The Migliorisi Foundation/Art Collections is a non-profit institution dedicated to the conservation, exhibition, and dissemination of works of art. Its exhibition programs aim to contribute to the local art scene with quality offerings while establishing dialogues and international exchanges. Its mission is to establish itself as a space for the enjoyment and understanding of art.
In its collection, the modern, popular, and contemporary intersect, covering various geographical areas and heterogeneous visual practices, ranging from modern and popular graphics to objects, from video art and installations to design. The primary basis of this collection comes from the complete donation of the personal collection of Ricardo Migliorisi, one of the foremost artists in Paraguay's history, whose collecting passion established paths based on an artistic criterion tied to his aesthetic concerns. Thus, the collections also reflect the visual universe of the artist; these are complemented by subsequent acquisitions and donations from artists, as well as some fundamental works by Migliorisi himself.
Founded in 2005, the institution has a permanent exhibition hall dedicated to the collection of religious imagery, and two temporary exhibition halls: the Isolina Salsa hall, named in honor of Migliorisi's mother, and the Cira Moscarda hall, in homage to one of the artist's teachers, who was one of the key promoters of experimental practices for the generations of the 60s and 70s in Paraguay. One of the halls is planned to become a permanent space for celebrating the work of Ricardo Migliorisi.
The Migliorisi Foundation/Art Collections is one of the fundamental institutions of the contemporary art scene in Paraguay, bequeathed to society by the artist Ricardo Migliorisi, and conceived by him as one of his most important works.