Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
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LocationVia Duca D'Aosta 63, Casoria, Province of Naples, Italy
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| Location | Via Duca D'Aosta 63, Casoria, Province of Naples, Italy |
| Coordinates | 40°54′51″N 14°17′55″E / 40.91417°N 14.29861°E |
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Casoria Contemporary Art Museum is located in Casoria in the Province of Naples, Italy. In 2003 the comune approached Antonio Manfredi, a local artist and advocate of international contemporary art, as part of an initiative of local revitalization under the banner Una città per l'arte.[1] The museum was founded in 2005 and has an exhibition space of 3,500 m2, largely devoted to its permanent collection of some thousand works by international artists.[2][3] In April 2012 the museum began burning its collection in protest at the impact of austerity measures introduced in response to the nation's debt crisis, which have had a particularly adverse effect on arts funding.[4]
