Palazzo Riso - Museum of Contemporary Art - Palermo

Designed by the architect Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia, the house was built at the end of the 18th century and completed in 1784.

The architecture of the Palazzo Riso clearly shows the waning days of the Sicilian Baroque as it transitioned into Neoclassicism . It became the property of the Prince of Belmonte and in the 19th century it passed to Baron Riso. The marble coat of arms of Riso on the portal of the palazzo was carved by Ignazio Marabitti.

During the Second World War the building was damaged by Allied bombing. It was restored in the mid-1990s and has been a contemporary art museum since 2008. The Riso Contemporary Art Museum of Sicily is one of the most important museums in the region.

The museum collects works by contemporary artists , including Andrea Di Marco, Alessandro Bazan, Giovanni Anselmo, Emilio Isgrò, Domenico Mangano, Antonio Sanfilippo, Carla Accardi, Christian Boltanski, Croce Taravella, Francesco De Grandi, Francesco Simeti, Fulvio Di Piazza, Giulia Piscitelli , Laboratorio Saccardi, Luca Vitone, Paola Pivi, Pietro Consagra, Richard Long, Richard T. Scott and Salvo.

Willem Vandenameele