Exhibitions Es Devlin’s Library of Light: photos from the opening evening Add to bookmarks Es Devlin. Library of Light, Pinacoteca di Brera – Cortile d’Onore - Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 Sunday 7th April saw the inauguration of the installation created by the British artist and designer, in collaboration with the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Grande Brera, with the contribution of Feltrinelli and the support of A2A. Beverages by Select Library of Light, a luminous rotating sculpture designed by the British artist and designer Es Devlin for the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025, occupies the middle of the seventeenth-century Cortile d'Onore, which connects the Pinacoteca di Brera, the Braidense National Library and the Academy of Fine Arts. The kinetic installation, consisting of illuminated shelves containing over 3,200 books, was inaugurated on 7th April and will remain open until May 5th, hosting a series of meetings that will interweave art, literature, craftsmanship and reflections on our time through the voices of artists, writers, curators and innovators. Es Devlin. Library of Light, Pinacoteca di Brera - Cortile d'Onore - Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 Es Devlin. Library of Light, Pinacoteca di Brera - Cortile d'Onore - Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 Maria Porro, President of Salone del Mobile.Milano Maria Porro, President of Salone del Mobile.Milano Es Devlin, Artist The opening evening was attended by more than 500 guests, with contributions from Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, and Es Devlin. To mark the occasion, the audience was treated to an extraordinary musical performance featuring a violin solo with phrases from the writings of Maria Gaetana Agnesi spoken by the British artist, and readings by the British actor Benedict Cumberbatch from The Order of Time by the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli. Library of Light is a Salone project in collaboration with the Pinacoteca di Brera and Grande Brera, with the contribution of Feltrinelli and the support of A2A. Beverages by Select. Es Devlin Stefano Boeri, Carla Morogallo, Marco Sammicheli Rich Aybar, Felix Burrichter Carlo Urbinati, Giovanna Rizzo, Luca Nichetto, Francesco Dompieri Bethan Laura Wood, Sabine Marcelis Margherita Palli Rota, guests Glenn Pushelberg, George Yabu Carlo Urbinati, Elia Vismara, guest Angelo Crespi, Marco Sabetta, Claudio Sgaraglia, Alessandra Repini, Arturo Artom Max Sortino Tiziano Guardini Sabina Belli, Claudio Bianucci Eddy De Vita, Emanuela De Vita Maurizio Zanella Maria Cristina Didero Charley Vezza Elsa Marotta, Vincenzo Viscione Angelo Crespi, guests Pasquale Junior Natuzzi, guest Giorgio Galotti, guest Melania De Nichilo Rizzoli Donata Berger Giulia Innocenzi, guest Germano D'Acquisto, Valentina Dell'Amore Bill Durgin Alessandra Repini Sabato De Sarno Francesca Ragazzi, Federico Sarica Greta Ferro, guest Gildakoral Flora 7 April 2025 Share See AlsoOther Articles Exhibitions The latest outdoor furnishing, championing sustainability, material and colour Comfortable and sustainable, outdoor furnishing lends itself to many different interpretations, channelling innovation and constantly evolving aesthetics Marilena Pitino Stories The biology of light, according to Manuel Spitschan What does chronobiology have to do with design? Manuel Spitschan, professor at the Technische Universität München, explains why light is essential to our well-being. And why designers should know more about it to design better. Giulia Zappa Sustainability The Piazze Aperte scheme is really changing the face of Milan Since 2018, the two local governments helmed by Mayor Giuseppe Sala have closed more than fifty of the city’s streets and roads to traffic – but not to people. And this is just the beginning Fabrizio Fasanella
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