Collezione Maramotti, Modern art museum in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Collezione Maramotti is a contemporary art museum in Reggio Emilia, housed in the former Max Mara factory designed by Pastorini and Salvarani in 1957. The building was converted by British architect Andrew Hapgood in 2005 after the company moved elsewhere. It displays over two hundred works made from 1945 onward, alongside an art archive and library.
The building was designed by architects Pastorini and Salvarani in 1957 as the original Max Mara factory. After the company moved elsewhere, the British architect Andrew Hapgood converted it into exhibition space in 2005, and the collection opened to the public in 2007, fulfilling a wish of founder Achille Maramotti.
The collection shows European art movements like art informel and neo-expressionism that developed after World War II. It gives a sense of how artists of that era searched for new directions and how their work continues to matter today.
Access is by appointment only, so visits must be booked in advance; the collection is housed in the former Max Mara premises in Reggio Emilia. Temporary exhibitions run alongside the permanent display. The building was converted for exhibition use by the British architect Andrew Hapgood.
The Max Mara Art Prize for Women was set up by the Max Mara Fashion Group in 2005 and run with the Whitechapel Gallery until its ninth edition; from the tenth it moves to a new country each time, starting with the Museum MACAN in Jakarta, curated by Cecilia Alemani. Winners include Laure Prouvost and Helen Cammock.
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