CAMUC Casa Museo Cannas opens in Ulassai, Sardinia, honoring Maria Lai
The CAMUC – Casa Museo Cannas is set to launch on August 13, 2021, in Ulassai, Sardinia, the hometown of artist Maria Lai. This museum, revitalized by laiBE and engineer Paolo Depau, occupies a mid-20th-century structure that the municipality purchased in the 1990s. It will function as a cultural hub for workshops, seminars, and exhibitions. Previously owned by Massimo Cannas, the building was home to various commercial operations and an oil mill that supplied Ulassai from 1924 to 1934. The opening exhibition, "Di Terra e di cielo," curated by Davide Mariani, commemorates the 40th anniversary of Lai's "Legarsi alla montagna" and showcases over 100 pieces, including recent acquisitions. Ulassai aspires to be the premier art village in Sardinia.
Key facts
- CAMUC – Casa Museo Cannas opens August 13, 2021 in Ulassai, Sardinia.
- The museum is housed in an early 20th-century building acquired by the municipality in the mid-1990s.
- Restoration led by Rome-based architecture firm laiBE and engineer Paolo Depau.
- The building once housed commercial activities, a post office, an oil mill, an electric grain mill, and a coal plant that powered Ulassai from 1924 to 1934.
- Inaugural exhibition 'Di Terra e di cielo' marks 40th anniversary of Maria Lai's 'Legarsi alla montagna'.
- Exhibition includes over 100 works: autograph pieces, sketches, photographs, video documentation, and new acquisitions.
- New acquisitions donated by Lai's nephews to Fondazione Stazione dell'Arte.
- Ulassai aims to become Sardinia's leading art village.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Lai
- Virgilio Lai
- Piero Berengo Gardin
- Romano Cannas
Institutions
- CAMUC – Casa Museo Cannas
- Comune di Ulassai
- Stazione dell'Arte
- Museo a cielo aperto
- Ministero dei Beni Culturali
- Fondazione Stazione dell'Arte
- laiBE
- Rai
Locations
- Ulassai
- Sardinia
- Italy