Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto — Attraction in Comunità della Vallagarina

I must admit that I came with modest expectations, thinking it's just something to do on the road...not only I wasn't disappointed- I am very impressed. This museum has first of all an incredible collection of local art, which is beautifully exhibited in one space, with a retrospective over time plus a few focus rooms on certain artist. It is very informative and very eye opening, both to the influence of Austria and Germany on North Italian art as of the original developments. Further more, there were 3 other temporary exhibitions, all of them were humbly curated with a light hand that gives an educational perspective, but is very supportive for the observer without forcing too much information. I don't remember the last time I saw 4 exhibitions in one place, which I liked without an exception. I highly recommend a visit, although at least 3 exhibition spaces will probably change soon to others. Another little thing I liked is the design of the exhibition walls, with beautiful colours. One thing I felt was a bit a shame was that the shop didn't have a larger selection of postcards from the collection. The café is nice too BTW, and has amazing furniture, most of which I believe are of Italian...

This museum is nice but is managed in a way that does not exploit its full potential. The exhibition layout is quite rigid and you cannot enjoy to see what you like as the route is enforced by draconian old fashioned staff who does not allow freedom of movement between the rooms. So if you want to rewatch closer an artwork you cannot go straight there but you are forced to follow a rigid predetermined path that makes the experience quite boring. Overall there is a lack of effective descriptions which they lack of fundamental details, therefore exibitions are boring as the one curated by the pedantic Sgarbi. The temp exhibit on surrealism is depressive plenty of stuff of secondary epigones and really fails explaining the power of the truly surrealist revolution. The kids area is unattended so the museum do not offer any lab or activity for kiddos. There is a family kit but it was not offered when we purchased the ticket as the cashier was not aware of it. We found it by chance at the end of the day. The best thing you can do is visit the Casa d arte Depero. Overall the museum left a taste...

This is such a beautiful museum, with incredibly expansive collections and a fantastic café. But, although I went to three discrete sections of the museum, I did not see A SINGLE PIECE OF ART BY A WOMAN the whole time I was there. How can this be possible in 2024? I'm sure there is art by women in this museum, but it is extremely difficult to find. Of course, there is endless art ABOUT or OF women's naked bodies, but in 2024, it is really quite mind-boggling that the curators have not thought about this. By the end of my visit, I was tired of seeing another misogynistic depiction of a decontextualised piece of women's flesh (of course the nude can be wonderful, but especially in the surrealism section, it was always presented in a violently phallocentric way), and honestly just felt a bit sad...