Nik Spatari

{{Short description|Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (1929–2020)}}

Nicodemo "Nik" Spatari (16 April 1929{{Cite web|url=http://energitismo.com/nik-spatari-musaba/|title=Nik Spatari and MuSaBa|website=Energitismo}} – 25 August 2020) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and art scholar. He created the "Parco-Museo Santa Barbara", known also as MUSABA, an open-air art museum realised in the 10th century {{ill|St. Barbara monastery|it|Monastero di Santa Barbara}} area close to Spatari's birthplace of Mammola, in south-eastern Calabria.{{cite web|title=Story|url=https://www.musaba.org/?lang=en#storia|publisher=MUSABA|accessdate=7 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Nik Spatari: a tu per tu il volto di Dio|date=14 February 2017 |url=https://www.ideedituttounpo.it/viaggiare/italia/calabria/nik-spatari.php|publisher=ideedituttounpo|accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=Il futuro interiore di Nik Spatari|url=https://calabriacult.atavist.com/il-futuro-interiore-di-nik-spatari|publisher=CalabriaCult|accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=MuSaBa, l'arte di Nik Spatari tra passato e futuro|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.it/wallpaper/2017/02/01/foto/musaba_l_arte_di_nik_spatari_tra_passato_e_futuro-3399753/1/|publisher=National Geographic Italia|accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=Nik Spatari e Hiske Maas|url=http://www.casanima.it/Nik-Spatari-Hiske-Maas.asp|publisher=CasAnima|accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=Dall'Olanda in Aspromonte per amore, alla "Vita in diretta" la storia di Nik Spatari ed Hiske Maas|date=31 January 2018 |url=http://www.citynow.it/dallolanda-aspromonte-amore-alla-vita-diretta-la-storia-nik-spatari-ed-hiske-maas/|publisher=CityNow|accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=il mondo secondo Nik Spatari|url=https://www.tripadvisor.it/ShowUserReviews-g2305866-d4583205-r529616467-MUSABA_Parco_Museo_Laboratorio_Santa_Barbara-Mammola_Province_of_Reggio_Calabri.html|publisher=TripAdvisor|accessdate=6 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=MuSaBa a rischio: l'appello di Nik Spatari e Hiske Maas al Ministro Franceschini|date=22 November 2017 |url=http://www.citynow.it/musaba-rischio-lappello-nik-spatari-hiske-maas-al-ministro-franceschini/|publisher=CityNow|accessdate=6 September 2018}}