Ä Palazzo Reale
Piazza Duomo 12 • MM1, MM3 Duomo
Open: Mon 14.30 - 19.30; Tue–Sun 9.30 - 19.30; Thu 9.30 - 22.30.
Tickets: €9/4.50 + €1.50 fee for online reservations. The ticket office closes one hour before exhibition closing time. For reservations visit www.ticket.it.
• Until 2 June: Canova at the court of the Tsar. From the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, some of the greatest works by sculptor Canova, plus a handful of other sculptures by a variety of classical artists.
• Until 2 June: Giacomo Balla. Original works spanning the career of one of the greatest Futurist artists. The first exhibition of this scale on Balla in thirty-seven years, and unusual for Milan where normally the focus lies on Boccioni.
• Until 29 June: Francis Bacon. The Irish artist, one of the great masters of the 20th century, will be shown next year at the Tate in London, El Prado in Madrid and at the Metropolitan Museum in New York... but first in Milan.
• Until 29 June: Arturo Ghergo. The Image of Beauty. 350 images by a great 20th century photographer. Film and fashion stars, celebrities, politicians, religious figures....
Ä PAC Padiglione D’Arte Contemporanea
Via Palestro 14 • MM1 Palestro.
Open: Tues-Sun 9.30-19.00, Mon 14,30-19,30 Thurs 9.30-22.30. Tickets: €4/6.
• Until 15 June. Aron Demetz. Sculptures.
• Until 15 June. Adelchi-Riccardo Mantovani. Paintings
Ä Triennale
Viale Alemagna 6 • MM1/2 Cadorna. www.triennale.it.
Open: Tues-Sun 10.30-20.30, Mon closed. Info 02.724341, 02.8052.263
This venue is itself an interesting piece of architecture, designed by Giovanni Muzio and built in 1931-33 specifically for exhibitions. The Torre Branca nearby offers the chance to see Milan from about 100 metres up, at certain times of day and evening. The Just Cavalli cafè is at the base of the tower for chic aperitifs.
• Until 29 June: Freestyle: new Australian design for living. In collaboration with Melbourne Victoria Museum, and Object, Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney. 40 Australian designers, including Akira Isogawa, Easton Pearson, Zimmermann, Jon Goulder, Charles Wilson, Cerini and Dinosaur Designs. Entrance €4/5/6.
• Until 14 September: Naked life, and Today’s home. How to deal with the primordial needs of bare living, and of creating a city, today, in Milan, Italy, in cosmopolitan Europe and in the world. Entrance €5/6/8.
Ä Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Via Manzoni 12 • MM3 Montenapoleone.www.museopoldipezzoli.it
Open Tues-Sun 10.00-18.00. Closed Mon. Admission €8.
• Until 3 October: Paliotto del Pellicano. Once again on exhibition after meticulous restoration. A precious, handmade textile wall hanging, embroidered over a period of 300 years: from the 1500s to the 1800s.
• Until 12 October: The hunting carpet and other stories. A fragment of a 16th century Persian carpet, rediscovered in the Quirinale in Rome, and recently restored. See article on last page.
Ä Galleria Ca’ di Fra’
Via Carlo Farini, 2 • MM2 Moscova, bus 43, 70
Open Mon-Sat 10.00-13.00, 15.00-19.00 Entrance free.
· Until 14 July. Solo show by Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese multimedia artist
Ä Galleria Cavenaghi Arte
Via San Gregorio, 25 • MM1 Porta Venezia
Open Wed, Thurs, Fri 15.00-19.00, Sat 10.00-12.30 and by appointment.
· From 13 June until 5 July. Solo show by Luciano Maciotta: shaped canvas with lights.
Ä Fondazione Luciana Matalon
Foro Buonaparte 67 • MM1 Cairoli.
Open Tues-Sat 10-13, 14-19. Tel. 02.878781 Admission free.
• From 5 June until 25 June. Guido Daniele, Paintings on animals and nude bodies.
Ä Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala
Via Monte di Pietà 1 · MM1 Cairoli, MM3 Montenapoleone; bus 61; tram 1, 2, 20
Admission free. Open Tues-Sat 10.00-19.00, closed Sun and Mon.
• Until 19 July. Solo show by Ralph Müller, 22 large-format oils on canvas by the German artist.
Ä Galleria Carla Sozzani
Corso Como 10,
Open: Mon 15.30–19.00, Tues, Fri-Sun 10.30-19.30, Wed-Thurs 10.30-21.00.
• From 8 June until 3 August: Solo show by André Martin: “fragments d’une histoire naturelle”.
Ä Dynamo Art Club
Piazza Greco, 5 · MM3 Sondrio, bus 43
This is a nightlife venue (21.00 - 22.00 happy hour and DJ set; from 22.00 until 23.00, live acoustic performance. From 23.00 DJ set) that also runs art events.
· Until 18 June. Group show.
ÄInstituto Cervantes
(Sala mostre), Via Dante 12 • MM1 Cairoli.
Open Mon-Fri 16.00-20.00, Sat and Sun closed. Info 02.7202.3450. Admission free.
• From 6 June until 10 July. Solo show: Ángel Orcajo. 15 paintings by the Spanish artist.
Ä Spazio AG22 Della Rovere - Fondazione Mazzotta
Via Alserio 22 Milano
Open daily 10.00-19.30, Tues & Thurs 10.00-22.30.
• From 5 June Until 19 June. During the Ragnarock Nordic Festival, a photographic exhibition by Danish artist Soren Starbird.
Ä Fondazione Stelline
Sala del Collezionista, Corso Magenta 61 • MM1 Cadorna
Open Tues-Sat 10.00-19.00, Mon 14.00–19.00 Sun closed. www.stelline.it Info: Tel. 02.45462411. Admission free.
• Until 19 July. Pietro, Cesare, Vittoria Ligari. 40 paintings by these three 18th century Lombard artists.
Ä Fondazione Stelline
Chiostro della Magnolia, Corso Magenta 61 • MM1 Cadorna
• Until 16 October. Dreams of a Possible City, tending towards infinity, by Massimo Uberti. An artistic light installation, 27 metres in diameter, 14 metres high. In partnership with Genworth Financial.
Ä Castello Sforzesco
Piazza Cairoli • MM1 Cairoli.
• Until 26 October. Eugenio Quarti. The “prince of cabinet-makers”.
In the Sale Viscontee and courtyards. Admission included in Museum ticket (3€). Open Tues-Sun 9.00-17.30.
• Until 8 June. Matthew Spender. Contemporary Archaeology. 149 artworks by the London-born sculptor, who now lives in Gaiole in Chianti, Siena: terra cotta, stone, painted wood, paintings. His female figures show an unusual attention to hairstyle. Admission free. Open Mon 14.30.19.30, Tues-Sun 9.30-19.30, Thurs open until 22.30.
Ä Church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa
Via Neera 24 ● MM2 Abbiategrasso tram 3 - 15
Open every day 9.00–12.00, 16.00-19.00
• Until 19 October. “Light” by Pino Pedano. 12 wooden sculptures. This church way out in the suburbs is famous for its coloured neon lighting installation by Dan Flavin.
Ä White Star Adventure
Piazza Meda, corner of Piazza Belgioioso • MM1 San Babila.
Open every day 10.00-20.30. Admission free.
• Until 5 June. Aria acqua terra fuoco. Water, air, fire, earth. National Geographic Italia presents an exhibition of images by the most important National Geographic Society photographers.
• From 14 June until 14 July. Submarine Rainbow. The sea becomes art. Breathtaking macrophotography by Jeffrey L.Rotman.
Ä Galleria Grazia Neri
Via Maroncelli 14 ● MM2 Garibaldi tram 3, 4, 7
Open Mon-Fri 9.00–13.00, 14.30–18.00; Sat 10.00-12.30, 15.00–17.00. Admission free. Tel. 02 625271
• Until 13 June. Enchanted Reality. Photographs by Sibylle Bergemann. Exhibition organized in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Mailand.
Ä Spazio Oberdan
Viale Vittorio Veneto 2 • MM1 Porta Venezia.
Open Tues-Sun 10.00-19.30, Tues and Thurs until 22.00, Mon closed. Entrance €2.50/4
• From 12 June until 14 September. Beatles 1968. In the 40th anniversary year of 1968, year of student protests in Italy, a show on the Beatles, presenting their history, their transformations, and the signs that seem to link the height of their popularity to the eve of the end of the most famous pop group in history. The history of the Beatles thus becomes a metaphor for changes in society.
Ä Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta
Foro Bonaparte 50 • MM1 Cairoli, MM3 Lanza
Open daily 10.00-19.30, Mon. closed. Entrance free
• From 13 June until 27 July. A show dedicated to painter Trento Longaretti’s 70-year career.
Ä The Flat - Massimo Carasi Arte Contemporanea
Via Vaina, 2
Open Tues–Fri 15.30-19.30
• Until 18 July. Burythehatchet. A double solo show featuring Scott Campbell and Jeremiah Maddock, a celebration of a rediscovered friendship; a sort of blood pact.
Ä Galleria Il Castello
Via Brera, 16
Open Tues–Sat 10.30-14.00, 15.00-19.00 Entrance free.
• Until 19 July. Gianni Dova. Retrospective. 30 years of paintings, from 1950 to 1980.
Permanent Exhibitions
Ä Museo d’Arte e Scienza
Via Quinto Sella 4, right across from the Castello Sforzesco • MM1 Cordusio
Open Mon-Fri 10.00-18.00, Sat 10.00-14.00. Admission: €6. www.museoartescienza.com
• Leonardo, citizen of Milan - permanent exhibit
A museum that enables you to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci. Most people just associate da Vinci with the Last Supper, but in fact he was here for almost twenty years, from 1482 on. A large map of Milan shows where Leonardo worked and lived, and also marks the estate that the Duke gave him in order to make him a true citizen of the city – citizens had to be landowners. There are models of several designs, and some can be tested by visitors. Reproductions of pages from his notebooks document his interest in human anatomy, with figures that are very similar to those of modern day text books.
Downstairs, the focus is on Leonardo's “Treatise on Painting”, a series of essays that he had planned to make into a book, but never finished. Various sections illustrate different themes, such as sculpture, light, shadow and colour. In each section there are interactive experiments, such as how different light sources alter the look of a sculpture. Also in this museum there are collector's items from around the world, including Greek vases, Chinese pottery, African masks and Buddhist sculpture, and a laboratory that illustrates how the genuine articles can be told from the fakes. You can test some of the pieces yourself. The museum is very tourist-friendly, and the explanations are displayed in four languages, Italian, English, German and French.
