Magazzino of Italian Art is introduced to the Hudson Valley community by the featured article in the Highlands Current |   September 20, 2016

The Highlands Current announces the launch of Magazzino of Italian Art, an art warehouse and library built by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu of Garrison, NY to house their personal collection of postwar and contemporary Italian art.

Magazzino is located in Cold Spring, NY and will be open in summer 2017 by appointment only and there will be no charge for admission.

The idea is not only to contain the art, but also to share it, to host students and scholars,” said Magazzino’s director, Vittorio Calabrese.

MIA-Magazzino of Italian Art Photograph by Marco Anelli New York, 2016
The new building under construction at Magazzino of Italian Art (Photo by Marco Anelli)

Designed by Spanish architect Miguel Quismondo, the complex consists of two buildings, one is the renovated Cyberchron space, the other is new. The buildings are linked by a glass connector and separated by a courtyard. The name Magazzino, which means warehouse in Italian, was deliberately chosen to avoid any association with a museum, galleries or commercial enterprises of any kind and to indicate that it is a private space.