Fanny Usellini Museum: a new museum opens in Arona

26 September 2026

With 556 paintings and works ranging from futurism to American and African art, including works by Andy Warhol, de Chirico, Guttuso, and Dalì, on Saturday, September 26th, a new museum hub dedicated to Fanny Usellini will open in Arona. 

The “Fanny Usellini” Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art will also be a tribute to the painter Gianfilippo Usellini, who lived the last years of his life in Arona. The museum will also host a dining area called “Il Novecento”, created as an inclusion center where people with disabilities will work. 

The inauguration will take place on Saturday, September 26th at 11:00 AM at the former slaughterhouse in Via Trieste in Arona, featuring a work by Picasso, which will remain on display for a few days. The presence of the critic Vittorio Sgarbi is expected at the inauguration.