The International Centre for Art and Graphics – CIAG was founded at the end of 2023 on the initiative of the Scientific Committee of the m.a.x. museo and the Municipality of Chiasso, with the aim of enhancing the rich art and graphics collections of the Municipality of Chiasso and the m.a.x. museum itself. These collections have been built up over the years thanks to bequests from renowned artists and designers, acquisitions of works of art made by art lovers, philanthropists and the association Amici del m.a.x. museo. Thanks to the important heritage that has been built up over the years, the Chiasso Cultural Centre has become an attractive Swiss and international centre for topics related to graphics, design and visual communication. Numerous museums and institutions apply each year for loans of works from the m.a.x. museum archives for their exhibitions, confirming the value of the materials and their representative number.
The CIAG is therefore configured as a space dedicated to graphics, for the purpose of documenting, cataloguing and disseminating the cultural heritage of the Centro Culturale Chiasso an area focused on research, didactic support, exhibition planning and organisation a place for the development of specific museum and art projects, in partnership with other museums and educational institutions
As such, it is aimed at all those who wish to consult the works for study purposes: students, PhD students, scholars, researchers, graphic designers and professionals, curators and people interested in the Archives for scientific reasons, teachers.
For further information: info@maxmuseo.ch