MASI Lugano explained

MASI Lugano
Native Name:Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana
Native Name Lang:it
Location:Piazza Bernardino Luini 6,
6901 Lugano, Switzerland
Type:Art museum
Director:Tobia Bezzola (2018–present)

The Swiss–Italian Art Museum, 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]

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.[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, 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-09-13 . Nella Svizzera italiana è tempo di LAC . 2024-01-10 . Artribune . it-IT.
  2. Web site: Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana . 2024-01-10 . . en.
  3. Web site: Schweiz Tourismus . Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana . 2024-01-10 . Switzerland Tourism . en.
  4. Book: Fodor's Essential Switzerland . 2022-06-14 . Fodor's Travel . 978-1-64097-377-0 . Fodor's Travel Guides . 290 . en.
  5. Web site: 2017-06-15 . Tobia Bezzola è il nuovo direttore di MasiLugano . 2024-01-10 . Artribune . it-IT.
  6. Web site: Chiaverina . John . 2018-02-20 . Peter Gorschlüter Named New Director of Museum Folkwang in Germany . 2024-01-10 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: Chiericati . Paola . 2022-01-13 . Masi: in 2022 an extraordinary and rich program of exhibitions . 2024-01-11 . Ticino Welcome . en.