{{Short description|Museum in Lugano, Switzerland}} {{Infobox museum | name = MASI Lugano | native_name = Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana | native_name_lang = it | logo = Logo Masi Lugano.png | image = Le LAC, la façade sud (Lugano, Suisse) (21783439458).jpg | caption = MASI Lugano at the Lugano Arte e Cultura | established = {{Start date|2015|09|12}} | location = Piazza Bernardino Luini 6,<br/> 6901 Lugano, Switzerland | coordinates = {{Coord|45.9994|8.9482|region:CH|display=inline,title}} | type = Art museum | director = Tobia Bezzola (2018–present) | website = {{URL|https://www.masilugano.ch/}} }}
The '''Swiss–Italian Art Museum''' ({{Langx|it|'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-13 |title=Nella Svizzera italiana è tempo di LAC |url=https://www.artribune.com/report/2015/09/masilugano-lac-svizzera-mostre/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=Artribune |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/switzerland/ticino/lugano/attractions/museo-d-arte-della-svizzera-italiana/a/poi-sig/1569478/360828 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Lonely Planet |language=en}}</ref> Since December 2019, the museum has two locations, one in the Lugano Arte e Cultura (LAC) art center, and one in the Palazzo Reali.<ref>{{Cite web |others=Schweiz Tourismus |title=Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana |url=https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/experiences/masi-lugano-museo-darte-della-svizzera-italiana/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Switzerland Tourism |language=en}}</ref>
== History and about == alt=MASILugano at Palazzo Reali|thumb|MASILugano at Palazzo Reali|left The museum was created through the merger of the ''{{III|Museo Cantonale d'Arte|de|4=fr|5=Musée cantonal d'art de Lugano}}'' with the ''{{III|Museum of Modern Art, Lugano|it|Musée d'Art moderne de Lugano}}'', two public art institutions in the city of Lugano, and it opened on September 12, 2015.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5pvEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT290 |title=Fodor's Essential Switzerland |date=2022-06-14 |publisher=Fodor's Travel |isbn=978-1-64097-377-0 |series=Fodor's Travel Guides |pages=290 |language=en}}</ref> 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, {{III|Tobia Bezzola|de|Tobia Bezzola}} serves as the museum director, succeeding Marco Franciolli who left the position in late-2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-15 |title=Tobia Bezzola è il nuovo direttore di MasiLugano |url=https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2017/06/il-curatore-tobia-bezzola-e-il-nuovo-direttore-del-masi-di-lugano/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=Artribune |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiaverina |first=John |date=2018-02-20 |title=Peter Gorschlüter Named New Director of Museum Folkwang in Germany |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/peter-gorschluter-named-new-director-museum-folkwang-germany-9835/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2022–2023, the museum hosted the Manor Cultural Prize,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiericati |first=Paola |date=2022-01-13 |title=Masi: in 2022 an extraordinary and rich program of exhibitions |url=https://www.ticinowelcome.ch/en/canton-of-ticino-and-beyond/culture/lac-lugano-art-and-culture-culture/masi-2022-exhibition-program/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Ticino Welcome |language=en}}</ref> a Swiss national fine arts prize awarded every two years and exhibition.
== See also == * List of contemporary art museums * List of museums in Switzerland
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== External links == {{Commons category|Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana}} * [https://www.masilugano.ch/ Official website]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:MASILugano}} Category:2015 establishments in Switzerland Category:Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland Category:Cultural property of national significance in Ticino Category:Museums in Ticino
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