As you can see, right from the design it's worth to take a look at the building from the outside!
History of the museum
The "Villa Malpensata", constructed in the 18. century, was donated to the city of Lugano in . Used as a museum it exposed different works of art until the city decided in 1990 to reconstruct the buildung and at the same time to change the museum's concept. So, in 1992, the "The Museum of Modern Art of the City of Lugano" opened its doors and focused from then on particularly on the promotion of 20. century art.
Exhibitons
Special attention is drawn to the expressionist movement, with man and his worries in the focus of interest. Previous exhibitions were dedicated to the works of: Emil Nolde (1994), Edward Munch (1998), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (2000). Collections from the surrealist Marc Chagall and the artistic couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude were also shown.
Our opinion
From our point of view, it is quite remarkable that such a small museum can manage to organise exhibitions with works of art from famous artists and one should defenitely use the opportunity to see great art at close quarters.
Wanna try?
Museo d'Arte Moderna
Riva Caccia 5 6900 Lugano
Contact
Tel. 0041 (0)58 866 7214
Riva Caccia 5
E-mail. info@mdam.ch
www.mdam.ch
Open: Tuesday - Sunday, 9am - 6pm
by Alexandra Sowka and Mona Contzen
3 comments:
Thank you very much for these informations, I really like to visit art museums located inside old villas.It happened to me only one time few years ago, but I think that it's the best atmosphere to show famous artists' works. (I like your first picture! Cars give a nice effect).
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