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Ifis art is the project desired and conceived by the Chairman, Ernesto Fürstenberg Fassio, which brings together all the initiatives carried out by the Bank to promote art, culture, contemporary creativity and their values. An articulated and unprecedented project that focuses on digital, to make art accessible also through innovative and alternative methods, the development of public-private partnerships, to support territories and communities, and support for young people to foster development and social inclusion through art, as well as the enhancement of biodiversity, for a harmonious dialogue between man and nature.

 

International Sculpture Park

One of the great art parks in Europe, within its 22 hectares of gardens you can admire the often monumental works of great masters of contemporary sculpture, both Italian and international.

Horse Power

The International Sculpture Park hosts Nico Vascellari’s permanent exhibition Horse Power, which has already been presented at the Lyon Biennale in 2019.

Gorilla

Davide Rivalta

The King

Philip Colbert

Wings of dreams

Pablo Atchugarry

Come and visit the Banca Ifis International Sculpture Park

Book your free walk in Beauty now.
Every Sunday to the Villa Fürstenberg Park from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

We are located in Via Gatta 11, Mestre 30174 (Banca Ifis Head Office)

 

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Palace San Pantalon Project

Banca Ifis is involved in the redevelopment of Palazzo San Pantalon and the restoration of “Migrant Child”, one of only two works recognised by Banksy in Italy.

Migrant Child, created on the front of Palazzo San Pantalon in the night of 8-9 May 2019, represents the mysterious British street artist’s denunciation of the theme of migration.

Credits: Massimo Listri

Economy of Beauty

Created in 2021 as a platform for business culture dedicated to stakeholders interested in enhancing the value of beauty as a distinctive factor, Economy of Beauty is a Banca Ifis project that, year after year, measures the contribution of beauty to the overall development of the Italian economy and the varied, distinctive sectors in which it most excels.

Exhibition Projects

Exhibitions, fairs and events that Banca Ifis chooses to support in the field of art and culture.

Italian Pavilion - Biennale 2025

For the second consecutive year, Banca Ifis is the official sponsor of the Italian Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
The partnership is strengthened with the presence, inside the Banca Ifis International Sculpture Park, of a section of the work Draco Piscis by Agnes Questionmark. A second section of the work is hosted at the Padiglione Italia and the two parts interact through videos and images that deepen its meaning.  

Pascale Marthine Tayou in Venice

Banca Ifis and Associazione Genesi are joining forces in a three-year partnership for the development and promotion of specific art-related projects aimed at offering food for thought on the major issues of inclusion of our time. The first initiative of the partnership is the exhibition of the artist Pascale Marthine Tayou.

Pastorale by Nico Vascellari

Banca Ifis is the main sponsor of Pastorale, a solo exhibition by Nico Vascellari: a site-specific project for the Sala delle Cariatidi of the Palazzo Reale in Milan, in which Vascellari invites us to reflect on the relationship between man and nature, which today seems lost.

Arte in Nuvola 2024:
Banca Ifis
Canova collection

Banca Ifis is the main sponsor of Roma Arte in Nuvola where it exhibited, in a unique display, the 12 unpublished busts by Antonio Canova purchased and restored in 2023.

Banksy. Painting Walls

Banca Ifis is main sponsor of the event “Banksy: Painting Walls”, an exhibition dedicated to the world’s most famous street artist, which will be hosted by M9 – the Twentieth-Century Museum in Mestre.

Antonio Canova and Neoclassicism in Lucca

For the exhibition dedicated to Antonio Canova, Banca Ifis provided twelve works by the famous sculptor, part of the Bank’s corporate collection.

Manolo Valdés - Las Meninas at San Marco

Banca Ifis is a sponsor of the exhibition ‘Manolo Valdés, Las Meninas a San Marco’ organised by the Contini Art Gallery, in collaboration with the City of Venice.

Seminars in partnership with the Ministry of Culture

Seminars dedicated to research and debate, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, to explore topics related to art and culture with the testimony of authoritative voices in the field

Sculpture Parks

The role and importance of sculpture parks

22 May 2025

Discovering sculpture parks: the different cultural and tourist typologies, the trait d’union between architecture and landscape, nature and monumental heritage, slow tourism and the regeneration of territories, productive vocations and activism, through the testimony of experts in the field.

Art and culture

Assets for Made in Italy innovation

29 April 2025

On the occasion of the Made in Italy days, the collaboration between Banca Ifis and Confindustria Veneto was launched during the event, dedicated to the synergies between art and business and how art and culture can become strategic assets for business competitiveness.

Economy of Beauty

Art and Culture strategic assets of competitiveness

30 October 2024

Presentation of the Economy of Beauty’s fifth edition, entitled Art and Culture Strategic Assets of Competitiveness, in which the corporate culture platform of Banca Ifis’ Social Impact Lab, Kaleidos, explored how investments in art and culture support companies in their growth

The craftsmanship of Italian restoration

A motion picture

16 september 2024

For the first time, leading Italian experts in the field addressed crucial issues in the restoration field: from markets to research, from training to sustainability and cultural diplomacy

Made in Italy: strength and value of the country

Markets, innovation, sustainability and supply chains

24 June 2024

Starting from the Banca Ifis platform, “Economy of Beauty, The Soft Power of Beauty. The Italian model that transforms tradition into value”, we put companies and institutions around a table to discuss luxury design, product design and strategies to strengthen the presence of Made in Italy on global markets.

Youth Support

Youth empowerment activities through art projects.

Your Future You

A creative school workshop, in collaboration with 21 galleries, for young men and women in the fourth and fifth years of secondary school, created to nurture young people’s confidence in their own creative and self-fulfilment ability, with a focus on a future course of study.

Donation of the work 'Untitled 2021

Donation of the piece “Untitled 2021”  by Cristiano Pintaldi to the Treviso Art High School.