Independent Collectors
Collezione Taurisano
Initiated by Paolo Taurisano in the 1970s, this collection now flourishes thanks to his son Francesco and daughter-in-law Sveva D’Antonio
![Apparatus 22, TO SUMMON NEW HORIZONS... (to Sveva and Francesco), 2019, white neon, red neon, black vinyl, telegram 1 from 1 + 1AP](/site/assets/files/22966/2023-05-09_14-01-28_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg?v=2013165280 640w, /site/assets/files/22966/2023-05-09_14-01-28_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg?v=848208064 1024w)
As a child, Francesco already shared his father’s passion for art, and for this reason began to study Italian art. Thanks to a friendship with a Neapolitan gallerist, Francesco discovered the Transavanguardia (the Italian version of neo-expressionism) and started to collect some of its artists, and later became interested in wider European movements like nouveau réalisme and the nuclear movement. Today, Collezione Taurisano is dedicated to living artists who deal with thematics linked to our everyday society. There are no restrictions on the medium, and the artist is nurtured further when a fruitful relationship has developed, which instigates specific attention to the process of the making of an artwork. The collection has grown substantially and now consists of almost 400 pieces.
Collezione Taurisano is featured in the BMW ART GUIDE by INDEPENDENT COLLECTORS.
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![Collectors Sveva d’Antonio and Francesco Taurisano in front of Ariadne (2022) by Asher Liftin, photo by Valentina Vitali](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-45-25_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-45-25_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Amanda Ba 狗女人放狗屁/Dog Woman Releasing Dog Fart / The Bitch is Nonsense, 2021, Oil on canvas, 100 × 100 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-43-34_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-43-34_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Samantha Rosenwald, Succubus, 2020, coloured pencil on canvas, 35,5 × 35,5 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-43-43_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-43-43_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Devin B. Johnson, Bernie, 2021, oil, oil stick, and spray paint on linen, 81,28 × 91,44 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-43-53_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.png 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-43-53_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.png 1024w)
![India Nielsen, ...and words are futile devices (HSEMINIAATI), 2021, oil on canvas, 25,4 × 20,3 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-05_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-05_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Tobias Zielony, Velvet, 2017, Archival pigment print, 79 × 105 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-13_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-13_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Rusudan Khizanishvili, Spring, 2020, Oil on canvas, 69 × 55 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-32_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-32_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Sara Anstis, Kelp II, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 200 × 160 cm](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-42_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-42_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Aural Contract, Audio Archive, 2010-2015, Audio and vinyl print (mac mini, headphone, usb pen), 3/5 +2AP](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-54_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-44-54_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Samuel Olayombo, EMMET CHERRY BLOSSOM, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 48 inch](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-45-06_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-45-06_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Marinella Senatore, Give your daughters difficult names, 2018](/site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-45-44_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/23475/2023-05-30_16-45-44_collezione-taurisano_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
All images courtesy of Collezione Taurisano.