MAMA - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Antonio Ortiz Echagüe

About the museum

At the beginning of the 20th century Atzara, in the heart of the Barbagia, attracted young Spanish and South American costumbrista painters such as Eduardo Chicharro, Antonio Ortiz Echagüe and Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, struck by the village’s traditional costumes. Ortiz Echagüe stayed and worked there in 1908 thanks to a scholarship from the Spanish Academy in Rome, and the museum bears his name. Their realist painting, centred on the human figure, long influenced Sardinian artists too, including Antonio Ballero, Giuseppe Biasi, Filippo Figari, Mario Delitala and Stanis Dessy, who also stayed there.

The collection holds works from the last decade of the 19th century to the present day. In the ground-floor room are the canvases of the Spanish and Sardinian artists who stayed in the village in the early 20th century; the second room follows a chronological order and offers an overview of the artistic trends of the last century, with traditional figurative subjects, late Impressionist landscapes and portraits in an expressionist style. The best-known work is Mujeres de Mamoiada by Ortiz Echagüe, from 1908.

Since 2008 the educational section has offered workshops for children, young people and adults, while from August 2009 work to remove architectural barriers has made the museum accessible to people with disabilities too.

Highlights

• Mujeres de Mamoiada by Antonio Ortiz Echagüe (1908)
• Works by the Spanish costumbrista painters active in Atzara
• Paintings by Ballero, Biasi, Figari and Delitala
• Tactile routes and audio guides
• Educational section with workshops

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione permanente – Works from the last decade of the 19th century to the present, from the Spanish costumbrista painters to the leading figures of Sardinian painting and contemporary art.

Operated by

Comune di Atzara

Admission & discounts

Free admission also for licensed tourist guides with groups of up to 25 people and on the occasion of openings, events, village festivals and the Notte Romantica. Tickets, including the free ones, are obtained online from the museum’s website.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum has been accessible to people with mobility impairments, without architectural barriers, since 2009. Audio guides, a tactile route with maps for blind and partially sighted visitors, and a route for children are available.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The educational section, active since 2008, runs workshops for children, young people and adults; a route for the youngest visitors is planned.

Getting there & parking

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Wi-Fi

Bookshop and cloakroom; Wi-Fi is among the services listed by the Sardegna Cultura portal.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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