AMACI is delighted to announce that Museo Nivola in Orani (Nuoro) has officially become part of the network of member museums.
The decision, taken by the Members’ Assembly in April 2026, reflects recognition of the museum’s growth and the high quality of its exhibitions, cultural programming and research activities. The Museum’s admission was regarded as a significant addition to AMACI, capable of making an authoritative contribution to strengthening the Italian contemporary art system, with particular attention to the region in which it operates.
Run by the Foundation of the same name, Museo Nivola was established in 1995, a few years after the artist’s death, with the aim of safeguarding and promoting his research and legacy. Over the years, the museum has hosted a series of projects focusing on his work and on contemporaries whose paths crossed his own, alongside exhibitions and residencies that explore contemporary artistic languages while continuing to cultivate subtle, considered connections with his ideal legacy today.
The permanent collection, displayed on rotation, comprises hundreds of sculptures, paintings and drawings, together with numerous examples of his celebrated sandcasts, all bearing witness to every phase of his thinking and his polytechnic experimentation — work destined to mark an important chapter in modern reflections on the relationship between sculpture, environment and design discipline. Through its ongoing activity, Museo Nivola supports collective cultural growth and gives life to the history and memory of the area it serves.
With this admission, Museo Nivola becomes the second Sardinian museum to join the Association, following MAN in Nuoro, further extending AMACI’s regional presence; the Association now counts 28 member museums in total.
“On behalf of the whole Association,” says Lorenzo Balbi, President of AMACI, “I would like to welcome Museo Nivola. We are delighted to bring it into our network, and we are confident that its membership will make a meaningful contribution to the life of the Association, bringing the perspective of a region of great cultural and geographical significance, broadening our outlook and fostering new connections. We look forward with great interest to the opportunities this membership opens up, and we hope to develop new projects, opportunities for exchange and shared initiatives together, for the benefit of the whole Italian contemporary art system.”
Museo Nivola’s admission to AMACI marks a significant step in strengthening collaboration between public museum institutions dedicated to promoting contemporary art, with the aim of generating new synergies and furthering the spread of artistic culture across Italy.
MUSEO NIVOLA
Museo Nivola, in Orani, in the province of Nuoro, is dedicated to the life and work of Costantino Nivola (Orani, 1911 – East Hampton, 1988). Run by the Foundation of the same name, it was established in 1995, a few years after the artist’s death, with the aim of safeguarding and promoting his research and legacy. The building that houses the museum, divided into three main structures set along the hillside overlooking the town, near the Su Càntaru spring, is the result of an architectural plan by Peter Chermayeff, later continued by Gianfranco Crisci and Alessandro Floris. Conceived as a monographic museum, but also as a lively laboratory where art, architecture, nature and landscape engage in harmonious dialogue, it plays a crucial role in scholarship centred on Nivola while also serving a civic function, engaging local communities in programmes that, in keeping with the master’s teaching, encourage participation and so inhabit public space.
📌 Museo Nivola
Via Gonare, 2
08026 Orani (Nu)
