10+1 unmissable exhibitions in Italy and Europe this summer
Charlotte Perriand - L'avanguardia è donna, Galleria m77, photo Lorenzo Palmieri
A travel itinerary for all fans of architecture and design, taking in the 10+1 unmissable exhibitions on this summer in Italy and in Europe
Aldo Rossi. Design 1960-1997
Starting from Milan, we remind you that at the Museo del Novecento, on show for the first time in the exhibition “Aldo Rossi. Design 1960-1997”, there are over 350 furnishings and objects, models and projects designed and created by one of the protagonists of the visual culture of the twentieth century.
Open until 1 October 2022
Where: Museo del Novecento, Piazza Duomo 8, Milan
Curators: Chiara Spangaro, in collaboration with Fondazione Aldo Rossi and Silvana Editoriale
Aldo Rossi, Papyro desk, 1990 Molteni&C. © Eredi Aldo Rossi, courtesy Fondazione Aldo Rossi
Charlotte Perriand – L’avanguardia è donna
Also in Milan until 25th September 2022, Galleria M77 is hosting the exhibition “Charlotte Perriand – The Avant-Garde is Female”, dedicated to the pivotal figure in 20th century visual arts, design and architecture. The exhibition traces the artist’s career from her early work in France with Le Corbusier and Pierre Janneret, to her encounter with Russian Constructivism and continues up to her experience in Japan during World War II
Open until 25th September 2022
Where: Galleria M77, Via Mecenate 77, Milan
Curator: Enrica Viganò
Mario Botta. Sacro e profano
The Swiss designer Mario Botta is the star of the MAXXI architecture exhibition in Rome entitled “Mario Botta. Sacred and Profane”. Invited to narrate himself through a site-specific installation in the Nature cycle, the artist has come up with a work made up of different and powerfully incisive materials.
Open until 23rd October 2022
Where: MAXXI (Sala Gian Ferrari), Via Guido Reni 4a, Rome
Curators: Margherita Guccione and Pippo Ciorra
Mario Botta. Sacro e profano, MAXXI Roma. Mart, photo Enrico Cano
Riccardo Dalisi ’71-’74
In Turin until 30th September 2022, the exhibition entitled “Riccardo Dalisi ’71 - ’74” is devoted to the architect and designer’s experience in the Traiano district of Naples, where the artist strove to kindle socio-educative improvement, encouraging street children to design small furnishing objects and architectural elements with simple materials such as wood, string and metal wire.
Open until 30th September 2022
Where: Circolo del Design, Via San Francesco da Paola 17, Turin
Curators: Luca Beatrice, with Giorgia Achilarre
Anish Kapoor
The Anish Kapoor retrospective devoted to the work of the great Anglo-Italian artist runs until 9th October 2022 at two venues in the heart of Venice, the Gallerie dell’Accademia and Palazzo Manfrin, in partnership with the Biennale International Art Exhibition. The exhibition contains a selection of the artist’s most seminal work, putting the spotlight on his visionary approach, his pictorial sensitivity and his sculptural prowess.
Open until 10th October 2022
Where: Gallerie dell’Accademia and Palazzo Manfrin, Venice
