The beloved Chilly Spring, New York establishment Magazzino Italian Artwork simply debuted its up to date management roster, with Adam Sheffer as director, Paola Mura as inventive director, Monica Eisner as Chief Working Officer and Nicola Lucchi as director of training on the Germano Celant Analysis Middle. Collectively, they bring about many years of expertise working in museums, non-profits and galleries to their roles, positioning Magazzino for its subsequent section of improvement. The change follows final yr’s opening of the Robert Olnick Pavilion together with an expanded exhibition program and new facilities.
“Seven years in the past, we opened Magazzino with a single constructing dedicated to presenting our assortment of Arte Povera,” founders Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu stated in a press release, reflecting on the museum’s evolution. “Since then, it has blossomed into a serious establishment for post-war and modern Italian artwork, and we’re excited to call the management group that may advance Magazzino in all areas, from curatorial and academic packages to neighborhood outreach and fundraising.” Right now, Magazzino has a nine-acre campus. The primary constructing, designed by Miguel Quismondo, hosts exhibitions drawn from the Olnick Spanu Assortment, whereas the newly added pavilion, designed by Alberto Campo Baeza with Miguel Quismondo, homes short-term exhibitions.
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Adam Sheffer joins Magazzino after thirty-five years within the artwork business, having held senior roles at Cheim & Learn, Tempo Gallery and Lisson Gallery, in addition to serving as president of the Artwork Sellers Affiliation of America. He’s additionally a benefactor of the Museum of Tremendous Arts, Boston. “I’ve adopted Magazzino carefully from its earliest days and seen its outstanding evolution because it has risen from conception right into a peerless middle for Italian tradition,” he stated in a press release. “There isn’t any different place on this planet with its mission; few can match its partaking spirit. I’m honored to hitch and assist this establishment construct on its robust foundations.” When requested for a remark by Observer, Sheffer added, “Our imaginative and prescient is just not new, however expanded. We are able to do greater than ever, which may be very thrilling for all of us.”
“The opening of the Robert Olnick Pavilion has given Magazzino a unprecedented alternative to create exhibitions and occasions that join the everlasting assortment on view within the Fundamental Constructing with new voices and views in post-war and modern Italian artwork,” Paola Mura advised Observer. Mura, who hails from Italy, beforehand served as director of the Civic Museums of Cagliari, the place Giorgio Spanu additionally has roots. She holds a PhD in Structure-Museum Research and brings over thirty years of expertise in cultural heritage conservation and administration, having labored with town administration of Cagliari, the Italian Ministry of Tradition and the EACEA Company of the European Fee. Mura has beforehand curated reveals at Magazzino, together with “Arte Povera from the Olnick Spanu Assortment” and “Marco Anelli: Constructing Magazzino,” and continues to function a curator for quite a few private and non-private establishments.
“My position will likely be to develop programming that prioritizes new and beforehand underrepresented views in Italian artwork for the reason that Second World Warfare,” she stated, talking on her imaginative and prescient for the longer term. “The artwork within the Fundamental Constructing is the inspiration. Now, we’re increasing the Museum’s curatorial imaginative and prescient to take a wider view of postwar and modern Italian artwork and tradition. We goal to make Magazzino concurrently extra domestically rooted and internationally engaged.”
New COO Monica Eisner joins Magazzino after working on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, the place she oversaw operations within the Division of Historical Close to Japanese Artwork, following roles on the Worldwide Middle of Pictures and Duke College’s Fuqua College of Enterprise. Nicola Lucchi, who has a PhD in Italian Research, arrives from the Middle for Italian Trendy Artwork (CIMA), the place he served as government director from 2022 to 2024.
Presently on view at Magazzino Italian Artwork are “Welcome to New York!” (devoted to the work of artist Michelangelo Pistoletto), “Carlo Scarpa: Timeless Masterpieces” Marco Anelli: Constructing Magazzino 2014–2024” and “Ettore Spalletti: Parole di colore.”
