TOUR 2

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An itinerary to discover open-air artistic and architectural works and more: murals bearing the signature of leading figures in street art, buildings by famous architects, museums with works of great artistic importance... all in your immediate vicinity, in a few steps from the stop or visible directly on public transport.

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TICKET

You don't need a specific ticket; to do the tour, all you need is a regular ticket valid for the comunità tariffale Arcobaleno (Arcobaleno regional fare network) zones in which you are travelling.

FONDAZIONE GABRIELE E ANNA BRAGLIA

The Foundation has cultural and educational purposes for the arts.

Photo: © Roberto Pellegrini

MUSEC – MUSEO DELLE CULTURE

Located on Lugano’s lakefront in the historic Villa Malpensata, MUSEC offers a rich program of exhibitions and events dedicated to ethnic and oriental arts, children’s creativity, and modern and contemporary art.

Photo: © FCM / MUSEC, Lugano

BELVEDERE GARDEN AND LAKESHORE PROMENADE IN LUGANO

Along the promenade through the Belvedere Garden, it is possible to admire the Sculpture Park, with relevant works created mainly after the mid-20th century by Swiss and international artists.

Photo: © Lugano Region / Michele Mengozzi

LAC LUGANO ARTE E CULTURA

LAC Lugano Art and Culture is the new cultural center dedicated to visual and performing arts that is bidding to become one of the most important cultural hubs in Switzerland.

Photo: © Lugano Region / Michele Mengozzi

MUSEO D'ARTE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA (MASI), LUGANO - SEDE LAC

MASI Lugano, was born from the union of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and the Museo d’Arte. At the LAC, it offers exhibition lines aimed at delving into modern and contemporary art.

Photo: © MASI Lugano, photo Alfio Tommasini

MUSEO IN ERBA

Museo in Erba is the only museum for children (ages 3-11) in Ticino that brings the world of art and creativity closer with a playful and educational approach.

COLLEZIONE GIANCARLO E DANNA OLGIATI

The Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati Collection displays more than two hundred works of great artistic significance selected in different ways according to the arrangements.

Photo: © Agostino Osio For high floor, 2022

CHIESA SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGIOLI

It was built beginning in 1499 by Observant Franciscans and was consecrated in 1515. It underwent renovation in the years 1929/30.

PALAZZO RANSILA AND PENSILINA TPL LUGANO BUS TERMINAL, (M. BOTTA)

In the centre of Lugano, there are two important works designed by Mario Botta, undoubtedly one of the most famous Ticinese contemporary architects: TPL bus terminal and the Ransila Palace

Photo: © Lugano Region / Milo Zanecchia

MUSEO D'ARTE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA (MASI), LUGANO - SEDE PALAZZO REALI

At the Palazzo Reali, the Art Museum of Italian Switzerland presents works ranging from the early 15th century to the first half of the 20th century.

Photo: © MASI Lugano, photo Alfio Tommasini

EROS BENDATO (L. MITORAJ)

In Lugano, in Piazza Indipendenza, it is possible to admire the work designed by the Polish sculptor Igor Mitoraj: “Eros Blindfolded”, a giant blindfolded bronze head.

Photo: © Lugano Region / Michele Mengozzi

PREDICA DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA, ANDREA RAVO MATTONI (2018)

Street art meets 17th century painting with Andrea Ravo Mattoni. Classical art lives again in the heart of the city, and the public can come into direct contact with local art history.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

VILLA CIANI

Villa Ciani, built at the behest of the brothers Giacomo and Filippo Ciani between 1840 and 1843, has been the site of important exhibitions of an inescapable record of local artistic history.

Photo: © Lugano Region / Antonio Ravazza

CANTONAL LIBRARY

The cantonal library contains about 400,000 documents and 1,300 periodicals that can be consulted or borrowed. The library is located inside a building constructed in 1941 and designed by architects Carlo and Rino Tami.

Photo: © Lugano Region / Michele Mengozzi

TO BE OR NOT TO BE REGINA D’INGHILTERRA, ORTICANOODLES (2010)

It is a mural that delves into the theme of the skull (which has always been used in art history as a reminder of man’s mortality and is now an ephemeral symbol appropriated by fashion, design and beyond).

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

IL TRIO SPODESTATO, ANTOINE DÉPREZ E URSULA BUCHER (2022)

Antoine Déprez and Ursula Bucher, a pair of local artists, invite the public with their work to reflect about the ambivalent perception that remains towards nature: the protagonists of the mural are three symbols of the ancient European bestiary, namely bear, wolf and raven.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

MURALE LONGLAKE FESTIVAL, SEACREATIVE (2012)

This mural tells of an imaginary and fantastic world made up of grotesque characters that do not belong to any specific urban landscape, but only to its mind games.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

BOUNDARY BARS, NEVERCREW

The artwork “Boundary bars,” created by Nevercrew, fits the object on which it is painted: the lowered shutters of a window looking toward the river.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

PIETRO NON TORNA INDIETRO, AGOSTINO IACURCI (2012)

If you go along Via Lavizzari you can catch a glimpse of this large mural: a man on a bike (Pietro) - a clear reference to the story of the anarchist Pietro Gori, author also of the famous song Addio Lugano bella of 1895.

Photo: © Lugano Region / Digital Flow

AL-TO - 108 and CT (2020)

The two renowned artists from the Italian and international scene worked on two walls of the Conza Pavilion (Campo Marzio side) to create two closely interconnected works.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

CLOSE UP, NEVERCREW (2020)

Close up depicts a composition of whales in a kind of water parallelepiped.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

THE VISION

The mural represents a large, deep black figure who indeed seems to have a mystical vision made up of colors.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

A BRUNCH OF PARROTS AND A ROBIN

Realized by the Roman artist Lucamaleonte, this impressive wall painting is located on the double facade of the private building at 2 Via Giacomo Mercoli.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

FLUX

The Flux mural succeeds in integrating the Villa Carmine building into the work and what happens within it: ideas and events.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano

IRIDESCENT JELLYFISH, L7MATRIX

The work was created between September 28 and 30, 2020. Iridescent jellyfish are a source of great inspiration for L7matrix, who in his work succeeds in capturing its movement through colors, transparencies, and changes of tone in its many aspects and forms.

Photo: © L7matrix and Studio Tunesi

MAGENTA - T.N.E.G.B.T.A.A.T.P.R., NEVERCREW (2012)

The large mural painting Magenta (t.n.e.g.b.t.a.a.t.p.r.) is a 240-meter work of art.

Photo: © Nevercrew

SENZA TITOLO MURALE, MILLO (2015)

It is a black-and-white mural interspersed with flashes of bright color, as is his style, surprising the viewer.

Photo: © Events and Congress Division, City of Lugano