{"id":16707,"date":"2025-11-25T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/?post_type=magazine&#038;p=16707"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:22:37","slug":"interview-mario-codognato-sonnabend-collection-mantova","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/interview-mario-codognato-sonnabend-collection-mantova\/","title":{"rendered":"How a new museum is born. Interview with Mario Codognato on the Sonnabend Collection Mantova"},"content":{"rendered":"Everything is ready for 29 November 2025, when the Sonnabend Collection Mantova will open its doors to the public, inviting them to admire the works of one of the world\u2019s most famous contemporary art collections in the setting of Mantua\u2019s Palazzo della Ragione. Artistic director Mario Codognato told us how a new museum is born.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>What are the main operative stages that have characterised the development of the project \u2013 from its conception to its imminent launch? <\/strong><br \/>\r\nA tortuous path with a linear result. A chain of serendipitous events and of breaking down barriers. Toto Bergamo Rossi, a dear friend from Venice and head of Venetian Heritage, is a frequent visitor to Mantua and knew Mayor Mattia Palazzi well. The latter told him about the Palazzo della Regione in the city centre and the search for a high-level cultural use for the building. Toto told me about it, and I told him that the Sonnabend Collection, with whom I have always had a close relationship, was looking for a permanent home for their masterpieces. We all got together and four years later we are ready to inaugurate a new extraordinary museum of modern art. In my account, I have omitted the names of many other extraordinary people who assisted and helped us in Mantua.<br \/>\r\n<h2>THE INTERVIEW WITH MARIO CODOGNATO<\/h2><br \/>\r\n<strong>Which professionals were involved in the construction of the Sonnabend Collection Mantova and how did you structure the dialogue with the city and its institutions?<\/strong><br \/>\r\nThe extraordinary exhibition design was conceived by Mantua architect Federico Fedel who, together with the president of the Sonnabend Collection Foundation, Antonio Homem, divided the space, the single volume of the Palazzo della Ragione, into eleven magnificent exhibition rooms. Lawyer Ezio Zani guided us through the entire legal process.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>What is the logic and reasoning behind the exhibition layout? <\/strong><br \/>\r\nAs we said, there are eleven rooms, where the history of American and European art in the second half of the last century is reconstructed in chronological order and according to thematic and historical-geographical similarities.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>How does the Sonnabend Collection Mantova interact with the spaces of the Palazzo della Ragione? <\/strong><br \/>\r\nThe sequence of rooms is designed in such a way as to maintain the perception of the medieval building and to allow visitors to see the extraordinary frescoes that decorate it.<br \/>\r\n<h2>THE SONNABEND COLLECTION MANTOVA<\/h2><br \/>\r\n<strong>What types of audience did you have in mind during the various stages of the project? And what tools and strategies will you adopt to ensure visitor engagement? <\/strong><br \/>\r\nThe division into rooms designed to contain the various phases of the collection, as well as the historiographical path they represent, allows for in-depth study even by the general public who are not specialists. Each room will be equipped with a summary explanation of the works and the artistic movements to which they belong.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>What museum and exhibition models, if any, have inspired you?<\/strong><br \/>\r\nIt is a case that is too unique, the combination of a medieval building of this size and the particular nature of the collection. So no model, but a dedicated design.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Interview by Arianna Testino<\/strong>","protected":false},"featured_media":16703,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categorie_magazine":[343],"class_list":["post-16707","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie_magazine-words-from-marte"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How a new museum is born. 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