Galleria d'arte moderna of Genoa, Modern art museum in Villa Saluzzo Serra, Genoa, Italy

The Galleria d'arte moderna occupies the sixteenth-century Villa Saluzzo Serra on via Capolungo 3, within the Nervi parks. Its rooms on the ground floor and two upper floors hold over 2,700 sculptures, paintings, engravings and drawings, collected from 1850 and datable from the early nineteenth century to the contemporary era. The core comes from Prince Oddone Eugenio Maria di Savoia's donation, later enlarged by legacies and acquisitions.

The gallery opened in 1928 in the sixteenth-century Villa Saluzzo Serra, within Genoa's municipal parks in Nervi. Its holdings grew from a core of works donated by Prince Oddone Eugenio Maria of Savoy, later enlarged by legacies and acquisition campaigns. The collection, assembled from 1850 onward, ranges from the early nineteenth century to contemporary art.

The gallery's core is the art collection donated by Prince Oddone Eugenio Maria di Savoia, later enlarged by legacies and acquisitions. Works by Ligurian painters such as Ernesto Rayper, Tammar Luxoro and Rubaldo Merello hang beside twentieth-century pieces by Renato Guttuso, Filippo de Pisis and Arturo Tosi, whose 'La mietitura' dates to 1935.

The museum is housed in a multi-story villa with various rooms, so it helps to understand the layout before your visit or grab a map on arrival. Mornings and early afternoons tend to be less crowded times to explore the galleries.

The collection began with a gift from Prince Oddone Eugenio Maria of Savoy, around which later bequests and acquisitions were added. Among the works are Renato Guttuso's 'Contadini al lavoro', Filippo de Pisis's 'L'archeologo' and Arturo Martini's 'La Convalescente'. The gallery also holds part of the Wolfson Collection from the nearby Wolfsoniana.