{"id":623812,"date":"2026-09-22T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/623812\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:00:18","slug":"gaetano-pesce-foundation-launches-to-preserve-and-continue-the-architects-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/623812\/","title":{"rendered":"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect&#8217;s practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>gaetano pesce foundation to continue the architect\u2019s work<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Gaetano Pesce Foundation carries forward the work of Italian architect and designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/gaetano-pesce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gaetano Pesce<\/a> (1939\u20132024), extending a practice that treated design as a way of thinking. Announced alongside Gaetano Pesce Studio: Continued at Salon 94, the nonprofit will safeguard his archive of objects, drawings, prototypes, and documentation while supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/exhibitions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exhibitions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/designboom-book-reports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publications<\/a>, scholarship, and authorized editions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pesce\u2019s work repeatedly moved between art, design, architecture, performance, and social commentary. The foundation positions that refusal of strict categories as a central part of its mission, carrying forward an approach in which objects and projects functioned as vehicles for experimentation. The foundation was established according to a vision Pesce set out before his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/design\/gaetano-pesce-visionary-italian-architect-designer-passes-away-84-04-04-2024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passing<\/a>. Its board is responsible for preserving his archive and legacy while guiding research, educational initiatives, institutional partnerships, and the continued production of authorized editions.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1023388 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect's practice - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-receive-andree-putman-lifetime-achievement-award-designboom-00.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>original UP chair | image courtesy of Gaetano Pesce<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>a board built around Pesce\u2019s collaborators<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giulia Tosciri serves as director after working closely with Pesce for many years, including on the complex operations surrounding his practice. Glenn Adamson, the design historian, author, and curator who was a close friend of Pesce and a scholar of his work, serves as president and oversees the foundation\u2019s academic direction and institutional partnerships. \u2018On the occasion of Gaetano Pesce Studio: Continued at Salon 94, we\u2019re excited to announce the creation of this new non-profit dedicated to the legacy and vision of the maestro. Radical, poet, and provocateur, Pesce is one of the most influential figures in art and design of the past century,\u2019 he shares, announcing the launch of the foundation with a post on his Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdXL8j0zVEE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael J. Greenberg serves as secretary and brings his experience as counsel to the Gaetano Pesce Estate since 2023. Edward Secker, a longtime friend of Pesce, is treasurer and oversees the foundation\u2019s finances. Alessandro Byther joins the board as director while continuing as creative director and head of production at Gaetano Pesce Studio, the artist\u2019s original workshop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Byther has worked alongside Pesce for more than a decade and continues to oversee the hand-produced realization of his edited works. For Adamson, Pesce\u2019s resistance to fixed categories was fundamental to his practice. In one of their last interviews, Pesce described this freedom in direct terms: \u2018To be free means to be incoherent.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-950324 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect's practice - 2\" width=\"1800\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bottega-veneta-gaetano-pesce-designboom-1800.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Come Stai?\u2019 chairs at the Bottega Veneta Summer 2023 show in Milan | image \u00a9 Matteo Canestraro<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1023393 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect's practice - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-receive-andree-putman-lifetime-achievement-award-designboom-10.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Bahia House \u2013 1998 | image courtesy of Gaetano Pesce<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1062517 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"nice to see you gaetano pesce\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-nice-to-see-you-designboom-10.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Nice to See You exhibition by Gaetano Pesce at Biblioteca Ambrosiana<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1023422 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect's practice - 4\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-receive-andree-putman-lifetime-achievement-award-designboom-full-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Organic building in Osaka, Japan (1989-93) | image courtesy of Gaetano Pesce<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1023389 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect's practice - 5\" width=\"818\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-receive-andree-putman-lifetime-achievement-award-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Tramonto a New York sofa (1980)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1023426 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce foundation launches to preserve and continue the architect's practice - 6\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-receive-andree-putman-lifetime-achievement-award-designboom-full-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Luigi (o mi amate voi) | image courtesy of Gaetano Pesce<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-989648 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce complete incoherence\" width=\"818\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-complete-incoherence-phaidon-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>bookcase from Alberto Carenza\u2019s apartment, 1969 | image \u00a9 Gaetano Pesce, courtesy of the Gaetano Pesce Office<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-406251 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gaetano pesce interview\" width=\"818\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gaetano-pesce-interview-studio-new-york-designboom-09.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the Pescetrullo concept and architectural design, 2008 | image courtesy of Gaetano Pesce\u2019s office<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> project info:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>name: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaetanopescefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gaetano Pesce Foundation<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gaetano.pesce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@gaetano.pesce<\/a><br \/>director: Giulia Tosciri<br \/>president: Glenn Adamson<br \/>secretary: Michael J. Greenberg<br \/>treasurer: Edward Secker<br \/>director: Alessandro Byther<br \/>creative director, Gaetano Pesce Studio: Alessandro Byther<br \/>visual identity: Matthew Bannister<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"gaetano pesce foundation to continue the architect\u2019s work \u00a0 The Gaetano Pesce Foundation carries forward the work of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,282099,85,46],"class_list":["post-623812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-gaetano-pesce","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}