Museo Madre (Museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina)

Madre is located in the heart of old Naples, the historic district home to the nearby Duomo and Museo Archeologico Nazionale. The museum is named after its building, the 19th-century Palazzo Donnaregina, which was itself named for the ancient Monastery of Santa Maria Donnaregina that once filled the site. In 2005, the palazzo was transformed into a contemporary art museum by the renowned Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Madre’s permanent collection of contemporary art is displayed across three floors of the building and comprises works from emerging and established contemporary artists, including Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Buren and Luciano Fabro.