Palazzo Riso, located on the ancient streets of Palermo Corso Vittorio Emanuele, is now the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily .  The building of the palace, designed by the architect Giuseppe Venanzio Marvulya in the late 18th century for the Prince of Belmonte Giuseppe Emanuele Ventimiglia, was built at the end of the domination of the Sicilian Baroque style, and later it was rebuilt in neo-classical style .  The construction of the Palazzo was completed in 1784, and in the 19th century it became the property of Baron Rizzo .  In honor of this event, the sculptor Ignazio Marabitti at the entrance portal carved marble palace Rizzo family crests .  He also worked on the neoclassical sculpture mounted on the main balcony .  During World War II building was badly damaged during the air raids on the Palermo - as a result of the bombs hit the palace collapsed, destroying the frescoes of Antonio Manno, located in a large ballroom .  Then, for many years the building stood abandoned .  Only in the mid-1990s at the initiative of the government of the autonomous region of Sicily have begun large-scale restoration works, and since 2008 is located in the Palazzo Riso Museum of Modern Art .

Today it is one of the most important exhibition areas in the region. First of all, you can get acquainted with the works of local artists - Andrea Di Marco, Alessandro Bazan, Giovanni Anselmo, Domenico Mangano, Carla Accardi, Croce Taravella, Paola Pivi, Salvo and many others. The museum also has a library and a cafeteria and in the future it is planned to increase the exhibition area at the expense of the restoration of the premises adjacent factory, which was destroyed during the war.