Magazzino Italian Art
Magazzino Italian Art is a museum and research center dedicated to postwar and contemporary Italian art, located in Cold Spring, New York. It opened in 2017 at the site of a former computer chip factory, [1] from which it takes its name, which translates to "warehouse." While the museum was initially free to enter, it introduced admission fees in 2023.[2]
The museum was founded by married art collectors Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu, whose private collection of Arte Povera works[3] form the museum's permanent collection. A second building, opened in 2023, features a gallery of Olnick and Spanau's Murano glass collection,[4] a rotating exhibition space, a cafe, and a research library. [5][6] The museum also has Sardinian donkey stables on the premises.[7]
Development
[edit]From 2003 to 2015, Olnick and Spanu ran a residency for contemporary Italian artists from their home in Garrison, New York. In 2012, they announced plans to construct a 16,000-square foot building on their property to house their collection, with additional space to house staff and visitors, although the facility would not be open to the public. The project faced significant local opposition from neighbors who objected to the facility's size and design, calling it a "monstrosity" that would clash with the area's rural character.[1]
In response to the opposition, Olnick and Spanu moved the project to the Route 9 highway.[1] The renovation of the main building was designed by Spanish architect Miguel Quismondo[8] and yielded 18,000 square feet of exhibition space.[8] The museum opened to the public on June 28, 2017, with Vittorio Calabrese appointed as the inaugural executive director.[9]
In September 2023, the museum added the Robert Olnick Pavilion to its campus, a 13,000-square foot building designed by Quismondo and Alberto Campo Baeza and named after Olnick's father.[10] The addition includes gallery space on the ground level and offices and storage in the basement. [11] The focus of the building is an isotropic cubed gallery space.
Exhibitions
[edit]Magazzino's first exhibition was dedicated to the influence and legacy of Margherita Stein, a late Italian dealer associated with artists active in Arte Povera circles and beyond, and the source of much of Olnick and Spanu's collection.[12] The museum's permanent exhibition opened the following year and includes a rotating selection of works by Arte Povera artists including Jannis Kounellis, Luciano Fabro, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, and Michelangelo Pistoletto.[13]
The museum closed in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reopening in July 2020 with a new gallery whose first exhibition featured works created by Italian artists during the pandemic lockdown..[14] Later exhibitions have featured work by conceptual artistsMel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, and Lucio Fontana;[15] sculptor Costantino Nivola;[16] and visual artist Piero Gilardi.[17]
The museum has also organized off-site exhibitions in the nearby town of Garrison,[18] as well as in New York City,[19] [20] Washington, D.C.,[21] and Cagliari, Italy. In 2023, it curated an exhibition at the New York Valentino flagship store.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rooney, Alison (September 23, 2016). "Modern Art Space to Open in Philipstown in 2017". The Highlands Current. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "Visitor Info | Magazzino Italian Art". www.magazzino.art. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (September 14, 2016). "You Don't Know What Arte Povera Is? They Can Change That". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Reif, Rita (September 17, 2000). "ART/ARCHITECTURE; Falling in Love With Exquisite Venetian Glass". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Artforum.com". www.artforum.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "First Germano Celant Research Center opens at Magazzino Italian Art with a focus on Arte Povera" Finestre sull'arte.com. April 28, 2023.
- ^ Cascone, Sarah (July 31, 2020). "Here Are 7 Delightful Stories of Animals That Live (or Work) in Museums, From a Dog Docent in Missouri to a Donkey Crew in New York". artnet News. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ a b Rooney, Alison (July 1, 2017). "Italian Art Space Opens in Philipstown". The Highlands Current. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Brara, Noor (July 12, 2019). "'We Wanted the Community to Embrace Us': Magazzino Director Vittorio Calabrese on the Museum's Place in the Hudson Valley". artnet News. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ Doyon, Marie (January 13, 2022) "Cold Spring Museum Magazzino Breaks Ground on a New Building" Chronogram.com. January 13, 2022.
- ^ Klimoski, Alex (March 6, 2018). "Magazzino Italian Art by Miguel Quismondo". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ Durón, Maximilíano (February 27, 2017). "Magazzino, a New Home for Postwar Italian Art in Upstate New York, Announces Inaugural Show". ARTnews.com. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ Heinrich, Will (August 8, 2019). "Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "Spotlight: Homemade". Artforum. 2020. pp. 1–3. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ "Bochner Boetti Fontana". Artsy. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ ""Nivola: Sandscapes"". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ Becker, Megan (May 9, 2022). "Piero Gilardi's 'Tappeto-Natura' seeks reconciliation between nature and the future". Document. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ Salotto Studio (May 25, 2022) "Design and ecology: the Formafantasma first site-specific installation in the USA" Vogue Italia. May 25, 2022.
- ^ Triplett Harrington, Leah (October 18, 2022) "Margherita Raso". Sculpture Magazine. October 18, 2022.
- ^ Basili Giorgia (November 19, 2021) "Italiani all’estero: la mostra di Namsal Siedlecki a New York". Artribune.com. November 19, 2021.
- ^ Internazionale, Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione. "New directions: Italian Contemporary Art in the United States". iicwashington.esteri.it (in Italian). Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Carter, Lee (November 15, 2023). "Valentino Collaborates With the Only American Museum of Italian Art". Artnet News. Retrieved July 11, 2024.