Museum Carlo Zauli

Carlo Zauli Museum is a container that through its collections and various activities since 2002 has explored and spread the contemporary art in all its forms with a special attention to ceramics, the peculiar material of the local tradition. In fact , the Museum is located in Faenza in the very centre, in the spaces that since 1949 have belonged to Carlo Zauli, one of the most representative sculpturs of the XX century. His work and history are here promoted through the management of the Archives, itinerary exhibitions, publications and lectures. The spaces in the Museum were planned so as to narrate with updated means the vitality and the meetings of the artists who had characterized the atmosphere of the working shop since 1949. Then, with such a mind, under the direction of Matteo Zauli, the artist’s son, MCZ has become in the years the point of reference for the production and spreading of contemporary art, thanks to the Residence of Artist, numerous lectures, events of contemporary music and didactic courses. The Museum houses Carlo Zauli collection displayed along a chronological path from the early 50’s to the 80’s and passes through the garden, the labs in their original state and still working places, the cellars now warehouses, and a room dedicated to the industrial tiles design. Through the curatorial project “ Residence of Artist” and the other collaborations with artists, the Museum is organizing a contemporary section of ceramics that includes works by Ancarani, Arancio, Avveduti, Boisi, Campanini, Caravaggio, Casini, Chung, Commisso, Garutti, Giaretta, Gennari, Marisaldi, Mercier, Mercuri, Monterastelli, Pergola, Samorè, Silver, Trevisani, Valenti, Veronesi, Xhafa, Zuffi.