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A Modern and Contemporary Art Museum Opening up to the WorldThe Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rovereto and Trento (MART) hopes to join the ranks of the world's greatest institutions, despite its location out of the usual destinations of cultural tourism.
This ambitious projects is founded on two strongpoints: on the one hand, a very rich endowment of artworks, including masterpieces by Balla, Depero, Prampolini, De Chirico, Campigli, Morandi and Savinio.
On the other, the activism of its President Franco Bernabč, former head of the Venice Biennale, and of a scientific committee which includes internationally renowned art experts such as Salvatore Settis, Achille Bonito Oliva, Manuel J. Borja-Villel, Guy Cogeval, Alanna Heiss and Rolf Lauter.
Another asset is the new, beautiful building that opened in late 2002, joining Palazzo Albere in trento and Casa Museo Depero in Rovereto.
"We shall add several new activities centred around the MART," remarked Bernabč, "turning it into an engine of artistic research and innovation and attracting personalisties and artists."
On June 12, a new arrangement of the permanent collection and three important exhibitions have opened to the public.
The first is a retrospective on great architect Le Corbusier; the second, on life and culture in the Arab world; and the last is devoted to the works of one of the most peculiar
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