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.

[3] 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.

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.

MASILugano at Palazzo Reali
MASILugano at Palazzo Reali