In 2002, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo opened a low-built minimalist building in the Borgo San Paolo district in the urban center of Turin, as a dedicated art space.
[2] The building was previously a Fergat automobile factory before being converted into a contemporary arts space[3] by architect Claudio Silvestrin, which opened to the public in 2002.
[4] In 2017, the foundation announced plans to open a venue in Nave 9 of Matadero Madrid, a 6,300 m2 (67,800 sq ft) space that was formerly a slaughterhouse.
Several commissions were shown at the Venice Biennale, such as Doug Aitken's eight-channel video installation Electric Earth in 1999, which won the international prize, and Alicja Kwade's WeltenLinie (2017).
[11] Since 2017, the foundation has been collaborating with the Philadelphia Museum of Art to produce time-based works, with Rachel Rose and Martine Syms being the first artists chosen.