Maramotti Collection

Address and contacts

Via Fratelli Cervi, 66 - 42124 Reggio Emilia
0039 0522 382484
info@collezionemaramotti.org
Maramotti Collection

Permanent Collection

Guided tours
Access to the permanent collection upon reservation, with free guided tours for maximum 25 visitors at a time.

Thursday and Friday
Free guided tour at 3.00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday
Free guided tours at 10.30 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.

The permanent installation by Jason Dodge, A permanently open window, can be visited upon request every Saturday and Sunday at the following times: April - September from 5.00 to 6.30 p.m. /  October - March from 1.00 to 1.30 p.m. and from 2.30 to 3.00 p.m.

Temporary EXHIBITIONS

The access to the temporary exhibitions is free at the opening times of the collection:

Thursday-Friday
2.30 - 6.30 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday
10.30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.

Closed January 1 and 6, April 25, May 1, August 1-25, November 1, December 25-26.

Prices

Free entrance

The visit of the permanent collection is accompanied by a member of the staff and should be booked in advance. Admission to the temporary exhibitions is free in the opening hours of the Collection and no subject to reservation.

The entire exhibition is accessible for persons with motor disabilities.

How to get there

Reggio Emilia

By car
A1 motorway, exit Reggio Emilia. Follow the directions marked "centro storico" and, as you approach the city ring road, turn right onto Via Emilia, in the direction of Parma. The building is about two kilometres from the town centre on the left side of Via Fratelli Cervi.

By train / bus
From the Reggio Emilia Railway Station:

Minibù (bus) E, "Porta San Pietro" stop, "Park Volo" destination and stop. No service on Sundays.
Bus No. 2, "Re Stazione FS" stop, "Via Cardano" direction, "Pieve Peep" stop.
Bus No. 8, "Re Stazione FS" stop, "Sant'Ilario" direction, "Pieve Peep" stop.

Historical notes

It will be possible to visit the museum through two floors and 43 halls. On the ground floor, beside the library, is a wide exhibiting hall for temporary exhibitions of new-wave artists.

The Collection consists of several hundred works of art that date from 1945 to the present, of which something more than two hundred are on permanent display as an in-depth presentation of a number of the central artistic tendencies, both Italian and international, of the second half of the 20th century. It consists primarily of paintings but it also holds sculptures and installations. The artists are represented by significant works from their early careers, and thus by examples of the ways in which their work first brought elements of true innovation into the research of contemporary art.

The permanent collection begins with a number of important European paintings that represent the abstract-expressionist movements of the Fifties, generally known as art informel, and there is also a group of proto-conceptual Italian works. It continues with an important selection of the works of the “Roman School” of Pop Art, and then with a considerable number of Arte Povera works. These sections of the Collection are followed in turn by various fundamental works from the area of Italian neo-expressionism (Transavanguardia), and as well by significant works of German and American neo-expressionism. Next we find a considerable group of works of the American New Geometry, from the Eighties and Nineties, followed finally by the most recent experimentations in both the United States and Great Britain.

Most of the Collection’s 21st century works have not been included in the permanent exhibition, and are presented in theme-based shows in the ground-floor spaces for temporary exhibitions. The Collection is itself a “work in progress” and will continue in the future to document the novel paths that the further evolution of contemporary art continues to explore.

All the artists

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In foto:
1. Stanislao Farri, primi anni Sessanta, Fototeca della Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia - Courtesy Archivio d'Impresa Max Mara
2. Collezione Maramotti, Ingresso lato Nord, Ph. C. Claudia Marini
3. Veduta di sala, open space 2° piano, Ph. C. Carlo Vannini