Fondazione Palazzo Magnani

Fondazione Palazzo Magnani is a non-profit foundation, established in 2010, founded by Province and Municipality of  Reggio Emilia (Italy) in association with private members.  

It promotes the visual arts through exhibitions and cultural activities held in three historic palaces in the city of Reggio Emilia: Palazzo Magnani, the Cloisters of San Pietro and Palazzo da Mosto. It privileges interdisciplinary dialogue, intercultural encounters, and interchange between different forms of knowledge. In this way an exhibition becomes a cultural project, an occasion designed not only to offer visitors the opportunity to observe valuable works, but also and above all to provide an opportunity for comparison, reflection, growth, criticism and sharing one’s personal knowledge and convictions.

A constant source of research are workshop-based experiential and narrative approaches to teaching and learning, in recognition that the practice of art is the major route through which individual development and social cohesion can be reconciled.

Reggio Emilia has long been at the national forefront as one of the cities most attentive towards individuals and their needs throughout the various phases of life, aware of the temporary or permanent difficulties that may occur. We are convinced that art should play a fundamental role in the process of providing support and improvement in matters of health, adversity and vulnerability.