Art in the metro
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Art in the Metro is a project of the Brescia Metro that brings art into everyday life. You don't just observe: you cross, you live, you meet every day. Here, artistic innovation dialogues with urban space and transforms it into experience.
A contemporary museum takes shape between the stations and the depot. He has no tickets or borders. It offers citizens and tourists a path made of different languages, all current, all accessible.
SUBBRIXIA
SUBBRIXIA is a museum that is not visited. You cross. Every day.
Here art and sustainable mobility meet underground, along the metro. A widespread, living museum that takes passengers with unexpected visions into the heart of the city.
The first permanent works mark the route: “Gothic Minerva” by Patrick Tuttofuoco at the San Faustino station and “Brixia” by Marcello Maloberti at the FS station. These were joined by “Incancellabile Vittoria” by Emilio Isgrò at the FS station, “Mind the gap” by Nathalie Du Pasquier at the Vittoria metro station and “BrixiaDue” by Andreas Angelidakis at the Bresciadue station.
They are not simple installations.
They are daily encounters with art, as you move.
METRO URBAN MUSEUM
With the Metro Urban Museum, art comes out into the open.
The subway depot becomes an open-air gallery. International street art makes its mark here, without asking permission.
Over 600 square meters of vertical surfaces and four moving trains transformed into works of art: in total, approximately 2,000 square meters of urban creativity crisscross the city every day.
Artists such as Luca Font, J. Demsky, Joys, Peeta and Valentina Picozzi signed the interventions. Every work goes beyond the mural: it redraws spaces, changes the gaze, enters everyday life.
The project is constantly evolving. It takes art out of museums and into real life.
ONE SUBWAY, MANY PARKS
Here the subway doesn't just take you from one point to another. It takes you to the green.
“One subway, many parks” is a simple and concrete system: from the stations, you walk to various parks and gardens. Just go down and follow the directions.
Outside the stations you will find clear information totems. On the ground, green lines guide you step by step.
In a few minutes you change pace. Really.
From the Prealpino station to Belvedere Park. From Casazza station to widespread greenery: Reggio Park, Casazza Park, Fiordaliso Park.
Mompiano Station opens to Castelli Park, Nikolajewka Park, and the Italian Red Cross Park. Europa station lengthens the route, but not the distance.
From Marconi station you arrive immediately: Marconi park. The San Faustino and FS stations connect Parco Tarello and Parco Gallo, without deviations. From Victoria station you reach Colle Cidneo instead.
Brescia Due station takes you straight to: Tarello Park, Gallo Park, Pescheto Park.
Lamarmora Station opens to Pescheto Park, the skatepark and Lucio Battisti Park.
Volta Station brings them even closer: skatepark and Lucio Battisti park.
The Poliambulanza station opens at the Friendship between Peoples Park and the Fabrizio De André Park.
San Polo Parco brings them even closer, all the way to Francesca Alleruzzo Park.
San Polo Parco station still approaches: Cimabue Park.
From San Polino station it is green everywhere: Parco dei Popoli, Parco Arici Sega, Parco Peppino Impastato.
Sant'Eufemia station opens to the largest: Parco delle Cave. More road, but worth it.
Each station is a starting point.
Every path is accessible, direct, real.
The project is intertwined with the Urban Green Trekking: 16 itineraries, over 110 km between neighborhoods, nature and cities.
You consult them via QR queues at stations and on Bresciapp!.
And along the way, dedicated signage also accompanies the discovery of the works of SUBBRIXIA and the MUM. Art and nature meet, seamlessly.
The metro, in Brescia, is not just an infrastructure.
It's an open door to the city.
And every journey becomes something more: an opportunity to see, understand, discover.
