A multi-site project commemorating Italy's response to organised crime begins with a soon-to-open, immersive mafia museum.
Artefacts loaned from Italian museums include archival material such as documents, films and photographs, says The Art Newspaper, as well as stimuli invoking sight, sound and scent.
The project was conceptualised by anti-mafia charity Fondazione Falcone, with this instalment following on from a related event in 2022 marking the 30th anniversary anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone's murder. Its objective is to be "not simply be a museum of memory but also a dynamic place where people can meet."
Maria Falcone, the sister of the late Giovanni and president of the Fondazione Falcone, said: “This, for us, is a way of recognising the courage of a city that over the years has found the strength to stand up to criminal activity, with civic passion, social responsibility and cultural independence.”
The first museum will be located in the city of Palermo within the Palazzo Jung building, with two further sites to include a historically-linked space in central Rome that was confiscated from the mafia and a co-working space in Bolzano for cultural professionals, as well as political and environmental researchers.
