The Swiss–Italian Art Museum (), commonly known as MASI Lugano, MASILugano or MASI, is an
art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. A ...
predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
, Switzerland. Since December 2019, the museum has two locations, one in the
Lugano Arte e Cultura (LAC) art center, and one in the Palazzo Reali.
History and about
The museum was created through the merger of the ' with the ', two public art institutions in the city of Lugano, and it opened on September 12, 2015. The museum collection is primarily focused on the 19th and 20th centuries of art, with works mainly coming from the
Canton of Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
. They particularly focus on artists of Italian-speaking Switzerland.
Since 2018, serves as the museum director, succeeding Marco Franciolli who left the position in late-2016.
In 2022–2023, the museum hosted the
Manor Cultural Prize
Manor Cultural Prize (; ) is a Swiss fine arts prize awarded every two years by the Manor (department store) alongside art museums in 12 Swiss cities, which was founded in 1982 in Lucerne. The goal is to promote emerging artists under the age of 40 ...
,
a Swiss national fine arts prize awarded every two years and exhibition.
See also
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List of contemporary art museums
Contemporary art museums around the world specialize in collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. The following is an alphabetical listing of major contemporary art museums, divided by country. A number of such museums are named Museum of Conte ...
References
External links
Official website
2015 establishments in Switzerland
Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland
Cultural property of national significance in Ticino
Museums in Ticino
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