Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto
| Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto | |
MART, Entrance
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| Location | Corso Angelo Bettini, 43, 38068 Rovereto TN, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 45°53′38″N 11°02′42″E / 45.8940°N 11.0450°ECoordinates: 45°53′38″N 11°02′42″E / 45.8940°N 11.0450°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Gianfranco Maraniello |
| Public transit access | Trento train station. Taxis outside station. |
| Website | mart |
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (MART) (Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, in Italian) is a museum centre in the Italian province of Trento. The main site is in Rovereto, and contains mostly modern and contemporary artworks, including works from renowned Giorgio Morandi, Giorgio de Chirico, Carlo Carrà and Fortunato Depero. Fortunato Depero's house in Rovereto (known as Casa d'Arte Futurista Depero) is also part of the Museum.
The permanent collection of the MART contains more than 15,000 artworks, including paintings, drawings, engravings, and sculptures.
The MART originated in 1987 as an autonomous entity within the autonomous Trentino province. It was installed in the Palazzo delle Albere in Trento. The idea of expanding the museum in order to combine both the legacy of the great futurist Fortunato Depero and the disparate inheritance held by the Trento Regional Arts Museum ("Museo Provinciale d'Arte di Trento") dates back to 1991, and was the project, in the first instance, of Gabriella Belli.
On 15 December 2002 the MART finally opened to the general public, with a new headquarters at Rovereto, a small town a short distance to the south of Trento.
Design of the new building was entrusted to the Ticinese architect Mario Botta, who worked on its development with the Rovereto structural engineer Giulio Andreolli. A 29,000 square metre site was available, but between the site and the road (Via Bettini) allowance had to be made for two substantial eighteenth century town houses (""Palazzi). Fortunately there is a gap between the two which provides sufficient space for an entrance.
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