MAACK – Museo all’Aperto d’Arte Contemporanea Kalenarte

MAACK, an acronym for Kalenarte Open-air Museum of Contemporary Art, was founded in 1992 by architect Massimo Palumbo with the aim of supporting the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art in the area. The project Kalenarte was initiated in 1990 by the municipal administration of the small village of Casacalenda in Molise, that was then supported and promoted by the association Kalenarte. The works of the museum are distributed throughout the city with the aim of re-reading neglected or anonymous places through the lens of contemporary art. The twenty-one permanent installations made to date are disseminated in the streets, views, woods, and squares of the territory. In addition to the museum, the town hosts Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Franco Libertucci, which holds a collection of about 114 works, among paintings on canvas, sculptures and installations.