Museo Ettore Fico

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This sleek, contemporary gallery joins Turin's already stellar collection of pivotal art foundations. Set in an old factory in a hipster, postindustrial neighbourhood north of the Dora River, MEF has three major shows per year, with high-profile monographic exhibitions as well as installation work by contemporary artists, along with design, fashion or film-based shows. Work by Ettore Fico, the late Torinese painter to whom the museum is dedicated, also features.

Catch bus 46 from Piazza XVIII Dicembre. A taxi from the centre will cost around €8.

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