How to make a rainy weekend better if you are in Trentino or on Lake Garda and surroundings. Rovereto maybe tells you little. This town, which is located half an hour from the closest shores of Lake Garda and the same from Trento, does not seem to offer much in appearance. However one thing changes the result: Mart.
This is the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rovereto in fact. This museum, wedged between two eighteenth-century buildings in Corso Bettini exhibits the greats of contemporary and modern art, including Futurism and Pop Art. Although not well known, it is one of the most prestigious Italian museums in this genre. The Mart is also the Casa of Depero Futurist Art which, since last September 2012, offers an exhibition on the artist's experiences and productions.
In 2012 the Museum celebrated its first ten years through a number of initiatives including a photographic competition and an exhibition entitled “The magnificent obsession” which enlivened my rainy Sunday afternoon. The exhibition is really interesting and evocative, an exhibition that reflects on itself and on the development of the museum through the works that have characterized it.
Il ticket to enter the museum it would cost 11 € whole but it costs € 7 reduced and the reduction is for children aged 15 to 16 (you do not pay before), for over 65s, for groups and for owners of an infinite number of cards that are affiliated (from Coop to Trenitalia). So assuming that each of you has one of these tiles, and there are indeed many, you will have reduced access.
Positive surprise upon payment of the ticket, which allows you to explore all areas of the museum or not just the specific exhibition, is the convention established by the Mart with Exquisita, historic pastry shop in Rovereto that also includes a 250 square meter EnoCioccoteca in the center of Rovereto where you can find something like three hundred different types of chocolate from all over the planet. So by paying this € 7 reduced ticket you will also have a postcard that will entitle you to one hot chocolate tasting. With the modest sum of € 7 you will have satisfied eyes, spirit and taste buds. For your information the exhibition will last until 6 October 2013.
