Milanese Cultural Activities To Do To Start 2020 Right
If you’ve been following us for a little while, you know that one month ago, we introduced the “Culture Dip” series on our instagram profile. A comprehensive guide to Milanese happenings, the Culture Dip began with the purpose of finding, researching, and summarising Milan’s best cultural activities for our readers. And in order to achieve its purpose in an even rounder and more accessible manner, it has now been extended to our blog. Therefore, from now on, every month will begin with a Culture Dip, that will be shared across our social media platforms.
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When: Gen 10th 2020 - Feb 8th 2020 Where: Spazio Maiocchi, Via Maiocchi 5/7 Entrance: Free
Kaleidoscope’s exhibition brings Tobias Spichtig to Milan, an artist who takes from singing and acting and infuses it into his visual art. The exhibition will also contain vintage furniture that he accumulated over the years. This makes for an intimate setting when experiencing his art.
Sept 20 - Jan 19th Where: Hangar Bicocca Entrance: FREE
Art and VR are combined in Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s latest exhibition in Milano; the marriage of the natural and surreal make for a breathtaking experience as his body of work from 1998 comes to Italy for the first time. Using holograms, and VR devices coupled with his sculpture work, he plays with various senses to provide a unique gallery experience.
Oct 16 - Mar 15 Where: MUDEC Entrance: € 14 (€ 12 reduced)
Centred around the theme of family, in its public and private form, This exhibition comes as the result of a collaboration between MUDEC collaborated and American photographer Elliott Erwitt, his pictures depict magical moments of serendipity as they often contain what may seem to be “happy accidents” but that is just a testament to the brilliance in Mr Erwitt’s work. The exhibition contains 60 photos taken during the post WW2 period, and explore the intricacies of the concept of Family.
A skatable piece of Art, this Glow-in-the-dark skatepark, built by South Korean artist Koo Jeong A who has a long history of reimagining spaces for participatory art installations, to specifically fill the spaces of Triennale Milano. The project kicks off the museum’s ‘Year of Play’, a series of interactive projects and events conceived by british curator, Dame Julia Peyton-Jones. The installation is animated with music by Koreless, an electronic music producer based in Glasgow. The exhibition is open until mid february so do not sleep.
10 October - 14 February Where: Galleria Campari Entrance: Free
After winning the the Campari and Artissima Art Prize, contemporary artist Rodrigo Hernandez finally present his sculptures reinterpreting the long advertising history of the Campari brand. Inspired by Mexican muralism and cubism, Hernandez plays with different colors and textures in contrast to a wallpaper specifically designed to fix your attention on his eight sculptures as your brain processes what’s going on.
“Training Humans” showcases photography used by scientists to train artificial intelligence to perceive humans. Kate Crawford and Trevor Paglen wanted to document the swiftly evolving amount of visual data collected by these machines. The analyses that came from the data had implications connected to the development and use of AI in daily life- specifically theories regarding facial expressions and what information could be extracted from them such as mental health, innocence, hireability, etc.
Oct 1 - Feb 2 Where: MUDEC Entrance: €16 (€14 reduced)
Before the viewing ends, head to MUDEC to get an artistic inside glimpse of the antique relationship and rich history between Japan and Italy. The exhibition is divided into two parts. The first explores early western curiosity towards Japan that manifested in a quest to document its territories through cartography in the 16th and 17th centuries. The second focuses on Japan’s reintroduction to the western world in the 19th century.
January 15 - February 16 Where: Teatro alla Scala Entrance: starting from €37 Running time: 2h55 (intermission included)
Shakespeare’s iconic romantic tragedy “Roméo et Juliette” is performed on the stage of the Teatro alla Scala for a limited time this month. It is produced by The Metropolitan Opera of New York.
Dec 5th - Jan 8th Marsèll Paradise - Via Privata Rezia, 2 Entrance: FREE
This one ends next week, and I urge you to make the effort and go. It is a collection of images by artists whose goal is to question the traditional way in which artists are grouped. A photographic show initiated and organised by Darlo Salamone, Ivo Sekulovski, Luca Grottoli, Bastien Gomez, Romain Mader and Todd Deutch. The exhibition takes place in MARSELLERIA 2 and is supported by Masèll.
Sept 15th - Jan 6th Where : Corso Como 10 Entrance: FREE
"Silver Lake Drive" unites ten years of Alex Prager’s photographic and film works. Prager’s work is cinematic, often film-noiresk drawing inspiration from her surroundings, personal experiences, street photography, pop culture and film, she transforms the large scenes she captures into one shot films as there is often so much going on that the viewer can only process a few pieces at a time which creates a story. She stands along William Eggleston, Diane Arbus and Cindy Sherman, as her work relies on the art of freezing the indeterminable everyday moment.
Dec 4th - indefinite (permanent collection) Where: Fondazione Prada - Largo Isarco, 2 Entrance: Booking is required to visit the space and can be made by all visitors with an admission ticket at Fondazione Prada's desk, ups availability.
A long-term collaboration between Jean-Luc Godard and Fondazione Prada is here to stay. The new installation offers an intimate look into the filmmaker’s visionary practice. The atelier contains various items used by Godard including technical gear, chairs, side tables, lamps, rugs, artworks, books and other personal paraphernalia, evoking a sort of living-room-cum-study. As inspirational as anything can be, this piece of history offers a glimpse into the everyday work station of one of the greatest contributors to the history of cinema.
