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Filippo del Corno (Milan City Council): “Milan is always very conscious of the past while projecting into the future”

Milan was one of the first cities to be hit by the pandemic in Europe. How did Milan City Council help cultural institutions to survive the crisis? What cultural activities can we expect to see in the city over the coming months? How has the drop in tourist numbers affected the strategy? What makes Milan so special and unique? What is “The Pact for Reading” and how does it help to generate more interest in culture? Dina Ivanova discussed the cultural agenda for Milan with Filippo del Corno, Deputy Mayor of Milan for Culture.

Galleries to take the lead: The era of quarantine and how it reshaped the art scene

Soomin Sophie Kang Art world shifts online We are living a time that has never been lived before. Following the coronavirus outbreak earlier this year, many countries have taken extensive measures to restrict travels within and between borders. People were told to ‘stay at home,’ and so the lockdown had begun. Social gatherings of allContinue reading “Galleries to take the lead: The era of quarantine and how it reshaped the art scene”

On the objects in our homes

Natale Labia These last few months have done many things to us, to our psyches. One of these deeply profound effects is how we have dealt with the built environment of our ‘homes’, and one aspect of our homes I would like to highlight in this piece – the relationship we have with our ownContinue reading “On the objects in our homes”

The Church of Denim

Jolie L. Mittleman Here in Italy, we are no strangers to religious art. Most of the world’s iconic and holy images live just footsteps away. Go to Milan and see Da Vinci’s Last Supper, in Rome you’ve got Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, in Venice any fresco or altar piece will do. But you know all ofContinue reading “The Church of Denim”

Dec 2019 Exhibition & Events news

Milan Exhibitions Palazzo Reale: De Chirico (until 19 January 2020) Fondazione Prada: Wes Anderson | Juman Malouf: the Sarcophagus of Spitzmaus and other Treasures (until 13 January 2020) Castello Sforzesco, Gabinetto del Disegni: Around Leonardo. Graphic Works from the Milanese Collection (until 15 December 2019) Biblioteca Ambrosiana: Leonardo da Vinci and his Heritage: the ArtistsContinue reading “Dec 2019 Exhibition & Events news”