# Generali Foundation

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**The Generali Foundation** was established in 1988 by the Generali Group Austria as a private and non-profit-making art association for the promotion of contemporary art. Situated in [Vienna](/source/Vienna), [Austria](/source/Austria), it is one of the important museums specialised in collecting and exhibiting conceptual and performance art pieces in different media (documents, [video art](/source/Video_art), [installation art](/source/Installation_art) etc.).

The collection of the Generali Foundation contains 2100 works by 170 international artists, mainly from the 1960s to today. The Generali Foundation has also edited numerous books and catalogues on [conceptual art](/source/Conceptual_art), [performance art](/source/Performance_art), and other contemporary art practices.

## External links

- [More information on the Generali Foundation's politics of acquisition](https://web.archive.org/web/20070822203251/http://foundation.generali.at/index.php?id=sammlung&L=1); complete list of the artists included

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