Casa Dipinta (Painted House) belonged to artist Patrick Ireland (a.k.a. Brian O’Doherty) & his wife art historian Barbara Novak for almost 40 years. Taken over by the Commue of Todi it opened to the public on Oct 11.th O’Doherty, author of the seminal Inside the White Cube (1976) created this unique ‘anti-white cube’ museum in a lived environment over decades. It will serve as a permanent record of Ireland’s art, and through the donation of their individual libraries, as a research resource for artists and students of 20th century art.
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