Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary

Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary occupies a Renaissance palace in Trevi. Its piano nobile has served as an exhibition space for contemporary art since the Trevi Flash Art Museum activity began in 1993; a successor nonprofit association was founded in 2007.

Why it matters

The centre brings contemporary artistic production into a Renaissance setting. The association founded in January 2007 took up the legacy of the Trevi Flash Art Museum, whose exhibitions at the site date to 1993. Contemporary-art activity adds a further layer to the palace’s civic history.

What to notice

The palace was built by the Lucarini family in the second half of the fifteenth century. The family's pig-trade emblem appears on the shield above the entrance portal. In 1644 Virgilio Lucarini founded a Collegio here for young men studying law and medicine. The main portal, a sixteenth-century work, bears the crests of the Lucarini and Valenti families; the seventeenth-century windows combine plastered brick and carved-stone details. The piano nobile's rooms now host the centre's contemporary-art projects, including its permanent Officina Pallucco design-education atelier.

Context and history

The Lucarini palace belongs to Trevi's Renaissance civic fabric. Its history includes the Collegio founded in 1644 and, from 1993, the Trevi Flash Art Museum's exhibition programme. After that association dissolved, the successor nonprofit Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary was founded in 2007 and continued the site's cultural role.