Centre of Modern and Contemporary Art La Spezia

Centre of Modern and Contemporary Art (CAMeC) La Spezia was born with the attempt to preserve, expose, increase and promote the civic collections acquired with the "Golfo della Spezia" painting prize between 1949 and 1965 which have been expanded thanks to the generous donations from the Cozzani and Battolini collections. Besides such mission, CAMeC intends to receive, signal and study the expressions of the most relevant contemporary artists with particular focus on the younger generations.

The Art Direction is planning to create exhibitions of qualified critical and high cultural value, such as historical acknowledgement dedicated to authors and movements of the XXth century. The collection donated to the Municipality of La Spezia by Giorgio and Ilda Cozzani in 1998 features about 1,200 works. Among them are about 80 sculptures and about 300 drawings and paintings, in addition to an imposing collection of graphic arts which documents the Twentieth Century, moving freely in every direction.