Visual arts

For the
Public Life
of Art

The MLT Foundation is a family-led philanthropic initiative. Its visual arts programme brings meaningful works, ideas and scholarship to wider audiences, deepening understanding and helping them endure across generations.

Rita Ackermann — Manna Rain, 2024 — pictured at Cy Twombly’s former studio in Italy, MLT Collection
Rita Ackermann – Manna Rain, 2024 – pictured at Cy Twombly’s former studio in Italy, MLT Collection
01  Public purpose

Philanthropy
in Practice

Through long-term partnerships, the Foundation lends works to museums, makes gifts to public collections, and funds exhibitions and publications. Each form of support is chosen for its lasting cultural value.

LEND —
Works to
museums
GIFT —
Works to
public collections
FUND —
Exhibitions &
publications
For loan, gift, and funding requests and collaborative inquiries, please contact our curatorial office here.

Art finds its fullest meaning in the lives it enters.

02  The MLT Collection

A Collection
Shaped by Life

The MLT Collection follows a holistic vision, bringing together art and objects across periods, cultures and forms. Unbound by a single medium or category, it reflects a family’s evolving way of seeing, living and finding meaning.

Tatiana Trouvé — The Guardian (2024) & Sitting Sculpture (2026); Hu Xiaoyuan — Wood / Time Branch VIII, 2025 — MLT Collection
Tatiana Trouvé – The Guardian and Sitting Sculpture; Hu Xiaoyuan – Wood / Time Branch VIII – MLT Collection
Piero Golia – Still Life (Rotating Device), 2024 – MLT Collection
03  In circulation

Beyond a
Fixed Space

The Foundation is not defined by a single public venue. Its activities develop through projects and partnerships across institutions and geographies, allowing it to remain responsive and direct its resources where they can have lasting impact.

Piero Golia — Still Life (Rotating Device), 2024 — MLT Collection

Legacy is not held in one place; it lives in what others carry forward.

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