MArTA opens its storerooms with Temporary Art project
The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto (MArTA) has launched Temporary Art, a project that will display over six thousand artifacts from its four storerooms in a rotating monthly exhibition in the museum's entrance hall. New director Stella Falzone announced the initiative, which also includes a public vote to select which objects will be featured. Concurrently, the Art in Progress project is integrating artifacts recovered by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage into the permanent collection, including a 320 AD volute krater with underworld scenes returned by the Paul Getty Museum in Malibu. The museum currently has at least 100 artifacts on loan to exhibitions in China, Latin America, Italy, and Europe.
Key facts
- MArTA launched Temporary Art to display artifacts from its four storerooms.
- The project involves a monthly rotation of objects in the museum's entrance hall.
- The public can vote on which artifacts will be featured each month.
- Art in Progress is adding recovered artifacts to the permanent collection.
- A 320 AD volute krater returned by the Paul Getty Museum is now on display.
- The krater is exhibited next to the Cratere del Pittore di Dario.
- At least 100 MArTA artifacts are on loan to exhibitions in China, Latin America, Italy, and Europe.
- Stella Falzone is the new director of MArTA.
Entities
Artists
- Stella Falzone
Institutions
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto (MArTA)
- Paul Getty Museum
- Comando Carabinieri per la Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale
Locations
- Taranto
- Italy
- Malibu
- United States
- China
- Latin America
- Europe