Fondazione Modena Arti Visive was founded in 2017 by Comune di Modena and Fondazione di Modena as a cultural production and professional training centre whose goal is to promote contemporary art and visual culture. With its set of venues, the foundation takes up the legacy of the three institutions merged into it – Galleria Civica di Modena, Fondazione Fotografia di Modena and Museo della Figurina – to form a veritable cultural district. It proposes and organizes exhibitions and advanced training courses, workshops, performances and conferences, as well as promoting the collections that it manages and building a system of networks on a local and a wider scale. FMAV’s exhibition activities are increasingly linked to the School of Advanced Studies educational programme.