MASI Lugano

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
Established	September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
Location	Piazza Bernardino Luini 6, 6901 Lugano, Switzerland
Coordinates	45.9994°N 8.9482°E / 45.9994; 8.9482
Type	Art museum
Director	Tobia Bezzola (2018–present)
Website	www.masilugano.ch

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.

See also

• List of contemporary art museums