THE PROJECT

The B&B Riccobono Art of the Future Foundation was established by Bernard and Brigitte Riccobono to support emerging artistic practices by creating a network of Artificial Intelligence and Immersive Art museums in the Mediterranean sea. The foundation collaborated with Museum Studio to initiate its first museum in Malta that will be designed by architects DeMicoli & Associates and Mattermake. The creation of a second MAiiA Museum in Palermo (Ex Fabbrica Tessuti Gulí) was entrusted to designer Ora-ïto.

THE PREFIGURATION

Along with the French Embassy in Malta and Studioseven, the B&B Riccobono Art of the Future Foundation supports the immersive exhibition Facing the Challenge by Louis-Paul Caron of the French Pavilion of the Malta Biennale.

THE TEAM

Founders: Bernard & Brigitte Riccobono
Curator: Dominique Moulon
Strategic Advisor: Dr Sandro Debono

Image & credit

HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH ( Riccobono) : Bernard and Brigitte Riccobono, by Anka Studio, 2026.

press review

• Diana Giusi, A Palermo la prima sede della rete di musei dedicati all’IA e all’arte immersiva nel Mar Mediterraneo, in Il Giornale dell'Arte, 15 May 2026.
• Palermo guarda al futuro e trasforma un’ex fabbrica in museo dedicato all’arte digitale, in Inside Art, 13 April 2026.
• Presto a Palermo un nuovo museo per l'arte e la tecnologia, in Sky Arte, 11 April 2026.
• Nino Amadore, Palermo, cantiere aperto: la città che attrae il mondo dell'arte, in Palermo del quotidiano, 5 April 2026.
• Tullio Filippone, Due mecenati francesi creano un centro d’arte nella ex fabbrica Gulì, in La Repubblica, 4 April 2026.
• Helga Marsala, A Palermo nascerà il nuovo MAIIA Museum in un ex sito industriale, in Artribune, 3 April 2026.
• MAIIA Museum to open in Palermo, in Art Media Agency, 1 April 2026.