The Swiss–Italian Art Museum (Italian: Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana), commonly known as MASI Lugano, MASILugano or MASI, is an art museum predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in Lugano, Switzerland.[1][2] Since December 2019, the museum has two locations, one in the Lugano Arte e Cultura (LAC) art center, and one in the Palazzo Reali.[3]
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_(21783439458).jpg) MASI Lugano at the Lugano Arte e Cultura | |
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| Established | September 12, 2015 |
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| Location | Piazza Bernardino Luini 6, 6901 Lugano, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 45°59′58″N 8°56′54″E / 45.9994°N 8.9482°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Tobia Bezzola (2018–present) |
| Website | www |
History and about
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The museum was created through the merger of the Museo Cantonale d'Arte with the Museum of Modern Art, Lugano, two public art institutions in the city of Lugano, and it opened on September 12, 2015.[4] The museum collection is primarily focused on the 19th and 20th centuries of art, with works mainly coming from the Canton of Ticino. They particularly focus on artists of Italian-speaking Switzerland.
Since 2018, Tobia Bezzola serves as the museum director, succeeding Marco Franciolli who left the position in late-2016.[5][6]
In 2022–2023, the museum hosted the Manor Cultural Prize,[7] a Swiss national fine arts prize awarded every two years and exhibition.
See also
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edit- ^ "Nella Svizzera italiana è tempo di LAC". Artribune (in Italian). 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana". Switzerland Tourism. Schweiz Tourismus. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Fodor's Essential Switzerland. Fodor's Travel Guides. Fodor's Travel. 2022-06-14. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-64097-377-0.
- ^ "Tobia Bezzola è il nuovo direttore di MasiLugano". Artribune (in Italian). 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Chiaverina, John (2018-02-20). "Peter Gorschlüter Named New Director of Museum Folkwang in Germany". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Chiericati, Paola (2022-01-13). "Masi: in 2022 an extraordinary and rich program of exhibitions". Ticino Welcome. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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