Image: Museo d'arte contemporanea del castello di Rivoli, Toronto
Castello di Rivoli has announced that an auction held in support of the museum and its activities raised more than 90,000 euros. The total included auction bids, spontaneous donations, and purchases of editions through the museum’s bookshop, according to the institution’s announcement.
The museum also said the auction created an opportunity to expand its permanent collection. Through the generosity of a private donor who won the bid for Anna Boghiguian’s 'Untitled' (2023), the work was subsequently donated to Castello di Rivoli. The museum identified the artist and date in both English and Italian versions of its message, describing the donation as a benefit to its permanent collection.
In its thank-you note, Castello di Rivoli expressed gratitude to everyone involved in the initiative, including the artists and their galleries. The announcement did not provide a further breakdown of the auction lots, the participating artists, or the separate amounts contributed by bids, donations, and shop sales.
The news comes through the museum’s own communications and reflects a fundraising model that combined direct support with collection building. The inclusion of museum-edition purchases through the shop indicates that the campaign extended beyond bidding in the auction room, folding in broader forms of patronage tied to the institution’s commercial channels.
Boghiguian’s 'Untitled' (2023) is the only artwork specifically identified in the announcement as entering the collection through the auction process. Castello di Rivoli did not release additional details about the work’s medium, subject, or exhibition history in the material provided.
The museum’s statement also situated the event within its wider activities, framing the auction as support for Castello di Rivoli and its programs rather than as a standalone sale. No date, venue, or public timetable for the auction was included in the verified source material, and the museum’s notice focused instead on the fundraising result and the collection addition.
