Palazzo Riso

If you're into actual contemporary art and are in the city, it's worth a visit. The temporary exhibit included some notable international artists. Plus, it's cool seeing art in an old palace!

There are a lot of paintings to see on the first and second floor. The natural part on the ground floor is all under construction, so you cannot see anything. Overall the €8 ticket is a bit pricey.

Perhaps The West is lost after all 😱. I need a drink. Post to illustrate the sheer awfulness of this taxpayer-funded museum. Glorious palace building with C-list content. Not worth the 7 Euros. Don’t go. Palermo is choc-a-bloc with old crumbling noble palaces. Quite a few are restored by government with buckets of taxpayers money. Then the state museum struggles to fill it up. It never occurs to them instead to incentivise the private sector - or indeed the extant noble owners - by deregulating and tax credits and keeping the state nannies at bay. Take this one. Building and location are to die for. The Region of Sicily then renovated the ruin, and opened it as a contemporary art museum. The art content is so awful (compared with similar museums elsewhere in the world). This one also boasts two colossal courtyards, ideally suited for statutes. Instead, they harbour a circle of rocks which are not abandoned building materials, an upside down tree in rubbish bags, wasteland, and of course a pile of garbage (last photos) (it wouldn’t be Palermo without). Nobody goes. The eight or so staff play with their phones. Hard pass 👎 2/10

Awesome surprise that Palermo has such a well curated contemporary art museum. We were lucky they were hosting two very interesting topics the design revolution by Noto and Depero and his futuristic artworks!

Most of the exhibition is currently open and the museum was free to visit at the time we were there, Friday afternoon. Interesting space and artworks that integrate fully with it.

Very nice museum, always with interesting shows and precise information. The Berlin style unfinished renovation makes the shows even better.

Great true inclusive contemporary art museum. A must see for actual art lovers.

It would be helpful to put on the homepage that the other rooms are closed. So we came there and not much was to see.