As in past decades, today a rainbow of languages are spoken in the studio. The yard, divided into spaces for the artists gives the impression of a small Venetian Biennale with sculptors of every nationality. Walking through the studio you can hear languages from every corner of the world which suddenly mix with Italian slang and words for tools that the artists pick up from the artisans.
In the yard, amidst ancient and new dust, an ever changing museum meets the eye, the artists temporarily place their finished works next to those of modern masters that Sem had collected and which are now part of the Studio heritage; exemplary works by Pietro Consagra, Alicia Penalba, Cèsar, Georges Adam to mention a few. This heritage also includes a formidable collection of plaster maquettes by modern masters as well as a precious photographic archive representing the history of Contemporary sculpture that here, some of its most celebrated work came to light.