The MU.RO Collection is a private collection of contemporary art, born from the meeting between Elisabetta Roncati and Andrea Musto, two creative souls united by their love of art, culture, design, and the fusion of languages. The name MU.RO, which plays on the idea of the domestic wall as the guardian of the works and the initials of the founders’ surnames, sums up the nature of the project: a collection that thrives on relationships, elective affinities, research, and preservation.

The beating heart of this journey is Spazio MU.RO, a cultural laboratory of over 200 square meters in the heart of Milan. More than a classic exhibition venue, Spazio MU.RO is a fluid ecosystem where the public becomes an active part of exhibitions, talks, performances, and events that intertwine historical memory and contemporary experimentation, with a particular focus on young artists, hybrid languages, and global creative visions.

For the 2025 edition of The Others, MU.RO presents the first edition of the MU.RO Collection Award, intended for the acquisition of a work exhibited at the fair that will become part of the collection.

The central theme of the award is the human body understood as an archive of memories and identity, as a political and poetic space, as a map of fragility and metamorphosis. The figure becomes a lens through which to read the present: a universal but ever-changing symbol that unites individual and collective experiences, dialogues with inclusivity and queer voices, and bridges artistic tradition and technological innovation.

The award will therefore invite candidates to reflect on the body not only as a subject, but as a living presence that challenges the boundaries of medium and representation. Painting, sculpture, photography, installations, digital works, and hybrid languages: all techniques are welcome, because the essence of MU.RO Collection is plurality. Similarly, there are no age limits for artists: from emerging voices of Generation Z to established artists, any work that depicts the body with authenticity and narrative power can be proposed by the galleries present at the fair.

With this award, MU.RO Collection once again confirms its vocation: collecting not as an act of possession, but as an act of listening and responsibility. Each acquisition is a thoughtful choice, a narrative that becomes part of a constantly changing mosaic, where art becomes a mirror of our time and a heritage for the future.

The selection of the winning work will be entrusted to a scientific committee composed of:

• Mattia Starace, collector, M.A.A.T Project Brussels
• Betina Kashiama, collector, M.A.A.T Project Brussels
• Francesca Ciampa, Architect, freelance journalist, and university professor of Technological Design for Architecture at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II.