Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Explained

Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
Address:	Via Duca D'Aosta 63
Location Town:	Casoria, Province of Naples
Location Country:	Italy
Coordinates:	40.9142°N 14.2986°W

Casoria Contemporary Art Museum is located in Casoria in the Province of Naples, Italy. In 2003 the comune approached Antonio Manfredi, a local artist and advocate of international contemporary art, as part of an initiative of local revitalization under the banner Una città per l'arte.^[1] The museum was founded in 2005 and has an exhibition space of 3,500 m², largely devoted to its permanent collection of some thousand works by international artists.^{[2] [3]} In April 2012 the museum began burning its collection in protest at the impact of austerity measures introduced in response to the nation's debt crisis, which have had a particularly adverse effect on arts funding.^[4]

See also

• Iconoclasm

External links

• Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
• Casoria Contemporary Art Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arte e Cultura - Museo di Arte Contemporanea . . 18 April 2012.
2. Web site: Casoria Contemporary Art Museum . Casoria Contemporary Art Museum In 2011 the CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum organized the regional section of the 54° Venice Biennale.. 18 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419120649/http://www.casoriacontemporaryartmuseum.com/en/lab.htm# . 2012-04-19 . dead .
3. Web site: Artisti - Opere . Casoria Contemporary Art Museum . 18 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011202941/http://www.casoriacontemporaryartmuseum.com/en/artist/rod/La_collezioneThe_co_del_CAM.pdf# . 2010-10-11 . dead .
4. Web site: Italian museum burns artworks in protest at cuts . . 18 April 2012.