The Museum Vincenzo Vela
The Vincenzo Vela Museum is one of the most important artists' house-museums to have been erected in nineteenth-century Europe. Conceived by the great realist sculptor Vincenzo Vela from Ticino (1820-91) at the height of his career, and transformed into a public museum after it was donated to the Swiss state, in addition to Vincenzo Vela's gallery of monumental plaster casts it includes the bequests of the sculptor Lorenzo Vela (1812-97) and painter Spartaco Vela (1854-95), a remarkable collection of nineteenth-century Lombard and Piedmontese paintings, hundreds of autograph drawings and one of the earliest private collections of photographs in Switzerland.
The Museum
The Museum Vincenzo Vela
The Vincenzo Vela Museum is one of the most important artists' house-museums to have been erected in nineteenth-century Europe.
swissceramics. A look at contemporary ceramics in Switzerland 22 June 2025 – 11 January 2026
In collaboration with the swissceramics association, the Museum presents a panorama of the current ceramics scene in Switzerland.
Valentina Pini. Calibrando l’occhio 22 June 2025 – 11 January 2026
The exhibition is a new opportunity for encounters and interactions between the Museum collections and contemporary art production.
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Echi dal finissage delle mostre «swissceramics» e «Valentina Pini. Calibrando l’occhio»
Gradita ospite Carine Bachmann, direttrice dell’Ufficio federale della cultura.
Benvenuti a Villa Vela!
Ampia offerta di attività di mediazione culturale per ogni genere di pubblico.
Al Museo con la «CdT Club Card»
Vantaggi per mostre, eventi e acquisti al bookshop agli abbonati al «Corriere del Ticino»
An Institution of the Federal Office of Culture
