Lia Rumma donates contemporary art collection to Capodimonte Museum

Lia Rumma has donated over seventy works by thirty major Italian 20th-century artists to the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples. The collection, assembled with her late husband Marcello Rumma over a lifetime dedicated to art, includes pieces by Ettore Spalletti and others. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini praised the donation as an act of generous patronage, stating that Capodimonte confirms its status as a great museum of Italian art from the 12th century to today. The works will become part of the state patrimony and the museum's contemporary art section, making Capodimonte one of Italy's leading institutions for exhibiting Italian art continuously from its origins to the present day. The announcement was made in June 2022, with the article updated on July 21, 2022.