Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is chairwoman of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, a contemporary-art institution based in Turin.
The Circolo StellaRe
In 2006 Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo founded the Circolo StellaRe, with the aim of establishing and awarding the StellaRe Prize, a recognition given each year by the Foundation to women who, through their work, commitment and ideas, have broken new ground in a wide range of fields of knowledge [1]. The prize is a ring designed by the artist Maurizio Cattelan, in a single, unique edition [1]. By receiving the prize, the winner symbolically joins the Circolo [1].
The StellaRe Prize was awarded in 2006 to Franca Sozzani, editor of Vogue Italia; in 2007 to Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Economy and Planning of the United Arab Emirates; in 2009 to Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum in New York, and to architect Kazuyo Sejima; in 2011 to Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn; in 2014 to CERN director-general Fabiola Gianotti; in 2015 to Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, chairwoman of Qatar Museums; in 2016 to Allegra Agnelli; in 2017 to Lidia Bastianich; in 2018 to Cherie Blair; in 2024 to Italian-American philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem; in 2025 to Caterina Caselli [1].
The StellaRe Prize 2026
On 13 November 2026 Patrizia Sandretto presented the StellaRe Prize 2026 to Laura Mattarella, a lawyer who since 2015 has taken part in the institutional activities alongside her father, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, during a ceremony held at the Foundation's headquarters in Turin [2][3]. In her remarks, Patrizia Sandretto highlighted «the rigour and the deep sense of institutions with which Laura Mattarella has been able to put her human and professional skills at the service of the community» [2].
Patrizia Sandretto added that Laura Mattarella's example «testifies to the essential value of women's contribution to the country's public and institutional life: a contribution that is never flaunted but able to deeply affect the quality of relationships, the culture of responsibility and the building of the common good» [2].
Timeline
- — Alba prepares the programme of events linked to its title of Italian Capital of Contemporary Art 2027, with the chairwoman of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation among the figures leading the initiative. IdeaWebTv
Sources
- Il 13 novembre il conferimento del premio StellaRe 2026 a Laura Mattarella — ANSA Piemonte, 10 November 2026
- Laura Mattarella, premio StellaRe Sandretto Re Rebaudengo — la Repubblica Torino, 13 November 2026
- A Laura Mattarella il premio StellaRe 2026 della Fondazione Sandretto — ANSA Piemonte, 13 November 2026