The Haus der Kunst is housed in a listed building belonging to the Südtiroler Sparkasse and shows changing exhibitions. The renovation and adaptation as a gallery for contemporary art was carried out 2000–2001 by Höller & Klotzner Architects, Meran. Merano Art comprises 500 m² of exhibition space, a studio apartment on the third floor, the cafeteria and gallery shop on the ground floor, as well as an event hall for around 70 people.
Goal setting
The association sees itself as a platform in the fields of fine arts , photography, architecture , new music , literature, new media and communication technologies. The program is intended to appeal to a broad public through a varied program design and to promote local artists in an international context. Another objective is cross-border cooperation with similar institutions at home and abroad.
Founding history
In 1996 the association artForum Gallery - Forum Contemporary Art Merano was founded with 14 art enthusiasts . The artgallery Raffl by Herta Wolf Torggler in 1992 and 1995 was crucial for the objective and the concept of the new institution Pfarrplatz. The program and the public interest had motivated the club's management to look for a new location since 1998. The arbor of the Südtiroler Sparkasse had the prerequisites for cultural use, was converted by the bank for this purpose and rented to the association. After the conversion phase, the opening took place on 26 October 2001 , Merano arte in the Sparkasse with the exhibition "Art and Therapy - Aesthetics of rest" "(curators Dieter Ronte , Carl Aigner , Andrea Domesle) It was with. Across a loose Association of contemporary institutions from Trentino , South Tyrol and the state of Tyrol founded.
Since December 2004, Merano Art has been a member of the national institutions and museums of contemporary art AMACI . Merano Art in the house of the Sparkasse today has 28 members.
Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio. In bocca a te ogni cosa muore
Armando Ronca . Modern architecture in South Tyrol 1935–1970
2018
Into the wild. Gina Folly, Linda Jasmin Mayer, Alek O., Stefano Pedrini, Luca Trevisani
Same same but different.
Marilù Eustachio. homeland
Yorgos Sapountzis. Myself hotel
New architecture in South Tyrol 2012 - 2018
2019
Irene Fenara. Distant eyes Because lontano era un'isola. Katinka Bock, Giulia Cenci, Philipp Messner Özlem Altin. Lens Alterazioni Video . Incompiuto: la nascita di uno stile Design from the Alps. Tirolo Alto Adige Trentino 1920–2020
Individual evidence
↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office