Pecci Centre: Transponder of Creative Energy

With Maurice Nio’s project the Pecci Center in Prato, Italy doubles and reopens with more space for contemporary arts. It is conceived as an extension and connection for the original building, designed by Italo Gamberini with a profile that was strongly influenced by the surrounding industrial landscape and completed in 1988.

The first center for contemporary art in Italy was born in Prato in 1988. Conceived by entrepreneur Enrico Pecci and donated to the city in memory of his son Luigi, the Center was built with the support of local industrial association and a large group of private citizens: a rare Italian example of collaboration between public institutions and private patrons. Its mission was promoting sensitivity towards emerging art – both national and international – by means of temporary exhibits, didactic activities, shows and multimedia events.

The Pecci Center boasts a unique collection in Italy with over 1.000 works by leading international artists: from Anish Kapoor to Jan Fabre, from Jannis Kounellis to Sol LeWitt, as well as the great Italians of the last century, such as Mario Merz or Michelangelo Pistoletto. A patrimony regrettably sacrificed in the storerooms for a long time due to a lack of exhibition space.

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