Fiumara d'Arte Open Air Museum

Highlights

Fiumara d’Arte was born in 1982 when Antonio Presti commissioned the first work from Pietro Consagra, in honor of his father, which was inaugurated in 1986 with the name of Matter might not be there: a sort of complex line that develops on two floors, one white and one black. Thus the largest project comes to life, a sculpture park that acts as a connector between contemporary language and the rural beauty of the landscapes.

The second sculpture was inaugurated in 1988, by the sculptor Paolo Schiavocampo and entitled A curve thrown behind time, a real curve surrounded by olive trees and broom bushes. 1989 was the year of the Monument to a Dead Poet, renamed by the locals as a Window on the Sea due to its shape and position. It is no coincidence that Tano Festa’s work is blue in color like the two elements that surround it: the sky and the sea.

Between 1989 and 2021, the other 10 sculptures were created and installed by the hand of national and international artists.

Fiumara d’Arte: a journey into an authentic open-air museum, composed by the installations of some contemporary artists.

What is Fiumara d’Arte

For the ones who don’t know, Fiumara d’Arte is an authentic open-air museum, composed by the installations of some contemporary artists. These artworks are installed along the banks of Tusa flume, today nothing more than a torrent, that starts from Nebrodi mountains and arrives at the ancient city of Halaesa.

Artworks and itineraries

Windows on the Sea, Mediterranean Energy, Pyramid, Arianna’s Labyrinth are just some of the installations of Fiumara d’Arte. To visit them there are 4 itineraries from 2 hours, 4 hours up to a full day.

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How Visit the Fiumara d’Arte Open Air Museum

The perfect starting point for visiting the monumental sculpture park is from the Atelier sul Mare hotel museum.

The property is located in the small village of Tusa (Messina province): twenty rooms designed and built by twenty different artists that allow the visitor to have a totally immersive experience.

In fact, each room is itself a work of art that allows guests to live it, enriching it with new meanings every time.

You can decide to spend a night inside one of them or simply visit them in the morning, when the guests of the night before leave the hotel-museum to welcome new visitors.

In alternative, we can also arrange a day tour from Palermo or Cefalù and customize the day tour in accordance with the time at our disposal.