Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero

At the end of the 1950's, the Trentinian Futurist Fortunato Depero planned and realised the first museum on Futurism. The exhibition area was inaugurated in 1959 in an ancient pawnshop in the historic streets of medieval Rovereto. With his museum and artworks, Depero tries to interpret an ancient building in a new way. Of course his attempt clashes with the vision of modernity and the continuous evolution of art, a tangle the avantgarde artist had to deal with until his death in 1960.

In 1989, the partially incomplete museum became part of the MART - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto. In 2009, 100 years after the foundation of Futurism, the architect Renato Rizzi carried out extensive restoration works in line with the wishes of the artist. Inside the museum are shown about 3,000 artworks, such as paintings, graphics, furniture, boxwood marquetries, tapestries and toys.

The Casa Depero is located in the historic centre of the city, in the immediate vicinity of the Castello di Rovereto which houses the MITAG. The Casa Depero is a 10 minutes walk from theMART.