# MASI Lugano

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{{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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/art_museum) predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in [Lugano](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lonely_Planet) |language=en}}</ref> Since December 2019, the museum has two locations, one in the [Lugano Arte e Cultura](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/List_of_contemporary_art_museums)
* [List of museums in Switzerland](/source/List_of_museums_in_Switzerland)

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana}}
* [https://www.masilugano.ch/ Official website]

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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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