What to do in Milan today?

Discover the 23 ongoing design events.

Andrea Branzi. L'architettura appartiene al teatro
Show — Until 30/11/2023
Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architettura
Sung Tieu - The Ruling
Show — Until 02/12/2023
Ordet
Mezza Luce
Show — Until 03/12/2023
Galleria Lampo
Milano Drawing Week
Festival — Until 03/12/2023
Milano
Orecchio assoluto - Remo Salvadori invita Marco Andrea Magni, Filippo Manzini, Sandro Mussida
Show — Until 09/12/2023
ASSAB ONE
Luigi Ghirri. Nostalgia del futuro. L’immagine necessaria
Show — Until 09/12/2023
Centro Culturale Milano
Personae Bruno Pellegrini
Installation — Until 21/12/2023
ADI Design Museum
A Photographic Journey into Fast, by Stefan Giftthaler
Show — Until 05/01/2024
Fast Milano
Riccardo Blumer - Movimenti di Anime, Diatomee, Danzatori, Conchiglie, Anime e Quaderni
Show — Until 06/01/2024
ADI Design Museum
Gabriele Basilico Le mie città
Show — Until 07/01/2024
Triennale Milano
Alberto Meda Tension and Lightness
Show — Until 07/01/2024
Triennale Milano
Thao Nguyen Phan - Reincarnations of Shadows
Show — Until 14/01/2024
Hangar Bicocca
Gabriella Crespi
Show — Until 25/01/2024
Galleria Nilufar
Invisible City
Show — Until 31/01/2024
De Padova Showroom
Carissimo Pinocchio, designer e grafici italiani ridisegnano il burattino più famoso del mondo
Show — Until 04/02/2024
ADI Design Museum
James Lee Byars
Show — Until 18/02/2024
Hangar Bicocca
Mario De Biasi e Milano. Edizione Straordinaria
Show — Until 18/02/2024
Museo Diocesano
PARAVENTI. FOLDING SCREENS FROM THE 17TH TO 21ST CENTURIES
Show — Until 22/02/2024
Fondazione Prada
Carlo Zauli, An Earthly Myth.
Exhibition — Until 25/02/2024
Nilufar Depot
Fornasetti servitore di Arlecchino
Show — Until 29/02/2024
Cineteca Milano
Peter Dreher: 100 Days
Show — Until 27/03/2024
Casa Mutina Milano
Ettore Sottsass. Design Metaphors
Show — Until 21/04/2024
Triennale Milano
Museo del Design Italiano
Show — Until 11/11/2025
Triennale Milano



Carlo Zauli, An Earthly Myth.
30/ Nov
Opening
On reservation
Where
Nilufar Depot
Viale Vincenzo Lancetti, 34

A retrospective dedicated to Carlo Zauli, the Italian ceramicist and sculptor, curated by Nina Yashar in collaboration with Museo Carlo Zauli.


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Exhibition
Carlo Zauli, An Earthly Myth.
On reservation
Dates
30/11/2023
25/02/2024
Visita guidata | Gabriele Basilico. Le mie città
30/ Nov
H. 6:30 pm
Activity
On reservation Paid admission Register
Where
Triennale Milano
Via Alemagna, 6

A guided tour to discover the exhibition Gabriele Basilico. Le mie città. Ten years after his death, Milan dedicates to Gabriele Basilico (1944-2013) an extensive exhibition that is divided between two exhibition venues - Palazzo Reale and Triennale Milano - and represents the first major tribute that the city where Basilico was born and lived pays to the photographer and his cosmopolitan gaze, capable precisely of listening to the heart of all cities.


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Isola Design Awards Afterparty
1/ Dec
Party
Entrance upon registration Register
Where
Basic Village
via dell’Aprica 12

For the third edition of the Isola Design Awards, Isola is going all out with an afterparty that also marks the launch of Isola Radio, bringing you the sounds of Isola. Collaborating with Isola is Monkey 47 and their famous gin as main event sponsor, and Slide and Basic Village as technical partners. 


BiM Christmas Market
2/ Dec
H. 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Activity
Free entry
Where
BiM Milano
viale dell'Innovazione, 3

The BiM Garden welcomes the public with a day dedicated to Christmas shopping, accompanied by creative workshops for children, live music, chess tournaments and a themed food & beverage offer curated by BiMstrò by Fuorimano. Created in collaboration with Redroom – the handmade salon in via Conte Rosso 18 in Milan, organizer of Il Sabato di Lambrate, the BiM Christmas Market brings over 40 artisans, illustrators and handmade artists to Bicocca, selected from all over Italy. From 11am to 9pm you can purchase handcrafted creations made with recycled materials, jewellery, design, furnishing accessories, clothing and accessories, illustrations, body care products and many other original gifts.


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Visita guidata | Museo del Design Italiano
2/ Dec
H. 0:00 pm
Activity
On reservation Paid admission Register
Where
Triennale Milano
Via Alemagna, 6

Triennale offers a guided tour to discover the Museum of Italian Design, which presents its new selection of objects and its new layout spanning the 100-year history of Triennale: more than 300 pieces chosen from the 1,600 that make up the institution's collections and others on loan from important private collections.


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IlaBianchi Studio Sale & Donation Christmas Party
2/ Dec
H. 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Flash sale
Free entry
Where
T12 LAB
Via Dei Transiti, 12

You are welcome to the one and only IlaBianchi Sale & Open Studio Party of the year. Original and unique marble candle holders, vases, handblown borosilicate glasses, artisanal and unique products will be on sale due to our studio clean-up! 
It’s your occasion to have your special IlaBianchi object & to help people in Gaza. 20% of the profits will be donated to UNFPA to help women in Gaza.


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IlaBianchi Studio Sale & Donation Christmas Party
3/ Dec
H. 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Flash sale
Free entry
Where
T12 LAB
Via Dei Transiti, 12

You are welcome to the one and only IlaBianchi Sale & Open Studio Party of the year. Original and unique marble candle holders, vases, handblown borosilicate glasses, artisanal and unique products will be on sale due to our studio clean-up! 
It’s your occasion to have your special IlaBianchi object & to help people in Gaza. 20% of the profits will be donated to UNFPA to help women in Gaza.


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Andrea Branzi. L'architettura appartiene al teatro
03/10/2023
30/11/2023
Show
Free entry On reservation
Where
Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architettura
Corso Garibaldi, 125

The architect and designer Andrea Branzi rediscovers the masters of twentieth-century painting and transforms their creations. On display is the series of drawings from which it takes its title, created in the 2000s. Accompanying the exhibition is Archetypes, which collects the theoretical mental models that anticipate material creation.


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Sung Tieu - The Ruling
28/10/2023
02/12/2023
Show
Free entry
Where
Ordet
Via Adige, 17

Ordet presents The Ruling, the first solo exhibition by Sung Tieu (Vietnamese artist based in Berlin) in Italy. The Ruling recalls the intricate interplay between colonial interests, bureaucratic and administrative governance strategies, and their impact as lasting legacies of colonial oppression—revealing the asymmetry between the metric system’s universality and its implementation as a tool of exploitation, capital accumulation, and world trade.
 


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Mezza Luce
09/11/2023
03/12/2023
Show
Free entry
Where
Galleria Lampo
Via Valtellina, 5

Galleria Indice presents the solo exhibition of photographer Mattia Balsamini, curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala.
The five projects on display in the exhibition, " Mezza Luce," focus on some recurrent themes in Balsamini's projects over the past four years, in particular the night and its disappearance due to light pollution.


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Opening
Mezza Luce
Free entry
9/ Nov
H. 0:00 am
Milano Drawing Week
25/11/2023
03/12/2023
Festival
Where
Milano
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The Collezione Ramo in Milan presents, from Saturday 25 November to Sunday 3 December 2023, the third edition of Milano Drawing Week, an annual event with the patronage and collaboration of the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Milan, which involves the entire city in a focus on drawing and takes shape in a series of exhibitions spread throughout the Milanese territory: a twelve-stage journey through the city, among contemporary artists and masters of the 20th century. Locations: Castello Sforzesco / Museo di Storia Naturale / Clima / Galleria Tiziana Di Caro / Galleria ZERO… / Gió Marconi / kaufmann repetto / Loom Gallery / Monica De Cardenas / OPR Gallery / Renata Fabbri / Spazio Lima


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Orecchio assoluto - Remo Salvadori invita Marco Andrea Magni, Filippo Manzini, Sandro Mussida
15/11/2023
09/12/2023
Show
Entrance upon registration
Where
ASSAB ONE
Via Assab, 1

Based on an idea by Remo Salvadori, the exhibition brings together the latest works by Marco Andrea Magni, Filippo Manzini and Sandro Mussida. Three works, three artists, one space and one conductor.


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Luigi Ghirri. Nostalgia del futuro. L’immagine necessaria
26/10/2023
09/12/2023
Show
Paid admission
Where
Centro Culturale Milano
Largo Corsia dei Servi, 4 Milano

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Personae Bruno Pellegrini
27/11/2023
21/12/2023
Installation
Paid admission
Where
ADI Design Museum
Piazza Compasso d'Oro 1

The installation by Bruno Pellegrino offers a thoughtful look through sixty-three two-dimensional painted iron sculptures and six monochrome masks. The exhibition creates an emotional journey, exploring the expressive intensity of faces and involving viewers with a multi-sensory projection. The central theme of PERSONAE focuses on the human in modernity, exploring concepts of individuality, diversity, solitude and collectivity.


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Opening
Personae Bruno Pellegrini
Free entry
27/ Nov
H. 5:30 pm
A Photographic Journey into Fast, by Stefan Giftthaler
23/11/2023
05/01/2024
Show
Free entry
Where
Fast Milano
Via C.Battisti 1

Fast, the Italian company specializing in outdoor furniture, together with the new creative directors - the architects and designers Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces - hosts the exhibition “A Photographic Journey into Fast, by Stefan Giftthaler”. An opportunity to discover the Made in Italy reality and its essential relationship with the territory of origin, Valle Sabbia, in an intimate portrait of the combination of technology and craftsmanship.


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Vernissage
A Photographic Journey into Fast, by Stefan Giftthaler
Only by invitation
22/ Nov
H. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Riccardo Blumer - Movimenti di Anime, Diatomee, Danzatori, Conchiglie, Anime e Quaderni
27/11/2023
06/01/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
ADI Design Museum
Piazza Compasso d'Oro 1

The exhibition "Riccardo Blumer - MOVIMENTS OF SOULS, Diatoms, Dancers, Shells, Souls and Notebooks," curated by Andrea Ciotti, offers a glimpse into the work of the Italian-Swiss architect, designer and professor. Blumer presents luminous and written objects that reflect his interdisciplinary work, creating installations that explore structural, optical and geometric themes.


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Opening
Riccardo Blumer - Movimenti di Anime, Diatomee, Danzatori, Conchiglie, Anime e Quaderni
Free entry
26/ Nov
H. 0:00 am
Gabriele Basilico Le mie città
23/10/2023
07/01/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
Triennale Milano
Via Alemagna, 6

A major exhibition about the work of photographer Gabriele Basilico, divided between two exhibition venues: Palazzo Reale and Triennale Milano.The exhibition presents the documentation work Basilico has done on his own city over the course of nearly 40 years, recounting the architecture, building fabric, monuments, urban development and transformations of Milan and its metropolitan area. 


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Alberto Meda Tension and Lightness
06/10/2023
07/01/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
Triennale Milano
Via Alemagna, 6

The exhibition presents forty years of activity of Alberto Meda, Italian engineer, designer and planner, with projects, photographs, prototypes, drawings and unpublished materials. It is divided into seven sections that follow the main themes of his compositional poetics. The exploration of design and the relationship between design, technology and the user is developed in the Design Platform and Quadreria spaces, with a light installation conceived specifically for the Scalone d'Onore.


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Thao Nguyen Phan - Reincarnations of Shadows
14/09/2023
14/01/2024
Show
Free entry
Where
Hangar Bicocca
Via Chiese, 2

First solo exhibition dedicated to Vietnamese artist Thao Nguyen Phan by an Italian institution. "Reincarnations of shadows" traces Thao Nguyen Phan's delicate work through multiple artistic expressions: from installations, to watercolors and video productions.


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Gabriella Crespi
25/10/2023
25/01/2024
Show
Free entry
Where
Galleria Nilufar
Via Della Spiga 32

An immersive journey into the world of the Italian design luminary whose creative brilliance has indelibly shaped the design landscape. This exposition showcases Crespi's creations and adds a contemporary resonance to the narrative: the exhibition is in fact enriched by juxtaposing contemporary luminous creations by Maximilian Marchesani.


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Invisible City
16/11/2023
31/01/2024
Show
Free entry
Where
De Padova Showroom
VIa Santa Cecilia 7

Real and at the same time rarefied places are embedded into the introspective images of Veronica Gaido in an authentic, artistic journey exploring the icons of Made in Italy design created by Boffi|DePadova. Curated by Maria Vittoria Baravelli.


Carissimo Pinocchio, designer e grafici italiani ridisegnano il burattino più famoso del mondo
30/11/2023
04/02/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
ADI Design Museum
Piazza Compasso d'Oro 1

On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the first edition of the book "The Adventures of Pinocchio - Story of a Puppet" by Carlo Collodi, ADI Design Museum presents "Carissimo Pinocchio, designer e grafici italiani ridisegnano il burattino più famoso del mondo" curated by Giulio Iacchetti: a selection of 62 new specially created projects dedicated to the icon that has inspired generations of creatives and thinkers.


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James Lee Byars
12/10/2023
18/02/2024
Show
Free entry
Where
Hangar Bicocca
Via Chiese, 2

On display are the works of James Lee Bryars, one of the most recognized American artists from the 1960s to the present. The spaces of Hangar Bicocca present a retrospective of the artist, hosting for the first time in Italy some of his most monumental works.


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Mario De Biasi e Milano. Edizione Straordinaria
14/11/2023
18/02/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
Museo Diocesano
Corso Di Porta Ticinese, 95

A visual overview of the work of Mario De Biasi (1923-2013), a versatile photographer, defined by Enzo Biagi as 'the man who could photograph everything'. And in this everything he favoured the city of Milan, where he moved at the age of 15. Thus, one hundred years after his birth, the Museo Diocesano in Milan is dedicating to him an "Extraordinary Edition" that brings together a series of iconic shots dedicated to his adopted city.


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PARAVENTI. FOLDING SCREENS FROM THE 17TH TO 21ST CENTURIES
26/10/2023
22/02/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
Fondazione Prada
Largo Isarco 2

An extensive exhibition curated by Nicholas Cullinan that investigates the histories and semantics of folding screens by tracing trajectories of cross-pollination between East and West, processes of hybridization between different art forms and functions, collaborative relationships between designers and artists, and the emergence of newly created works.


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Carlo Zauli, An Earthly Myth.
30/11/2023
25/02/2024
Exhibition
On reservation
Where
Nilufar Depot
Viale Vincenzo Lancetti, 34

A retrospective dedicated to Carlo Zauli, the Italian ceramicist and sculptor, curated by Nina Yashar in collaboration with Museo Carlo Zauli.


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Opening
Carlo Zauli, An Earthly Myth.
On reservation
30/ Nov
Fornasetti servitore di Arlecchino
27/09/2023
29/02/2024
Show
Free entry
Where
Cineteca Milano
Viale Fulvio Testi 121

The exhibition "Fornasetti servitore di Arlecchino" is hosted in the foyer of the Cineteca Milano Arlecchino, a historic cinema inaugurated at the end of the 1940s. Curated by Fornasetti, the exhibition revolves around Piero's work "La scuola degli Arlecchini", a series of enamelled and ink-decorated wooden panels dated 1948.


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Peter Dreher: 100 Days
24/11/2023
27/03/2024
Show
Free entry Register
Where
Casa Mutina Milano
Via Cernaia, 1/A

Curated by Sarah Cosulich, the exhibition Peter Dreher:100 Days sparks an unforeseen dialogue between the ceramic surfaces by Mutina and a collection of 100 canvases by the artist, drawn from the series Day by Day, Good Day and presented as a unified, expansive installation.


Ettore Sottsass. Design Metaphors
23/10/2023
21/04/2024
Show
Paid admission
Where
Triennale Milano
Via Alemagna, 6

Design Metaphors is the fourth exhibition that takes place in the space of Casa Lana - the interior of a private residence designed by Sottsass around the mid-1960s in Milan. The exhibition brings together a series of photographs taken by Sottsass between 1972 and 1978 on the subject of architecture, design and living.


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Museo del Design Italiano
24/11/2023
11/11/2025
Show
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Where
Triennale Milano
Via Alemagna, 6

The Museum of Italian Design celebrates the centenary of Triennale Milano with a new path that starts from the foundation of the institution in 1923 and ends with the development of technological, material and social research that has transformed the identity, aesthetics and main features of design Italian. The exhibition itinerary presents over 300 objects from the permanent collection which, when related to the history of the institution, tell the story of Italian design through the reconstruction of some domestic interiors. A journey that culminates in the Design Platform, a space that hosts temporary exhibitions of young designers and new forms.

The Museum of Italian Design is a Permanent Exhibition of Triennale MIlano


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