Top events 2022
Una montagna d'arte 2021 / 2022
01 June 2021 - 06 November 2022
Una montagna d’arte», initiative of Monte Tamaro SA and the Fondazione Egidio e Mariangela Cattaneo presents, in collaboration with Lugano Region.
Albert Oehlen – “big paintings by me with small paintings by others”
05 September 2021 - 20 February 2022
Artists’ own collections are often among the most interesting.
LuganoMusica
14 September 2021 - 16 June 2022
A musical season dedicated primarily to classical music but open to other art forms as well.
UP21 - Unpublished Photo
23 September 2021 - 27 February 2022
UP21 is set up in the Spazio Maraini at Villa Malpensata and presents twenty-four works by four young talents in international photography.
OSI at the LAC
30 September 2021 - 28 April 2022
Following a long period of videostreaming and live radio broadcasts, made possible by our collaboration with the RSI (the OSI’s only means of staying in contact with its public), the 2021/22 season encourages us to again look to the future with great optimism with regard to performances in the concert hall.
Antonio Ciseri
03 October 2021 - 13 February 2022
The year 2021 will mark the bicentenary of the birth of the portraitist and religious painter Antonio Ciseri (1821–91).
Sur Papier. Sivan Eldar, Mingjun Luo, Francine Mury, Jiang Zuqing
28 October 2021 - 20 March 2022
As a material, a field of experience and an age-old medium of transmission, paper represents the meeting point towards which the research of the four artists from Switzerland, China and Israel converge.
OSI at the Auditorio
13 January - 03 February 2022
The Auditorio Stelio Molo has been an ongoing point of reference for OSI concerts, even after the opening of the LAC. The Play&Conduct initiative, whose concerts to date have already been highly praised, will basically continue in 2022, though with some slight modifications.
Alice in Wonderland
22 - 23 January 2022
Compagnia delle Formiche
22.01.2022 – 20:30
23.01.2022 – 14:00
Bansky — Building Castles in the Sky
26 January - 20 March 2022
After the extraordinary success of Basel, where more than 80’000 visitors came to Lugano, in the elegance of Villa Ciani, the exhibition that includes more than 100 original works, objects and serigraphy of the artist known as Banksy.
Quartets
28 - 30 January 2022
28.01.2022 - Jack Quartet
29.01.2022 - Cuarteto Casals
30.01.2022 - Quartetto Carmina
Le relazioni pericolose – Carmelo Rifici
07 - 08 March 2022
07.03.2022: 20.30
08.03.2022: 20.30
James Barnor. Accra, London - A Retrospective
13 March - 31 July 2022
MASI Lugano presents the largest and most comprehensive retrospective to date devoted to the work of Ghanaian photographer James Barnor (Accra, 1929).
Eutopia – Trickster-P
18 - 19 March 2022
18.03.2022: 18.00 / 20.30
19.03.2022: 14.00 / 18.00 / 20.30
I see red
25 March - 12 June 2022
The Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati offers its visitors a chance to admire a selection of its works, including many that have never been displayed before.
Marcel Broodthaers – Industrial Poems
10 April - 13 November 2022
The presents the main motifs of the series of signs created by the artist.
Lema Trail
24 April 2022
The third edition of the Lema Trail, a beautiful uphill race that will take you from the pretty village of Miglieglia in Malcantone to the summit of Monte Lema.
Helvetia 2022 World Stamp Exhibition
18 - 22 May 2022
After almost 50 years, the time has finally come again: next year, Switzerland will host HELVETIA 2022, a world philately exhibition, from 18 to 22 May. The splendid city of Lugano, which is also very popular abroad, will host the event.
Tamaro Vertical
22 May 2022
The second edition of Tamaro Vertical on Sunday 22 May will take you from the Splash & Spa car park in Rivera to the summit, beyond Alpe Foppa, passing through the woods along a challenging path that will satisfy the needs of even the most experienced runners.
Lugano Bike Emotions 2022
26 - 29 May 2022
A Swiss event, which in its Luganese leg takes place in the city centre. It’s a challenge between the best bicycle, e-bike and Mountainbike athletes that’s bound to become a thrilling event to watch.
Summer Jamboree on the Lake!
09 - 12 June 2022
The music and culture of 40s and 50s America. International festival.
Italian modern art
03 July 2022 - 12 March 2023
Carrà, Sironi, Campigli, Rosai, Manzù, Scipione
Paul Klee
04 September 2022 - 08 January 2023
In autumn 2022, MASI Lugano will present an extraordinary ensemble of original drawings and etchings by Paul Klee (Münchenbuchsee, 1879 - Muralto, 1940), from a private collection, made between 1910 and 1940.
