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]

MASI Lugano
Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana
MASI Lugano at the Lugano Arte e Cultura
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EstablishedSeptember 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
LocationPiazza Bernardino Luini 6,
6901 Lugano, Switzerland
Coordinates45°59′58″N 8°56′54″E / 45.9994°N 8.9482°E / 45.9994; 8.9482
TypeArt museum
DirectorTobia Bezzola (2018–present)
Websitewww.masilugano.ch

History and about

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MASILugano at Palazzo Reali

The museum was created through the merger of the Museo Cantonale d'Arte [de; fr] with the Museum of Modern Art, Lugano [it], 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 [de] 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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References

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  1. ^ "Nella Svizzera italiana è tempo di LAC". Artribune (in Italian). 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  2. ^ "Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  3. ^ "Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana". Switzerland Tourism. Schweiz Tourismus. Retrieved 2024-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Fodor's Essential Switzerland. Fodor's Travel Guides. Fodor's Travel. 2022-06-14. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-64097-377-0.
  5. ^ "Tobia Bezzola è il nuovo direttore di MasiLugano". Artribune (in Italian). 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. ^ Chiaverina, John (2018-02-20). "Peter Gorschlüter Named New Director of Museum Folkwang in Germany". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  7. ^ 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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