The Fondazione Pastificio Cerere was founded in Rome in 2004 by its president, Flavio Misciattelli, with the aim of promoting and spreading contemporary art.

In 2005, it inaugurated its headquarters inside what was once the Pastificio Cerere, a former pasta factory built in 1905 and active until the post-war period. Since the seventies, the disused factory has been spontaneously repopulated by artists, who decided to establish their studios there: places to live for experiencing daily experimentation.

Over the years, critics, intellectuals, and figures from the world of entertainment have also gravitated around this forge that has become a reference point for culture in general. With the intention of preserving this great cultural heritage, the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere first allowed visitors to freely access a space dedicated to contemporary art: through a rich program of events, exhibitions, and workshops - promoting the interaction of contemporary artistic languages and the experimentation of new forms of intervention and participation, stimulating an open dialogue with Rome and involving an increasingly diverse audience.

Since 2011, with the appointment of Marcello Smarrelli as artistic director, the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere has developed a growing interest in artistic practices more closely related to issues of cultural and territorial policy, to public and participatory art projects, innovative educational programs, through the establishment of scholarships for residencies aimed at young artists and curators, and activities for students of various age groups.

In December 2018, the Foundation expanded its spaces, inaugurating the Spazio Molini, obtained from the recovery of the ancient mill of the Pastificio Cerere. Today, crossing the threshold of this majestic building immediately gives the impression of being in an attractive, engaging, and inclusive place. A rare example of a private space that has spontaneously become, thanks to the presence of artists, a contemporary workshop, a cultural hub where research, innovation, and experimentation sensibly intertwine with the city's events and dialogue with public, private, and cultural institutions from all over the world.