FRAM - Franciacorta Rovato Modern and Contemporary Art

A New Museum for Franciacorta

In the Municipality of Rovato, in the province of Brescia, the FRAM - Franciacorta Rovato Modern and Contemporary Art opened its doors in 2026. This new museum is housed in a recently constructed building in the town's market area. It enriches the cultural offerings of Franciacorta, a region already renowned for its wines and landscapes, which now boasts a significant art center.

A Half-Century Collection

The museum originates from the work of Beppe Bonetti, a painter from Rovato and a theorist of Metarationality, along with his wife Angela Maria Zucchetti, a poet and animal rights activist who passed away in 2024. Over more than fifty years of artistic activity, the couple collected artworks and art fragments acquired through exchanges with international colleagues and artists, which have now found a permanent home in Rovato.

The museum's core collection features 23 works by Gerolamo Calca (1878-1957), among the most significant of his output. Surrounding this body of work is a much larger collection, comprising pieces by approximately eighty modern and contemporary artists, including painters and sculptors.

More Than Just Exhibitions

FRAM hosts a permanent selection of works by Beppe Bonetti, tracing the key stages of his artistic research, and a space dedicated to temporary exhibitions curated by the Bonetti Zucchetti Foundation, which manages the facility in agreement with the Municipality of Rovato. The museum is complemented by a bookstore, a specialized library with catalogs and publications by the featured artists, an archive for preserving more delicate materials, and a multimedia room designed as a connecting point between the different sections of the exhibition.