News and events
International Museum Day
On Sunday 17 May 2026 the Fondazione Marguerite Arp is taking part in the initiative by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
"Costellazione in fiore" – In conversazione con Eleonora Castagnetta
Lunedì 25 maggio 2026 (Pentecoste), la Fondazione Marguerite Arp apre le sue porte per un incontro pubblico con l'architetta, storica dell’arte e designer Eleonora Castagnetta.
Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Catalogue raisonné
The Fondazione Marguerite Arp is pleased to announce its participation in the project of the catalogue raisonné dedicated to Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
Residence and studio house
In February 1959, Jean Arp and Marguerite Hagenbach purchased a ca. 4,600-m2-large property in Locarno-Solduno. The property, which is named Ronco dei Fiori, consisted of an old Ticino residential house, an extensive garden as well as a vineyard. After various renovations, the couple moved into the house in May 1960.
Continue…Exhibition space and garden
Arp’s intention to erect ‘a type of gallery building’ on the property in Solduno in order to be able to present at least part of their joint collection has been handed down from 1965. Nearly fifty years later, in the summer of 2014, this plan was finally realized.
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