Stir World: Robert Olnick Pavilion: An unencumbered white edifice in NY to house Italian art

A continuous stretch of white mass, interrupted by the tilt of the hilly landscape upon which it sits, and a linear kink that extrudes its mass upwards on the extreme edge of the edifice—these attributes warrant Robert Olnick Pavilion’s designation under the epithet of a sculpture. Its interiors, too, sustain this appellation of a sculptural figure, with the presence of strategically placed skylights that invite natural light into the indoor gallery spaces at different angles throughout the day. Conceived by Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo, Robert Olnick Pavilion is situated within Magazzino Italian Art, the only museum in America dedicated to Italian art. This art museum and research centre in New York, USA, co-founded by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu, is primarily dedicated to platforming and advancing the public appreciation for postwar and contemporary Italian art. Magazzino Italian Art, through its curatorial, scholarly and public initiatives, helps explore the enduring impact of Italian art on a global level.