In the middle, the title of the exhibition which inaugurates the new exhibition season of the MAN Museum, alludes to and implies a series of references ranging from the personal details of the six artists presented to their personal research path, from the proposed themes to today's particular situation of MAN, to go so far […]
In the middle, il titolo della mostra che inaugura la nuova stagione espositiva del Museo MAN, allude e sottintende una serie di rimandi che vanno dall’anagrafica dei sei artisti presentati al loro personale percorso di ricerca, dalle tematiche proposte all’odierna particolare situazione del MAN, per arrivare fino a far riferimento all’inizio di quello che celebriamo come il prossimo altrettanto […]
The MAN for the Island of Stories
The spirit of Aboriginal art
First part
Prima parte
So far, so close
Sardinia Pavilion
Browse the weather
As part of the thirteenth edition of the Dromos Festival "The tales of the veil", in the spaces of the Parco dei Suoni of Riola Sardo was inaugurated Muc(h)ador, the collective exhibition that proposed a selection of works by Alessandro Biggio, Giulia Casula, Maimouna Guerresi, Maria Antonietta Mameli, Sukran Moral, Giulia Sale, sand the artists […]
First date
Photo contest
Second part
History of graphics in Italy
Photographer
Catalog of existence
Art at the center (table)
Italian graphics
Breaks recently passed
Browse the weather
MAN continued its dialogue with the territory and with the city of Nuoro through the project Tailor-made art . Born from the idea of a museum as a possible widespread place of creation and meeting, Tailor-made art invited 5 Sardinian artists to create a work for the window of one of the main clothing stores […]
First in 2012
Catalog
The collection
The exhibition, curated by the Fondation Werner Bischof of Paris, the Magnum Photos Agency and the Contrasto Agency, is organized by Imago Multimedia, a photographic agency and publishing house from Nuoro, in collaboration with the MAN Museum of Nuoro. Over 100 photographs, a selection of the most famous shots. Furthermore, 30 photographs taken in Sardinia […]
The theme “Horses and Riders” is the subject of two parallel exhibitions curated by Lorenzo Giusti, director of the MAN Museum, and Alberto Salvadori, director of the Marino Marini Museum. A profoundly Sardinian theme expressed, on the one hand, by the artist of our twentieth century who represented it more than anyone else, Marino Marini, […]
SOS cabaddos
Small masterpieces from the educational laboratories of the MAN Museum
Off
Hypothesis
The fantastic library is a project by Cherimus, an association active for several years in Sulcis and dedicated to the use of contemporary art as a tool for enhancing the territory, in collaboration with the School of the trip And Oxfam Italy, and involved the Municipalities of Giba, Masainas, Perdaxius, Piscinas, Santadi and Villaperuccio and […]
Painting from the MAN and Mus'A collections | 1900-1950
Testimonials
“Braccia” is a two-stage project by the artist Alessandro Biggio (Cagliari, 1974), born from the need to experiment with a different relationship between conception and realization in the production of the work of art. Supported by the MAN Museum of Nuoro and the Marino Marini Museum of Florence, the project sees, for the exhibitions scheduled […]
Ceramics
Ceramiche
Gianluca And Massimiliano De Serio A Return
Open
The commission of the "Sardegna Reportage" competition, which met in Nuoro on 24 February, identified six projects among the one hundred and twenty presented to the MAN Museum by as many competitors, highlighting in particular the work of Manuela Meloni, "The land of memory". The other projects indicated by the commission are those of Alessandra […]
The vanguards of the movement
Horizon in Italy. Cute smooth sea two yellow boats plus smoke
The Gardens of Sardinia, Cyprus and Jerusalem
Mend the world. From the 1980s to the 2000s
I know sinnoso, frese de su sonnu
Giacometti and the archaic
Mild
Jammin' drama project
A cloud came down on me
Hamish Fulton. Michael Höpfner
Artistic research and environmental issues in Sardinia
Twenty-five years of artistic research in Sardinia (1957-1983)
Being able to say it
The competition commission " Sardinia Reportage ”, which met in Gavoi on 13 June last, identified four projects among the one hundred and one presented at the MAN Museum by as many competitors, highlighting in particular the work of Matteo Melis , “Cagliari, life and customs of a city of 2015”. The other projects reported […]
Street Photographer
3 “Easycollage” and 6 “Collage-Truth”
Sect. Behavior frameworks
Eye reflection
Continuous infinite present
The true color of the sky
Animated worlds
Bernardino Palazzi. Graphic designer, illustrator, photographer
AZOLA / Somnyama Ngonyama
Art in Sardinia
Until we meet again
Films and Installations
Drawings
Drawings
Diego Perrone and Andrea Sala
An exhibition on doubt
Women (are blissful)
Sardinia 900
Sardegna 900
The Neighbors
German Expressionism. Collection of the Osthaus Museum in Hagen
Topographies
Action Movies, Painted Films and History Collage
Leonardo Boscani / Golden Zimmer
Leonardo Boscani / Golden Zimmer
Nose pads
Couples of Russian avant-garde artists
If not here where
Production Archive Spaces
Southern Hemispheres
Works from the Maria Cernuschi Ghiringhelli Collection
The Futurists. 1912 – 1944
The invention of the Sardinian Petra
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and the masters of Montmartre
Dor Guez
Anna Bjerger, Louis Fratino, Waldemar Zimbelmann
François-Xavier Gbré
Works from the MAN permanent collection
Maliheh Afnan
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Miroslav Balka
edited by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli
Works from the MAN collection
edited by Luigi Fassi
Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
Sardinia-Piedmont: a postcolonial vision
Happy voices in the dark. Photographs in Sardinia 1962-1976
Family group with pictures
Via San Gennaro
All the honey is gone. Sardinia, painting
The look, the things, the deceptions from Magritte to augmented reality inauguration Friday 8 July at 6.30 pm edited by Chiara Gatti and Tiziana Cipelletti with the scientific contribution of Baingio Pinna of the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Sassari, author of the book Visual perception , the Mill, 2021 Exhibition project […]
Against all wars
New collection
Massimo Grimaldi
Twelve ee hs nine – Dolmens and Menhirs in Sardinia
The Potemkin Staircase between cinema and architecture
Textures and geometries
edited by Chiara Gatti coordination by Elisabetta Masala Winning project of PAC2021 - Plan for Contemporary Art promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture The MAN Museum of Nuoro presents for the summer, in the spaces of its project room, I call Olympia, winning project of PAC2021. Je m'appelle […]
curated by Chiara Gatti from a project by Sandra Gianfreda, curator at the Kunsthaus Zürich with Claudine Grammont, Cheffe du cabinet d'art graphique, Center Pompidou Henri Matisse he is one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, but, paradoxically, an important part of his production is still overlooked. The figure of Matisse the sculptor […]
edited by Elisabetta Masala The project is the winner of Photography Strategy 2022 , promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture Between what is visibly perceptible and what our senses cannot grasp there exists a liminal space, a web of conflicts and latent potential. A suspended threshold, which is […]
6 October - 12 November 2023 Inauguration Friday 6 October, 6.30 pm Talk Saturday 7 October 2023, 12pm On the occasion of Contemporary Art Day, AMACI - Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums Nuoro and Monte Verità, it all started here. In two ideal islands, two border lands and, at the same time, of belonging. […]
As part of the annual program dedicated to research on contemporary languages, which has seen the MAN of Nuoro present artists such as Massimo Grimaldi, Alice Guareschi, Luca Spano in recent months as well as the special plan of residencies shared with the Monte Verità Foundation of Ascona, the museum announces a personal exhibition by […]
a MAN production, Nuoro from an idea by Chiara Gatti scientific texts edited by Andrea Nante and Paolo Campiglio, Serena Colombo and Chiara Gatti Coordination by Rita Moro The MAN museum in Nuoro presents a new project dedicated to an ideal dialogue between past and present, between classic and contemporary, in line with an exhibition […]
Against the backdrop of a year that the MAN of Nuoro has dedicated to the dialogue between art and architecture, after the homage to the Odessa staircase and the workshops with the architecture universities of Cagliari, Alghero and Palermo, a new, specifically designed project is now taking shape for the museum spaces. The exhibition Il […]
Three Sardinian masters at the ISIA in Monza
Works from the MAN collection - curated by Chiara Gatti and Rita Moro
edited by Elisabetta Masala
edited by Gabi Scardi
edited by Maria Paola Zedda
curated by Chiara Gatti, Elisabetta Masala in collaboration with Storyville with texts in the catalogue by Felice Cimatti and Fabio Merlini The MAN of Nuoro announces a major exhibition for the summer that will transform all the rooms of the museum into a dynamic and sensitive space, made up of narratives and visions, memories of […]
In collaboration with the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome and Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia Following the success of the exhibition dedicated to the ideal dialogue between Giotto and Lucio Fontana, centered on gold and its symbolism, the MAN Museum presents a new, original project for Christmas 2024. This exhibition will explore the dialogue […]
curated by Chiara Gatti with an essay by Bruno Corà - from November 22 to March 9, 2025. Architectures of nature. Domes of seeds and cathedrals of blades of grass. A large installation by the German-born artist, Tuscan by adoption, dots the first floor of the museum with diaphanous, almost impalpable sculptures; an ode to […]
curated by Elisabetta Masala with an essay by Juliette Desorgues Magic and mythology, classical traditions and archaic culture merge in the exploration advanced by the Swiss artist, who experiments with materials imbued with strong expressive value, giving life to a choral narrative relying on epic nuances. Divinities of the earth and the night, arcane […]
curated by Chiara Gatti with an essay by Caterina Riva The Cagliari-born artist presents an unprecedented project, Filira (Phillyrea), showcasing a new series of works in an exhibit designed as an all-embracing environment where canvases and sculptures are connected to each other in a systematic and all the same unitary overall vision. Known for his […]
curated by Chiara Gatti and Nicoletta Ossanna Cavadini coordinated by Rita Moro joint project with m.a.x. museo, Chiasso The MAN in Nuoro presents a monographic exhibition celebrating Giovanni Pintori, a master of Italian and international graphic design. Renowned for shaping Olivetti’s iconic visual identity, Pintori stands as a pivotal figure in the field. This exhibition […]
curated by Chiara Gatti and Elisabetta Masala with a critical text by Davide Ferri In the beginning, there was light. But also water and fire, wax and lead, all shaped by time and the elements. In the work of the Neapolitan artist (born in 1953), the ancient power of these elements engages in […]
Integrated Project Between MAN, "Mario Sironi" Academy of Fine Arts of Sassari, and the Marco Magnani Association At the MAN Museum in Nuoro, an exhibition-restitution opens, the result of an extensive cultural project that brought together various cultural institutions for over a year of research, focusing on the enhancement of a rich and complex territory […]
curated by Chiara Gatti and Stefano Giuliani, with the contribution of Matteo Meschiari project developed thanks to the participation of Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Majorca, Musée du Louvre and Fondation Giacometti, Paris What deep bond connects an island to its simulacra? And how did the twentieth-century masters travelling between the Mediterranean and South Seas absorb […]
Curated by Walter Guadagnini and Giangavino Pazzola Coordinated by Elisabetta Masala The MAN Museo d’Arte della Provincia di Nuoro and the Galleria Comunale d’Arte di Cagliari are pleased to present Minor Islands. Photographic Notes from 1990 to Today, a major photographic exhibition bringing together sixteen projects by international artists on the theme of representing the island […]
Curated by Elisabetta Masala A wish, a dough, a shared work of art. I pani del desiderio (The Breads of Desire) is a participatory art project born from a simple, universal gesture: making bread. And yet, the loaves of Ilaria Turba are not made only of flour, water, and yeast—they also hold dreams, memories, […]
Opening, March 8, 6:30 PM Curated by Marina Pugliese In collaboration with MUDEC – Museum of Cultures, Milan The MAN Museum in Nuoro announces the upcoming solo exhibition Blow Up, dedicated to Italian artist Franco Mazzucchelli (Milan, 1939). Curated by Marina Pugliese and developed through a partnership with MUDEC – Museum […]
Concept and scientific direction: Archivio Franco Pinna Inauguration: Friday 5 December 2025 at 6:30 pm The exhibition Franco Pinna. Sardegna a colori. Fotografie recuperate 1953–67 marks a further stage in the exploration undertaken by the MAN on photographic language and its relationship with Sardinia, a land of inspiration and experimentation for generations of artists, […]
Opening, December 5, 6:30 PM Curated by Massimo Ferrari and Chiara Gatti In the context of a year devoted to an extensive and multifaceted reflection on the concept of the island – understood not only in its geographical dimension, but also as a semantic device, a generator of narratives, cosmologies, ideals, and utopias […]
curated by Chiara Gatti on a project by Rita Moro with the scientific contribution of Gabriella Belli and Antonello Cuccu 13 March – 14 June 2026 inauguration: Friday 13 March at 7 pm A friendship, an exchange of correspondence, a shared vocation for landscape, painting, for translating nature into heartbeats of vibrant colour. This new […]
From 24 April to 14 June 2026, MAN hosts Growing capital, an exhibition by Monica Biancardi and the winning project of the PAC – Piano per l’Arte Contemporanea 2025, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The exhibition, curated by Chiara Gatti, grew out of the acquisition of eleven […]