The m.a.x. museo’s art collection includes numerous donations – partly as a result of the exhibitions held and partnerships organised since 2010 – as well as the historical collection of the City of Chiasso.
The collection represents local and internationally renowned artists and others who are little understood but have interesting artistic achievements.
Naturally the focus on graphic art is important; extensive space is also devoted to photography.
Collection of the City of Chiasso
Selim Abdullah (1950)
Claudio Adorni (1954)
Nena Airoldi (1930–2003)
Nag Arnoldi (1928)
Carlo Basilico (1895–1966)
Paolo Bellini (1941)
Stefania Beretta (1957)
Silvano Bergamin
Bertino Bernasconi (1945)
Giovanni Bernasconi (1905–1993)
Lidia Bernasconi–Bossi
Leonardo Bezzola (1929)
Nadia Bindella (1950)
Fernando Bordoni (1962)
Serge Brignoni (1903–2002)
Pino Brioschi (1946)
Paul Camenisch (1893–1970)
Simone Cantarini (1612–1648)
Ester Carletti (1934)
Pierre Casè (1944)
Marisa Casellini (1951)
Théa Vittoria Catalani–Cima
Giancarlo Cavadini
Mario Chiattone (1891–1957)
Dante Chiesa
Andrea Cometta (1970)
Carlo Cotti (1903–1980)
Giosanna Crivelli (1949)
Dona De Carli (1950)
Francesco De Giorgi (1921)
Giovanni De Martino (1870–1935/38)
Edmondo Dobrzanski (1914–1997)
Aziz Elhihi (1960)
Sergio Emery (1928–2003)
Gabriele Fettolini (1955)
Angelo Fiessi (1891–1977)
Felice Filippini (1917–1988)
Alberto Flammer (1938)
Gabai (Samuele Gabaglio) (1949)
Aldo Galli (1906–1981)
Edgardo Gandolfi (1945)
Giovanni Genucchi (1904–1979)
Fausto Gerevini (1956–1993)
Francesco Ghielmetti (1952)
Gianni Gianella (1930–2005)
Enrico Ginella (1893–1964)
Aurelio Gonzato (1914–2014)
Guido Gonzato (1896–1955)
Vera Haller (1910–1991)
Adriano Heitmann (1951)
Teo Horat (1910–2000)
Max Huber (1919–1992)
Monique Jacot (1934)
Robert Lienhard (1919–1989)
Ezio Locatelli
Jenny Losinger–Ferri (1902–1993)
Cesare Lucchini (1941)
Ingeborg Lüscher (1936)
Giovanni Luisoni (1944)
Gino Macconi (1928–1999)
Mirella Marini
Paolo Mazzuchelli (1954)
Gianni Metalli (1930–2006)
Roberto Milan
Gian Paolo Minelli (1968)
Minelli & Repetto [Gian Paolo Minelli (1968) e Silvano Repetto (1968)]
Gino Montecampi
Federico Morello
Sergio Morello (1937)
Francine Mury (1947)
Anita Nespoli (1894–1974)
Ottorino Olgiati (1913–1972)
Aldo Pagani (1937)
Sergio Paleari
Flavio Paolucci (1934)
Gianni Paris (1948)
Otto Perlasca (1891–1975)
Francesco Radino (1947)
Rolando Raggenbass (1950–2005)
Imre Reiner (1900–1987)
Silvano Repetto (1968)
Franz Rosse (1858–1900)
Remo Rossi (1909–1982)
Anna Rusconi
Irma Russo-Giudici (1899–1994)
Carlo Sala (1917–1985)
Enrico Sala (1943)
Domingo Saporiti (1893–1966)
Romolo Sartori
Pierino Selmoni (1927)
Rodolfo Soldati (1913–1997)
Florindo Soldini (1915–2005)
Ivo Soldini (1951)
Anita Spinelli (1908–2010)
Otto Staiger (1894–1967)
Max Sulzbachner (1904–1985)
Raffaele Tafuri (1857–1929)
Mauro Valsangiacomo (1959)
Willy Varlin (1900–1977)
Francesco Vella (1954)
Eduard von Fellenberg (1953)
Michael von Graffenried (1957)
Pierre Waidmann (1860–1937)
Max Weiss (1921–1996)
Maria Luisa Wiget (1907–2001)
Mauro Zeni
The m.a.x. museo’s acquisitions since 2010
Leda Albanese (1949)
Gabriele Basilico (1944-2013)
Stefania Beretta (1957)
Luigi Boccadamo (1975)
François Bonjour (1948)
Ferruccio Bortoluzzi (1920–2007)
Paolo Brambilla
Serge Brignoni (1903–2002)
Elide Brunati
Johannes Julius Busolini (1950)
Eugenio Carmi (1920)
Demien Garcia Chappuis
Giuseppe Chietera
Annalisa Cimmino
Dario Cogliati
Carlo Cometti
Silvio Coppola (1920–1985)
Margherita Crocco
John Doing (Gianni Onorato) (1938)
Gillo Dorfles (1910)
Elisabeth Eberle (1963)
Alberto Flammer
Dario Fo (1926)
Angelo Giuseppe Fronzoni (1923)
Walter Gadda (1950)
Flor Garduño (1957)
Ivan Grebenshikov (1982)
Nicole Hametner (1981)
Aglaia Haritz (1978)
Geoffrey Hendricks (Fluxus) (1931)
Max Huber (1919–1992)
Nici Jost (1984)
Giancarlo Iliprandi (1925)
Teresa Leiser–Giupponi (1922–1993)
Serge Libiszewski (Sergio Libis) (1930)
Flavio Lucchini (1928)
George Maciunas (1931–1978)
Gino Macconi (1928-1999)
Penelope Margaret Mackworth–Praed (1949)
Hektor Mamet (1983)
Enzo Mari (1932)
Roberto Mucchiut
Carlo Nessi (1962)
Till Neuburg
Toni Nicolini (1935–2012)
Luciano Rigolini (1950)
Terry Riley (1935)
Sara Rossi (1970)
Hector Saunier (1936)
Lorenzo Schumacher
Laura Solari (1971)
Gian Giacomo Stiffoni
Tarshito (Nicola Strippoli) (1952)
Fabio Tasca
Myriam Thyes (1963)
Pino Tovaglia (1923–1977)
Italo Valenti (1912-1995)
Giorgio Vicentini (1951)
Maya Vonmoos (1953)
Teres Wydler (1945)