Museo d'arte contemporanea San Rocco

About the museum

The collection began in 2004 as the “Collezione diocesana d’Arte religiosa contemporanea DiART” and was first housed on the top two floors of the Trapani diocesan seminary. In 2012 the museum moved to the former church-convent of San Rocco, in the historic centre of the city, and the new space was officially opened in 2014.

The collection comprises about two hundred works by around one hundred and thirty artists from twenty-two countries. The rooms display works by some twenty international artists, including Carla Accardi, Alberto Gianquinto, Turi Simeti, Adrian Paci, Minjung Kim and Jung Uei Jung.

The complex includes the Oratorio di San Rocco and the Cappella del Cristo Danzante (Chapel of the Dancing Christ), as well as exhibition spaces such as the CasaroccoGallery. Every year, at the end of August, the museum hosts the Festa di San Rocco, with events and cultural initiatives; the website also offers a virtual tour of the rooms.

Highlights

• DI.ART San Rocco collection of contemporary religious art
• About 200 works by about 130 artists from 22 countries
• Works by Carla Accardi, Turi Simeti and Adrian Paci
• Chapel of the Dancing Christ and Oratorio di San Rocco
• Virtual tour of the rooms on the website

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione DI.ART San Rocco – Collection of contemporary art with religious inspiration, with works by Italian and foreign artists displayed in the church-convent of San Rocco.

Operated by

Diocesi di Trapani

Visitors per year

approx. 3,500

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

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