Pino Purificazione publisher, collector and gallery owner, son of the well-known artist Domenico Purificato, managed numerous galleries in Italy and abroad at the same time. In 2020 he opened with Francesco Zero, a sculptor friend, artistic director and museum director, a new gallery in Rome, not far from the Coppedè district, in Via Bisagno 11, the "GALLERIA D'ARTE PURIFICATO.ZERO". The STUDIOZEROCultural Association, which manages its management, was founded in 1994 and with its artistic programs has operated in Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, China, USA and Russia. Its members are more than one hundred artists, supporters and managerswith Purificato as President and Zero as Vice President.
Our projects are born with a high cultural profile linked to the chosen places which become the natural cradle of artistic events scheduled on an annual and biennial basis, as well as a number of on-site events capable of offering art lovers and enthusiasts and collectors a qualified offer through a selection of works by modern and contemporary authors. Every year more than twenty exhibitions make up the Gallery's program in castles and historic homes, hotels in Rome and culturally relevant spaces throughout the national territory,thanks to a circuit of artists who themselves become a source and reference for the public with their evolution professional, alongside recognized masters of contemporary art including Alessandro Kokocinscki, Max Ernst, Christo, RenatoGuttuso, Giorgio De Chirico, Franco Gentilini, Ennio Calabria, Giovanni and Elena Tommasi Ferroni, Enrico Benaglia, Franz Borghese, Franco Fortunato and many others large.
The structure collaborates with journalistic editorial teams, including the monthly newspaper "Il Corriere di Roma", for which it edits the Arte' page; qualified collectors and numerous art enthusiasts who are recipients of his communications, - a "troupe" of young filmmakers who make films and reports of the events.The Gallery is followed by the most qualified national cultural agencies that deal with its programs, thanks to the precious works that entered Pino Purificato private collection during his fifty years of activity as a gallery owner. A constant commitment is that of the Purificato.Zero Gallery which, for the diffusion of culture in its maximum expressions, is often recognized by the specialized media for its practical sense and sensitivity towards its members.In partnership with Foundations, Cultural Centers and International Associations, the Purificazione.Zero Art Gallery of Rome addresses a global audience through the development of multimedia synergies, also organizing annual series of events including "Arte in Hotel", "ExtrAvanguardia" , “Il Giocattolo”, “Mille km della Cultura”, "Artisti a confronto" and great collective exhibition at the end of the year, with the awarding of numerous awards, of which AgendArte constitutes the most characteristic imprint, a compendium of works by its best artists, distributed in Italy and abroad in museums and embassies of Academies and sent to illustrious figures in the world of culture.