The Robert Olnick Pavilion greatly expands the offerings on the landscaped campus in Cold Spring, New York with special exhibitions in this new, freestanding 13,000-square-foot building. While the original, 20,000-square foot building from 2017 will remain dedicated to the Arte Povera movement, which is central to the museum’s renowned Olnick Spanu Collection, the pavilion provides space for Magazzino to range more widely through modern and contemporary Italian art and present significant works on loan.
Offering Magazzino an additional two floors of gallery and education space, as well as a café and museum store, the Robert Olnick Pavilion is designed by Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo, the latter being the architect for Magazzino’s original building.
The pavilion opened with a trio of inaugural special exhibitions: a rare survey of trailblazing work from the 1960s and '70s by painter Mario Schifano (1934–1998); a focused installation of paintings and sculpture by Ettore Spalletti (1940–2019), activating one of the pavilion’s most impressive space; and a selection of masterpieces of Murano glass by Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978) from the collection of Magazzino’s founders, Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu.