Originating from the shared will of Museums and modern and contemporary art Foundations, the site offers an instant overview of the rich and varied presence of exhibition spaces in the Locarno area. An unprecedented project that brings together public and private bodies and is based on a sentiment of cohesion and collaboration.
Fondazione Museo Mecrì | Centro culturale e museo Elisarion | Fondazione Ghisla Art Collection | Fondazione Remo Rossi | Museo Casa Rusca | Museo Casorella | Fondazione Marguerite Arp | Museo Castello San Materno | Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna | Fondazione Rolf Gérard | Fondazione Ignaz e Mischa Epper | Fondazione Monte Verità | Museo Centovalli e Pedemonte | Centro Internazionale di Scultura
MINUSIO
Fondazione Museo Mecrì
The Foundation is located in a renovated, century-old building in the Mondacce neighbourhood of Minusio. The collection consists mainly of works by Aldo Crivelli and his considerable archives and came into being thanks to his daughter, Ilaria Merlini-Crivelli. The exhibition work intends to acknowledge Aldo Crivelli's important heritage, as well as offer exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
Via Mondacce 207
6648 Minusio
Tuesday – Saturday: 14.00–17.00
Sunday: 10.00–12.00 | 14.00–17.00
Bus line 323
www.mecri.ch
Centro culturale e museo Elisarion
Since 1981 the Elisarion has been promoting a rich programme of cultural events. The building, originally conceived as a temple devoted to Klarismus, was built in 1927 by the painter and writer Elisàr von Kupffer and the philosopher and historian of religions Eduard von Mayer. The celebrated painting Il Chiaro mondo dei beati, removed during the renovation work, can be seen in the pavilion of the same name at Monte Verità.
Via Rinaldo Simen 3
The museum is currently closed for renovation works.
www.minusio.ch/elisarion
Fondazione Ghisla Art Collection
The Foundation exhibits the contemporary art collection belonging to the Ghisla spouses, which includes masterpieces by the great masters of the past eighty years, amongst whom the names of Basquiat, Miró, Magritte, Picasso, Botero, Haring, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Mathieu, Fontana, Christo & Jeanne-Claude stand out in particular. On the Foundation's premises, temporary exhibitions alternating Swiss and international artists are also organized.
Via Antonio Ciseri 3
March 20 – October 31, 2022
Wednesday – Sunday: 13.30 –18.00
November 1, 2022 – January 8, 2023
Wednesday – Sunday: 13.30 –17.30
Bus lines 1 | 3 | 4 | 7
www.ghisla-art.ch
Fondazione Remo Rossi
The objective of the Foundation is to conserve and promote the work of the Locarno sculptor Remo Rossi, also by relaunching the artistic community he conceived in the 1960s. The venue is the artist's home, where exhibitions linked to the figure of Rossi and his artist friends are organised and where it is possible to consult the rich art library and documents from the archives.
Via F. Rusca 8
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday : 09.00 –11.30
Friday: 14.00 –17.30
www.fondazioneremorossi.ch
Museo Casa Rusca
The Museum is located in a typical eighteenth-century home, overlooking Piazza Sant'Antonio in Locarno. Following careful renovation work, in the 1980s the building was put to use as a museum which, since 1987, has regularly hosted temporary exhibitions by international artists, as well as showings devoted to local painters and sculptors.
Piazza Sant'Antonio 1
Opening April 10, 2022
Tuesday – Sunday: 10.00 –12.00 | 14.00 –17.00
Bus lines 3 | 7
www.museocasarusca.ch
Museo Casorella
The Museum, situated alongside the Visconteo Castle offers a permanent home to the City Art Collection. On exhibition are a selection of works from the Jean and Marguerite Arp donation, including works by the great artist from Alsace and fellow artists close to him. A series of paintings by Filippo Franzoni are exhibited on the second floor, and in the outside spaces sculptures by Max Bill can be viewed.
Via Bartolomeo Rusca 5
Opening on March 5, 2022
www.museocasorella.ch
LOCARNO-SOLDUNO
Fondazione Marguerite Arp
Created in 1988 by Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, Jean Arp's widow, the Foundation is located in the artist's studio-home and houses most of Jean and Marguerite Arp's collection, the archives and a library. In 2014 the historical complex was enhanced by a new building – designed by the architects Gigon & Guyer – with an exhibition space open to the public.
Via alle Vigne 46
6600 Locarno–Solduno
April 17 – October 30, 2022
Sunday: 14.00 –18.00
Out of hours guided tours by appointment.
Bus line 315 / Train line 620
www.fondazionearp.ch
Museo Castello San Materno
The Museum exhibits the art collection of the Kurt and Barbara Alten Foundation for Culture, which includes works by artists from the German-language area active in the 19th and 20th centuries: the impressionists Lovis Corinth and Max Liebermann, the artists of the Worpswede colony and the representatives of the Brücke and the Blaue Reiter. Each year, in collaboration with the Alten Foundation, temporary exhibitions are organised.
Via Losone 10
March 5 – December 30, 2022
Wednesday – Saturday : 10.00 –12.00 | 14.00 –17.00
Sunday and holidays : 14.00 –16.00
www.museoascona.ch
Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna
Founded in 1922, thanks to the artists of the historical avant-gardes who took refuge in Ascona, it houses the Municipal Art Collection, enhanced by endowments from Carl Weidemeyer, Charlotte Bara and Anna Iduna Zehnder. It highlights the collection of the Marianne Werefkin Foundation, artist of the Blaue Reiter, and collaborates with the Richard and Uli Seewald Foundation. It organises historical and contemporary exhibitions in keeping with Monte Verità's exceptional history.
Via Borgo 34
March 5, 2022– January 8, 2023
Tuesday – Saturday: 10.00 –12.00 | 14.00 –17.00
Fondazione Rolf Gérard
The Foundation is located in the old town centre of Ascona and is fortunate to avail itself of a considerable body of work by Rolf Gérard (1909‒2011). Not only paintings and drawings using various techniques but also numerous sketches and designs for opera and theatre performances. The Foundation's three available exhibition rooms house works not only by Rolf Gérard but also by outside artists.
Via Carrà dei Nasi 1
The Gérard Foundation will remain closed in favour of the Epper Foundation since they share the same building.
www.rolfgerard.com
Fondazione Ignaz
e Mischa Epper
The purpose of the Foundation, situated in the old town centre of Borgo di Ascona, is to conserve and exhibit the work of Ignaz and Mischa Epper. Ignaz Epper (1892‒1969) is one of the leading exponents of Swiss expressionism, whilst Mischa Epper (1901‒1978) was a sculptress and graphic artist. The Foundation's three available exhibition rooms house works not only by Ignaz and Mischa Epper, but also by outside artists.
Fondazione Ignaz e Mischa Epper
April 9 – October 30, 2022
Wednesday – Sunday: 14.00 – 17.00
www.fondazioneepper.ch
Fondazione Monte Verità
Monte Verità is a place of exceptional cultural value. In the course of the 20th century, few other places have hosted such a great number of artists, writers, philosophers and dancers, attracted by the mild climate and the desire to discover like-minded people, with whom to share a path of artistic and spiritual searching. The history and individuals that have inhabited this place come back to life in the Museum.
Strada Collina 84
April – October 2022
Bus line 5
The museum complex consists of: Casa Anatta, Casa Selma, Casa dei Russi, Elisarion Pavilion. The opening hours are available on the Foundation website.
www.monteverita.org
INTRAGNA
Museo Regionale delle Centovalli e del Pedemonte
In four rooms on the third floor of the sixteenth-century Casa Maggetti, home to the ethnographic Museum since 1989, art exhibitions are regularly hosted, giving priority to works by local artists. The exhibitions are a showcase of artistic expression on the territory and contribute to extending and deepening the bond between the resident population and the artists in the region.
Museo Centovalli e Pedemonte
Casa Maggetti
6655 Intragna
April 8 – October 30, 2022
Tuesday – Sunday: 14.00 – 18.00
Friday – Saturday: 09.30 –12.30
Train line 620
www.museocentovallipedemonte.ch
PECCIA
Centro Internazionale di Scultura
The Centro is a place of encounter for sculptors from all over the world and for anyone interested in three-dimensional art. The complex comprises a large building for exhibitions and conferences and for activities organised by sponsors, as well as five studios for artists. It also includes a modern work area.
6695 Peccia
June 4– October 30 2022
Tuesday – Sunday: 13.00– 17.00
Bus lines 315 + 334
www.centroscultura.ch