Chronogram: The Robert Olnick Pavilion Opening at Magazzino

As the only American museum exclusively devoted to Italian art, Cold Spring's Magazzino has brought postwar and contemporary Italian culture to the Hudson Valley since its establishment in 2017. On September 14, the museum opened its new Robert Olnick Pavilion to the public, adding 13,000 square feet of exhibition space and capping the process of a substantial—and rapid—expansion.

The new building, which broke ground in 2021, was born out of a growing mission that's developed over the last six years, explains Vittorio Calabrese, Magazzino's executive director. Calabrese has been with the project for eight years, since its initial inception as a private warehouse (magazzino in Italian) for the vast contemporary Italian art collection of its founders, Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu. The new pavilion is "a way for us to expand our programming, have additional places for temporary exhibitions, and [include] programming all year round," Calabrese says.