The MLAC – Contemporary Art Lab Museum of Sapienza University of Rome, Research Center from 2005 to 2011, currently part of the Museum Hub of the same university, aims to introduce, promote, protect, study, and enhance international contemporary art, addressing not only students, scholars, and specialists but also the artists themselves and the wider public.
Managed as a Research Center since 2005, it was conceived, designed, and realized by Simonetta Lux in 1986, within the framework of her precise (but flexible) theory of research and teaching, with the goal of creating and affirming the necessity of the relationship with the artist and the artwork and unifying creative processes with educational and scientific processes. The MLAC – Contemporary Art Lab Museum is a dynamic and innovative structure both for Italy and internationally: it indeed incorporates the intertwining of activities related to contemporary art that are normally separate if not antagonistic:
- historical-critical scientific research activities;
- advanced training activities;
- creative cultural and exhibition activities;
- productive activities.
