The seat of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna of the Municipality of Verona occupies part of the block of Roman origin bordered by Via Forti, Via Massalongo, Corso S. Anastasia and Vicolo Due Mori. The original framework of Palazzo Forti could be dated to around the 13th century. In 1937 Achille Forti, illustrious botanist and the last descendant of the family, bequeathed the palace to the Municipality of Verona which, as per testamentary wishes, turned it into a museum of modern art. With these tasks the palace remained open for just over a year. Following the war, it was first used as the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts and Art School, then as offices of the municipal administration until about 1950. In 1966 some restoration works were undertaken, under the supervision of Prof. Licisco Magagnato, which brought to light the medieval structures. In the meantime, but only for a few months, the museum was reopened, but it was definitively closed (except for a few solitary exhibitions) until the 1980s. In 1982 the municipal administration decided on the definitive opening of the Gallery which was inaugurated on March 14 of the same year. Since then, the museum has organized numerous and important exhibitions dedicated to the most important personalities and movements of the national and international art scene: including Van Gogh, Munch, Degas, Toulouse Lautrec, Picasso, Modigliani, de Chirico, Magritte, Klee, Kandinsky , Malevich, Chagall up to the contemporary Marc Quinn. Among the objectives of the Gallery is the conservation, enhancement and promotion of its collection through a corpus of about 1300 works of modern and contemporary art with the works of artists of considerable importance: from Medardo Rosso to Vanessa Beecroft, from Francesco Hayez to Fabrizio Plessi , from Felice Casorati to Giulio Paolini etc.