The Fondazione Culturale Marilena Ferrari-FMR is involved in promoting and spreading Italy's artistic heritage and fine Italian craftsmanship, both past and present.

The Fondazione, which relies exclusively on funds provided by the Group, produces studies and research on themes that express the values, history and identity of the Group itself.

The Fondazione designs services and initiatives with the aim of bringing the public at large and new generations into closer contact with the values of the arts.

These activities aim to be the concrete expression of the Group's social responsibility.

A Workshop of Thought

The Fondazione Marilena Ferrari-FMR is a "workshop of thought" with the clear aim of rediscovering and rendering the models and values of the Italian Renaissance relevant today.

It promotes and positively exploits Italian artistic and cultural heritage at home and abroad.

It organises studies and research aimed at recovering the values of contemporary art, encouraging artists to devote their creativity to the service of the great themes and values of humanity.

It promotes a parity of esteem between the "greater" and the "lesser" arts in order to recreate the unity between artist and artificer and promote the historic roots of the concept of ‘Made in Italy'.

It studies how art can reach the widest possible public and new generations, in the firm conviction that "beauty can save the world".

Projects

These studies and research, the result of a synergic partnership with an Advisory Board of the highest level, constitute a globally unique cultural heritage that allows the Fondazione to plan:

Works of art in book form that testify to the synthesis of everything the Group represents.

Symposium an original and innovative service to bring the public closer to the arts. 

National and International events that aim to:

• Promote the art of fine Italian craftsmanship worldwide.
• Promote the Group's values and identity.
• Promote "beauty" for all, especially for new generations.

The Fondazione Marilena Ferrari-FMR Advisory Board

Fabio Lazzari, Scientific Director and Vice President of the Marilena Ferrari-FMR Group

• James Ackerman, Emeritus Professor of the History of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Marco Dallari, Lecturer in General Pedagogy and Arts Education, University of Trento.
• Domenico de Masi, Lecturer in Employment Sociology, La Sapienza University, Rome.
• Louis Godart, Conservation Adviser on Artistic Heritage for the Presidency of the Republic, Rome.
• Adriano Guarnieri Minnucci, Spokesperson for the Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra and the Emeritus Archbishop Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, as well as Lecturer in Celestial Mechanics at the University of Bologna.
• Guido Guerzoni, Lecturer in Economic History and Arts Markets, Bocconi University, Milan.
• Antonio Monda, writer and journalist, Lecturer in Film Directing at New York University.
• Antonio Paolucci, Director of the Vatican Museums, Vatican City.
• Giuseppe Proietti, General Secretary of the Ministry for Arts and Culture, Rome.
• Xavier Salmon, Conservateur du Patrimoine, Ministry for Arts, Paris