Museo arte contemporanea Sicilia, Contemporary art museum in Via San Francesco, Catania, Italy.

Museo arte contemporanea Sicilia (MacS) occupies the Badia Piccola of the Monastery of San Benedetto on via Crociferi, a building attributed to Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, entered from via San Francesco d'Assisi 30. Its rooms show a permanent collection of painting, sculpture and photography by Catania, Sicilian, Italian and international artists, plus temporary exhibitions; an expansion in 2016 added the upper floor.

The museum occupies an 18th century building that was originally a monastery structure called Badia Piccola, part of the Monastery of San Benedetto. Converting this religious space into an art venue brought a new purpose to the historic architecture.

The MacS is the only museum in Europe devoted exclusively to figurative contemporary art, apart from the MEAM in Barcelona. Its permanent collection mixes painting, sculpture and photography by Sicilian artists such as Gesualdo Prestipino and Alfio Giurato with international names like Lita Cabellut and Ryan Mendoza.

The entrance is at via San Francesco d'Assisi 30, not on via Crociferi, where the museum occupies the Badia Piccola connected to the Badia Grande by the arch. The upper floor was added to the exhibition rooms in 2016, so allow time for both levels. Guided tours are available on request.

The MacS is the only museum in Europe devoted exclusively to figurative contemporary art, apart from the MEAM in Barcelona. Its rooms occupy the Badia Piccola of the Monastery of San Benedetto, a building attributed to Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, reached from via San Francesco d'Assisi 30.