KALPA Art Living

Conceived as an immersive sanctuary, KALPA Galleries invites visitors into a timeless environment that feels simultaneously like a curated home and an otherworldly retreat. Set against the wild, ancient landscape of Volterra, Tuscany, its flagship resides within the 15th-century Palazzo Bonomini. A meticulous 2019 restoration by founder Olga Niescier and master restorer Cristiano Sabelli resurrected the palazzo’s historic walls using local stone and natural materials, effortlessly bridging centuries of history with contemporary elegance

Inside, KALPA champions a diverse global roster of artists and makers. They present tactile, organic works crafted from alabaster, bronze, raw earth, and wood—each piece intended to gracefully integrate into everyday life

Beyond its gallery walls, KALPA provides premier art consultancy for interior designers and architects. Their refined aesthetic vision has elevated prestigious global spaces, boasting high-profile collaborations with Aman New York, Molteni&C, and Milan Design Week

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Polish visionary Olga Niescier (b. 1978) is a polymath fluent in art, design, and curation. Educated at Lodz’s Academy of Fine Arts and Florence’s Polimoda Institute, she has cultivated an interdisciplinary practice since 2001 that effortlessly blurs fashion, visual art, and performance

Yet, the canvas remains her most profound medium. Niescier’s paintings are meditative explorations of nature’s organic rhythms and botanical micro-universes—an evocative intersection of Zen philosophy and abstract expressionism

This holistic devotion to aesthetics culminates in KALPA Galleries. Far more than a traditional exhibition space, KALPA is the elegant distillation of her multifaceted career and a realization of her idealized concept of "art living." It is a carefully curated sanctuary where architecture, fine art, and the human experience converge in absolute harmony

 

Exhibitions

Indentations of Memory

Janine Thüngen-Reichenbach

KALPA Art Gallery in Palazzo Bonomini
30 April - 30 August 2026

 

Curated Archive

Vault Vessel VIII — 2023

Tom Palmer

Sculptural vessel in translucent Iberian alabaster appearing absolutely delicate as the light passes through

 

Charred Voided Form — 2025

Oliver Chalk

Maple burr charred and brushed sculptured with a tung oil finish

 
 

Resti III — 2025

Pol Petrino

A compilation of raw cotton canvas layered with Cretaceous and Tertiary limestone, soil, and rainwater

 

Agata Macchiata (Healing) — 2021

Roberta Busato

A sculptured calm facial expression from Alabaster Agate sitting on an Alabaster Mandorlato base

 

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Gallery Contact

KALPA Gallery

Via Porta all’Arco 12-24

56048 Volterra (PI), Italy

+39 338 117 9741

info@kalpa-art.it

Monday to Saturday 10am to 6pm

Other days by appointment only

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