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This ‘intervention’ celebrates the work of Tino Stefanoni (Lecco, 1937–2017). Conceived as a dialogue between his paintings and the permanent collection, it precedes a number of retrospectives being organised across Italy in 2027 to mark the ninetieth anniversary of his birth and the tenth of his death. Over a career spanning fifty years, Stefanoni drew inspiration from artists including Carlo Carrà, Giorgio Morandi, Giorgio de Chirico and Ottone Rosai, as well as from Renaissance masters such as Fra Angelico and Piero della Francesca. He aspired to the calm, methodical qualities he perceived in their work, eschewing spontaneity and instinctive, gestural brushwork. Gradually, he constructed a visual vocabulary from everyday items such as basins, hot-water bottles and ladles.