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The Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea or PAC is a museum of contemporary art in Milan, Italy. It is on via Palestro, next to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, and across from the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli.

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Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea di Milano

The entrance in via Palestro
Location	Via Palestro 14, Milan, Italy
Type	art museum
Director	Domenico Piraina
Website	www.pacmilano.it

History

In 1947 the Municipality of Milan, pressed by the need to find a new exhibition space for contemporary art, focused its attention on the site of Villa Belgioiosa, destroyed by bombing in 1943. It was decided to use the Villa as a site for the Modern Art Gallery, and to build a brand new space exclusively devoted to contemporary art. The design by the architect Ignazio Gardella was preliminarily selected in March 1948, and the Pavilion was inaugurated in 1954. In 1979, PAC reopened after a long period of closure for renovations.

In 1993 a bomb destroyed the building (Via Palestro massacre) at a time when Italy was heavily committed in its fight against the Mafia. Gardella subsequently rebuilt the exhibiting space according to the original design, though with key technical improvements. In 1996 PAC resumed its normal activity with an exhibition dedicated to Leo Castelli.

Over the past thirty years PAC have organised solo presentations of international artists such as Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Jivya Soma Mashe, Christian Boltanski, Chen Zhen, Lucio Fontana, Franko B, Regina José Galindo, Alberto Garutti, Jannis Kounellis, Richard Long, Robert Motherwell, Pino Pascali, Cindy Sherman, Yinka Shonibare, Tony Oursler, Jeff Wall and Zhang Huan.

In 1994 Maurizio Cattelan presented at the Laure Genillard Gallery in London a sculpture called Lullaby consisting of a blue bag containing debris he collected from PAC after the bombing. The piece is part of the collection of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin.[1]

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea

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[it] Padiglione d'arte contemporanea di Milano

Il Padiglione di arte contemporanea (PAC) è un edificio di Ignazio Gardella situato in via Palestro a Milano accanto alla Villa Reale e costruito tra il 1951 e il 1953 su un progetto del 1949.

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[ru] Павильон современного искусства (Милан)

Павильон современного искусства (итал. Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea, PAC) — павильон на виа Палестро в Милане, возле Виллы Реале. Построен архитектором Игнацио Гарделла в 1951—1953 годами по проекту, созданному в 1949 году. В 1993 году рядом с павильоном взорвалась бомба, в результате чего 5 человек были убиты, а здание было значительно повреждено. В 1996 году в павильоне прошли реставрационные работы под руководством Якопо Гарделлы.

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