Events
AMART 2024
📆 When: From 6 to 10 November
AMART 2024 delves into the contemporary appeal of antiques, increasingly appreciated beyond the traditional collector’s circle. The event attracts top experts with over 60 exhibitors showcasing a wide range of artworks, from paintings to sculptures. It aims to be a cultural crossroads, going beyond a typical antiques fair by collaborating with Milanese institutions such as the Poldi Pezzoli Museum and FAI.
Book City
📆 When: From 11 to 17 November
An event dedicated to books and reading with a schedule of events spread throughout Milan that this year focuses on the theme War and Peace. The event aims to serve as a space for reflection and debate, highlighting how books and literature are crucial tools for understanding the present and envisioning the future.
Milano Music Week
📆 When: From 18 to 24 November
Born in 2017, Milano Music Week transforms Milan into a big stage for a week, offering events and meetings for music fans and professionals. The Brera district is also involved, with events at the Triennale Milano, the Acquario Civico and the Casa degli Artisti, where concerts, workshops and meetings with artists will take place, creating a unique experience celebrating music in all its forms.
Exhibitions
Within our Shapes
📍 Where: Tempesta gallery
📆 When: Until 5 December
The exhibition Within Our Shapes features works by Nicolas Pelzer and Tal Regev. Pelzer’s sculptural installations explore the interaction between technology and its impact on contemporary values, creating pieces that reflect the divide between technology and organic forms. In contrast, Tal Regev’s ethereal and layered paintings delve into the tension between inner energy and outward expressions, seeking light and meaning just beyond the visible surface.
Bicyclette: Un altro Giro tra Francia e Italia
📍 Where: ADI Design Museum
📆 When: From 6 November to 8 December
The exhibition Bicyclette: Un altro Giro tra Francia e Italia (Bicyclette: Another Ride Between France and Italy) explores the evolution of bicycle design, from its historical roots to the most significant contemporary innovations, highlighting the Italian and French traditions. Featuring over twenty iconic bicycle models, videos, and in-depth analysis, the exhibition showcases the connection between history, innovation, cultural shifts, and a new vision of sustainable mobility.
Monumental
📍 Where: Cardi Gallery
📆 When: Until 21 December
Cardi Gallery presents the group exhibition Monumental, featuring a selection of impactful works that highlight the use of poor materials and essential gestures. The exhibition spans two floors: the ground floor showcases a large-scale sculpture by Jannis Kounellis, along with canvases by Alighiero Boetti, Mario Merz, and Giuseppe Penone. The first floor is entirely dedicated to a multi-panel installation by Luciano Fabro, a founding figure of Arte Povera.
A song for our ancestors
📍 Where: AMY d Arte Spazio
📆 When: From 5 November to 12 December
The first exhibition in Milan by photographer Alessandra Book features a minimalist, frameless setup that allows space for a visual narrative focused on memory and nature. The work establishes a delicate dialogue between humans and the environment, exploring memory as a restorative practice and a tool for transformation. At the core of this narrative, memory brings continuity and awareness, complemented by a critical text by Kamil Sanders.
A song for our ancestors
📍 Where: Arte in Salotto
📆 When: Until 6 December
Following the success of Design&Decor, the contemporary art gallery Arte in Salotto and designer Gala Rotelli present Blooming Hearts, a collection of vases inspired by the strength and blossoming of women. Influenced by the works of Georgia O’Keeffe, the series celebrates female empowerment through pieces that embody the beauty of cultivating one’s own identity.
Always Something There
📍 Where: Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architettura
📆 When: Until 22 November
With a free approach to architecture, the artist Marco Palmieri explores space through painting, photography, and installation, redefining the boundaries between these languages. His latest series of watercolors continues to shape the spatial imagery he has worked with for years. Inspired by sources ranging from Renaissance Annunciations to 20th-century Metaphysics and Luigi Ghirri’s photographs, Palmieri reveals an essential poetics that highlights the constants of his artistic exploration.
Arte Conservativa
📍 Where: MADE4ART
📆 When: From 6 to 19 November
The solo exhibition of Cristina Corvino, an artist, restorer, and architect, showcases a selection of recent works from 2023 to 2024, exploring the connection between art and life through altered or faded forms, marks of belonging, transformations, and rebirths. Corvino combines her expertise in restoration with artistic creation, reviving ancient artifacts and blending past and present to create something unique and contemporary.
Cinque artisti, cinque amici, una situaizone
📍 Dove: Antonio Battaglia Gallery
📆 Quando: Until 19 November
A vibrant group exhibition where five artists explore figurative imagery through painting and sculpture, blending irony with wonder, and drawing on historical, philosophical references, and surprising hybridizations. The exhibition reflects the evolution of contemporary styles shaped by the artists’ formation in the 1980s.
