Donnaregina Contemporary Art Museum - Madre Museum

I had a lovely couple of hours wandering about on my own whilst the friend I was holidaying recovered from our previous days exertions at our apartment. As with all modern art some pieces were more to my taste than others but a good mix of artists and styles kept me interested across all three floors and a moment on the rooftop too.

The temporary exhibitions are being switched out right now so a big part of the museum was closed. At least the ticket price was lowered as well. The people working there were friendly and helpfull. The permanent collection... some of it made me feel in certain ways, so I guess it's good. But a lot of it also felt underwhelming or rather the descriptions make them out to be much more than I found them. But I guess that's just subjective. I liked the Yoko Ono pieces, fun! And the entrance installation of course. The faces of migrants (forgot the artist's name) touched me (as a migrant as well).

For enthusiasts of contemporary art this is a must in Naples. Many thought provoking works in temporary exhibits and a permanent collection of select works by world renowned modern artists

We really enjoyed our visit to Madre. It’s a hidden gem in Naples and well worth the walk out to it. Check what’s on as it’s the temporary exhibitions that made it so good for us. We saw ‘The Remains of Nothing’ and ‘Vain, Via, Saudade’. Both full of surprising and fascinating work. Anish Kapoor’s piece in the permanent collection is incredible too.

This museum of contemporary art is full of surprises. They also have some works of Jadd.

The opening hours are not correct, they are starting to close at around 19.00! My favourite was the black exhibited patch, but unfortunatelly we were sent out at 19:10, so couldn’t see everything. Do arrive earlier to this museum. Free entry after 18.30.

cool place but the service is pretty bad. told us at the cassa that we got to leave after 19:30, but they were telling us inside at 19:10 that they were closed. Wanted to see to museum’s exhibitions, but we were literally sent out. The entrance for the last hour is free, however I don’t know why they let people in if the last hour is essentially just 45 minutes. Was pretty hyped to enter but it was a turn off. The permanent exhibition is exciting.

The best part of the museum is the entrance hall. Besides the fact that all temporary exhibitions are currently closed due to renovation, the permanent collection isn’t very interesting and the explanations of the works and artists leave you hanging. My favorite works were the short movie downstairs about a fire in Napoli and the black hole upstairs. Hopefully temporary collections are more interesting.