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Casoria Contemporary Art Museum is located in Casoria in the Province of Naples, Italy. In 2003 the comune approached Antonio Manfredi, a local artist and advocate of international contemporary art, as part of an initiative of local revitalization under the banner Una città per l'arte. The museum was founded in 2005 and has an exhibition space of 3,500 m, largely devoted to its permanent collection of some thousand works by international artists. In April 2012 the museum began burning its collection in protest at the impact of austerity measures introduced in response to the nation's debt crisis, which have had a particularly adverse effect on arts funding.

See also

• Iconoclasm

References

1. "Arte e Cultura - Museo di Arte Contemporanea". Comune of Casoria. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. "Casoria Contemporary Art Museum". Casoria Contemporary Art Museum In 2011 the CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum organized the regional section of the 54° Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
3. "Artisti - Opere" (PDF). Casoria Contemporary Art Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
4. "Italian museum burns artworks in protest at cuts". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

• (in English) Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
• (in Italian) Casoria Contemporary Art Museum

• Museums in Campania
• Modern art museums in Italy
• Art museums and galleries in Campania
• Art museums and galleries established in 2005
• 2005 establishments in Italy
• Contemporary art galleries in Italy