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Pirelli Foundation’s new educational courses
for the 2026/2027 school year will soon be online.

Stay tuned!

The programme will be presented online on Monday 21 September 2026. If you would like to take part, please click here

Pirelli Foundation Educational Courses

Pirelli Foundation’s new educational courses
for the 2026/2027 school year will soon be online.

Stay tuned!

The programme will be presented online on Monday 21 September 2026. If you would like to take part, please click here

Visit the Foundation

Pirelli Foundation’s new educational courses
for the 2026/2027 school year will soon be online.

Stay tuned!

The programme will be presented online on Monday 21 September 2026. If you would like to take part, please click here

Drawings and posters

Hundreds of original studies, sketches and drawings commissioned from the 1910s to the 1960s from famous artists, illustrators, and designers for advertisements, to celebrate objectives achieved and to illustrate Pirelli magazine. The most important artists include such names as Alberto Bianchi, Fulvio Bianconi, Giuseppe Cappadonia, Renato Guttuso, Bob Noorda, Riccardo Manzi and Giorgio Tabet. Together with the original works there are also thousands of advertisements printed in the 1950s and 1960s, with posters, catalogues, folders, and window displays.

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Search the Historical Archive of the Pirelli Foundation for sources and materials. Select the type of support you are interested in and write the keywords of your research.

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