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]
History and about
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.
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