Art Exhibition: Legacies and Visions. From Comel to Karshan

The exhibition displayed a significant body of unpublished artworks from the collection of Professor Marcello Comel (1902–1995), founder of the Institutio Santoriana – Fondazione Comel. Best known for his lifelong commitment to medicine and medical humanities, Comel emerges as a visionary patron and a distinguished collector.

The selection of masterpieces included paintings by Gerolamo Induno, Moses Levy, Giovanni Lomi, Arturo Tosi, Lorenzo Delleani, Giuseppe Pallanti, Carlo Sbisà and Arturo Nathan, as well as works on paper by Telemaco Signorini, Mario Sironi, Filippo De Pisis and Renato Guttuso. Furthermore, the show unveiled a suite of drawings by American artist Linda Karshan, belonging to various stages of her career. Forming the core of her prestigious gift to the Fondazione Comel, these magnificent artworks document the relevance of Comel’s collection in the present and its impact upon future generations.

Catalogue Artemide edited by Giulia Martina Weston.