ZAC – Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee

ZAC – Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee is a large industrial archaeology area located in one of the pavilions of Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, in Palermo, Sicily.

Its programming contemporary art season, promoted by the Department of Culture of the City of Palermo, soon brought to national and international attention the ZAC area as «a place of reference for contemporary art in the south of Europe and in the heart of the Mediterranean», in the words of the City Councillor for Culture Andrea Cusumano, «an exhibition centre that increasingly is strengthening its powerful character thanks to the action generated by great Masters of contemporary art».

Conceived to be one of a kind, ZAC is not a traditional museum, but a centre for cultural production and an observatory for contemporary artistic tendencies.