and drawings.

ADRIAN PACI, Centro Di Permanenza Temporanea, 2009. Courtesy the artist
ADRIAN PACI, Centro Di Permanenza Temporanea, 2009. Courtesy the artist

“Better to have the absolute masterpiece of a minor artist, than a minor work of a great artist” is the ambitious approach of Italian lawyer and art collector Giuseppe Iannaccone.

Since the late 1980s Iannaccone started to set up a collection of roughly 200 contemporary works by upcoming international artists which are displayed in rotation in his Milan office. When buying art, Iannaccone is “searching for strong feelings of humanity within paintings, sculptures and drawings.” Having no preferred medium that would limit his search, his collection contains drawings and paintings by the likes of Raqib Shaw, Micheal Borremans, Nicole Eisenman, Shirin Neshat and Pietro Roccasalva e Imran Qureshi as well as sculptures by Marc Quinn, Banksy, Grayson Perry, Don Brown, Nathan Mabry and Gilliam Wearing. Furthermore, Iannaccone started to extend his collection by buying video art by Nathalie Djurberg, Andrian Paci and Regina Jose Galindo. In the last few years, the charm of distant cultures brought the collector to travel to India and Iran in the pursuit of originality in today’s globalized art world. Iannaccone shares with us the treasures he collected for the Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone – from here and afar.

MUNTEAN/ROSEMBLUM, Untitled (A Town, Almost Any Town, 2001. Courtesy the artists
MUNTEAN/ROSEMBLUM, Untitled (A Town, Almost Any Town, 2001. Courtesy the artists
MARCEL DZAMA, Untitled, 2004. Courtesy the artist
MARCEL DZAMA, Untitled, 2004. Courtesy the artist
MASSIMO BARTOLINI, My Fourth Homage, 2003. Courtesy the artist
MASSIMO BARTOLINI, My Fourth Homage, 2003. Courtesy the artist
MICHAEL BORREMANS, The Resemblance, 2006. Courtesy the artist
MICHAEL BORREMANS, The Resemblance, 2006. Courtesy the artist
MICHAEL BORREMANS, The Veils, 2001. Courtesy the artist
MICHAEL BORREMANS, The Veils, 2001. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Avendo Se Stessi Come Unico Punto Di Riferimento, 2004. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Avendo Se Stessi Come Unico Punto Di Riferimento, 2004. Courtesy the artist
PAULINA OLOWSKA, Chess Player 1, 2010. Courtesy the artist
PAULINA OLOWSKA, Chess Player 1, 2010. Courtesy the artist
MAUREEN GALLACE, Yet To Be Titled, 2004. Courtesy the artist
MAUREEN GALLACE, Yet To Be Titled, 2004. Courtesy the artist
PIERPAOLO CAMPANINI, Untitled, 2013. Courtesy the artist
PIERPAOLO CAMPANINI, Untitled, 2013. Courtesy the artist
REGINA JOSÉ GALINDO, ¿Quién Puede Borrar las Huellas?, 2013. Courtesy the artist
REGINA JOSÉ GALINDO, ¿Quién Puede Borrar las Huellas?, 2013. Courtesy the artist
NATHALIE DJURBERG, Bear, 2011. Courtesy the artist
NATHALIE DJURBERG, Bear, 2011. Courtesy the artist
MARC QUINN, Kiss (Particolare), 2001. Courtesy the artist
MARC QUINN, Kiss (Particolare), 2001. Courtesy the artist
TRACEY EMIN, I’ve Got It All, 2000. Courtesy the artist
TRACEY EMIN, I’ve Got It All, 2000. Courtesy the artist
MARC QUINN, Sphinx-Victory (1), 2006. Courtesy the artist
MARC QUINN, Sphinx-Victory (1), 2006. Courtesy the artist
MATTHEW BARNEY, Cremaster 5, 1997. Courtesy the artist
MATTHEW BARNEY, Cremaster 5, 1997. Courtesy the artist
RON ENGLISH, Coulorphobic Clown, 2011. Courtesy the artist
RON ENGLISH, Coulorphobic Clown, 2011. Courtesy the artist
CHARLES AVERY, Untitled (Empiricist), 2009. Courtesy the artist
CHARLES AVERY, Untitled (Empiricist), 2009. Courtesy the artist
ANDRO WEKUA, Shoulders Grow As Sun Goes Down In My Belly, 2012. Courtesy the artist
ANDRO WEKUA, Shoulders Grow As Sun Goes Down In My Belly, 2012. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Autoritratto Come Origine Del Cielo Diurno, 2011. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Autoritratto Come Origine Del Cielo Diurno, 2011. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI, L'Amore-Anna Magnani Loved ..., 2002. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI, L'Amore-Anna Magnani Loved ..., 2002. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Autoritratto Come Universo, 2009. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Autoritratto Come Universo, 2009. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Autoritratto Su Menta (Con Camicia Bianca), 2009. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Autoritratto Su Menta (Con Camicia Bianca), 2009. Courtesy the artist
JUAN MUNOZ, Pelotaris (Yellow Eyes), 1999. Courtesy the artist
JUAN MUNOZ, Pelotaris (Yellow Eyes), 1999. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Il Corpo Torna Alla Terra, L’anima Torna Al Cielo, 2011. Courtesy the artist
FRANCESCO GENNARI, Il Corpo Torna Alla Terra, L’anima Torna Al Cielo, 2011. Courtesy the artist
SHIRIN NESHAT, Speechless, 1996. Courtesy the artist SHIRIN NESHAT, Speechless, 1996. Courtesy the artist
SHIRIN NESHAT, Speechless, 1996. Courtesy the artist SHIRIN NESHAT, Speechless, 1996. Courtesy the artist
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, Untitled (Nandni), 2005. Courtesy the artist
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, Untitled (Nandni), 2005. Courtesy the artist
GRAYSON PERRY, Transvestite Party (1), 1993. Courtesy the artist GRAYSON PERRY, Transvestite Party (1), 1993. Courtesy the artist
GRAYSON PERRY, Transvestite Party (1), 1993. Courtesy the artist GRAYSON PERRY, Transvestite Party (1), 1993. Courtesy the artist
BHARTI KHER, The Wise One (Monkey), 2006. Courtesy the artist
BHARTI KHER, The Wise One (Monkey), 2006. Courtesy the artist
CHANTAL JOFFE, Untitled, 2003. Courtesy the artist
CHANTAL JOFFE, Untitled, 2003. Courtesy the artist
ELISABETH PEYTON, Fred Huges In Paris, 1994. Courtesy the artist
ELISABETH PEYTON, Fred Huges In Paris, 1994. Courtesy the artist
LIU XIAODONG, The God Of War, 2012. Courtesy the artist
LIU XIAODONG, The God Of War, 2012. Courtesy the artist
GEMEOS OS, Untitled (O Pai, O Mae,...), 2008. Courtesy the artist
GEMEOS OS, Untitled (O Pai, O Mae,...), 2008. Courtesy the artist
DANA SCHUTZ, Reclining Nude, 2002. Courtesy the artist
DANA SCHUTZ, Reclining Nude, 2002. Courtesy the artist
LAURA OWENS, Unitled, 2000. Courtesy the artist
LAURA OWENS, Unitled, 2000. Courtesy the artist
PAOLA PIVI, Untitled (Asino), 2003. Courtesy the artist
PAOLA PIVI, Untitled (Asino), 2003. Courtesy the artist
GILLIAN WEARING, Terry, 2011. Courtesy the artist
GILLIAN WEARING, Terry, 2011. Courtesy the artist
KARA WALKER, Miss Matilda’s Practice Cock, 1994. Courtesy the artist
KARA WALKER, Miss Matilda’s Practice Cock, 1994. Courtesy the artist
KARA WALKER, Kneeling Silhouette, 1995. Courtesy the artist
KARA WALKER, Kneeling Silhouette, 1995. Courtesy the artist
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE, The Breaks, 2015. Courtesy the artist
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE, The Breaks, 2015. Courtesy the artist
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE, The August, 2015. Courtesy the artist
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE, The August, 2015. Courtesy the artist

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