Untitled Association is your companion for Milano Art Week 2026, guiding you through must-see exhibitions, events, and initiatives. We’ve designed itineraries for art professionals, enthusiasts, and curious minds alike, covering museums, institutional spaces, private galleries, and independent venues. For a comprehensive look at all itineraries, click here. You can also find a complete map in our new print issue, number 132, presented in occasion of miart.
Our journey begins near the Palestro metro stop at the Marcorossi artecontemporanea gallery. We then proceed towards the Risorgimento area to visit the spaces of Gregor Staiger, Ciaccia Levi, and Consonni Radziszewski. Continuing towards Corso Plebisciti, we’ll find Osart Gallery. The route extends near Piazza delle Cinque Giornate with BKV Fine Art, Fondazione Elpis, and Threes Productions. Later, around Piazzale Libia, we explore the spaces of Fondazione Archivio Turi Simeti and Galleria Martina Simeti, Dep Art, and Artopia. We conclude with visits to the Largo Isarco headquarters of Fondazione Prada and Fondazione ICA on Via Orobia.
Milano Art Week 2026: Today’s Map of Exhibitions and Previews
As this art-dedicated week draws to a close, we want to highlight Milano Art Night – an extraordinary late opening of the city’s museums until 10:30 PM – and the Milano Art Week Party at BiM, Viale dell’Innovazione, 3 (Bicocca area), starting at 7:00 PM. In the ground-floor spaces hosting Gianni Pettena’s installation Paper/Northern Lights, curated by Davide Giannella, starting at 7:30 PM, visual and performance artist Martina Rota will present her performance I woke up in the middle of the night, dreaming about home. This intervention draws inspiration from the artwork, animating it and focusing on the relationship between bodies and the environment. From 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM, a DJ set curated by Bene Bene will take place.
Our route begins in the Porta Venezia district for our initial stops: Marcorossi arte contemporanea, Gregor Staiger, Ciaccia Levi, Consonni Radziszewski, and Osart Gallery.
The exhibition at Marcorossi artecontemporanea is titled Silenzi d’oro, a new solo exhibition by Mirco Marchelli. An artist of multifaceted talent, Marchelli has been exploring themes related to the memory of matter since the mid-nineties. In his works, the artist recontextualizes everyday objects by integrating them with painting. Diverse materials such as plaster, white cement, scagliola, and wax become the blank canvas upon which the artist creates new forms. The title evokes a suspended dimension where silence is not an absence but a generative space, a place for listening and resonance.
At Gregor Staiger gallery on Via Gioacchino Rossini, a group exhibition features a selection of works by Monster Chetwynd, Sonia Kacem, and Walter Pfeiffer. Monster Chetwynd’s expansive and diverse artistic practice, encompassing film, collage, painting, and installations, intertwines motifs from folk theater, mass culture, and surrealist cinema. Walter Pfeiffer began his photographic practice in the 1970s with the intention of providing a new visual vocabulary for beauty, eroticism, and the freedom to live. A series of his lesser-known short films will be screened. Sonia Kacem is distinguished by a keen sensibility towards materials sourced from the daily consumption cycle, coupled with an interest in various forms of abstraction. The artist uses these elements to develop sculptural compositions that question our expectations regarding the nature and function of materials, exploring the relationship between object and viewer.
In the same location, we find Ciaccia Levi gallery, currently presenting a solo exhibition by Ibuki Inoue as part of the Paris Internationale program and spaces. We also highlight the exhibition at Palazzo Galbani, the fair’s venue, open until April 21st. Concurrently and in the same spaces, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi presents Aperto Italia, a day of conversations conceived by Massimiliano Gioni to reflect on the state of contemporary art in Italy. Artists invited to Aperto Italia include: Yuri Ancarani, Simone Berti, Carlo Benvenuto, Ambra Castagnetti, Guglielmo Castelli, Giulia Cenci, Sara Enrico, Chiara Enzo, Linda Fregni Nagler, Elisa Giardina Papa, Iva Lulashi, Marcello Maloberti, Margherita Manzelli, Daniele Milvio, Margherita Moscardini, Adrian Paci, Diego Perrone, Grazia Toderi, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Grazia Varisco.
Consonni Radziszewski presents uYana umhlaba in its Via Gustavo Modena space, the first solo exhibition in Italy by South African artist Buhlebezwe Siwani. The exhibition centers on a new body of work that delves deeper into research initiated in 2020 with the series Inkanyamba. The exhibition title, translatable as “earth is raining” or “tears of the earth,” refers to a series of polymaterial paintings whose chromaticity and abstraction evoke a wild, natural landscape. The corpus is born from the memory of Siwani’s childhood landscapes in South Africa during apartheid. The theme of memory thus influences the works, which construct landscapes where memories and materials merge, intertwine, and overlap.
A short distance away, Osart Gallery, in collaboration with Galleria Tiziana di Caro, hosts Cancellare per vedere, a double solo exhibition by Mirella Bentivoglio and Betty Danon. The exhibition includes a selection of works dating back to 1976, the year they met. The title is taken from a text Bentivoglio wrote about La Memoria del segno sonoro, a work Danon presented at the renowned exhibition Materializzazione del linguaggio. Mirella Bentivoglio began her practice with verse poetry before moving into more experimental areas, including concrete and visual poetry. The unifying thread of her work is undoubtedly the linguistic dimension applied to images, objects, and the environment. Betty Danon, on the other hand, deliberately deviated from conventional art circuits to continue producing and disseminating her ideas within Mail Art. Over time, the artist has undergone a process of abstraction and deconstruction of form, translated into diverse solutions. Mirella Bentivoglio and Betty Danon represent two sides of the same coin: while the former “solidifies” thought in the weight of stone and object, the latter “distills” it into the purity of point and line. Both, however, teach us that language can begin where words disappear.
Let’s move between the Zona Risorgimento and Porta Romana areas for the following stops: BKV Fine Art, Fondazione Elpis, Threes Productions, Fondazione Archivio Turi Simeti and Galleria Martina Simeti, Dep Art, and Artopia.
The spaces of BKV Fine Art host Essere e Tempo, a dual exhibition project dedicated to the intertwining themes of portraiture and landscape. The first exhibition, Vincenzo Agnetti. Le regole del ritratto, investigates the role of portraiture and language in the work of one of the most radical figures of Italian conceptual art, through the display of 15 celebrated felt pieces. The portrait is created through the verbal description and narration of the subject; the construction of identity is thus detached from figuration, linking the subject to the perception of time. The second exhibition, titled Il tempo del paesaggio. Calchi, frammenti, fusioni, presents a journey through the transformation and metamorphosis of landscape from the 17th century to the contemporary era. The latter is represented by four artists who, building upon this centuries-old tradition, have developed innovative languages and concepts: Linda Carrara, Sophie Ko, Fabio Roncato, and Vincenzo Schillaci.
Smooth Operator is the title of the first Italian solo exhibition by Danish artist Villiam Miklos Andersen, on display at the Lavanderia space of Fondazione Elpis. Through the use of materials and techniques that activate tactile, olfactory, and perceptual dimensions, Andersen solicits a direct involvement of the visitor’s body with objects typically perceived as neutral and functional. For the presentation of Terraforma EXO and Terraforma Radical School, an exhibition by artist Andrew Iacobucci, titled a proposito di una lite scoppiata a tavola su un argomento che non ricordo, has been organized at Via Eugenio Daina, 2, and is open until tomorrow. Threes Productions has invited the artist to discuss both projects through two series of works, united by a common thread of research into language and meaning, with visual and sonic explorations. Iacobucci’s work investigates language as a system in transformation between sign, matter, and typography; on this occasion, it takes the form of an intervention conceived to dialogue with sight and hearing. The works, constructed from a shared and continuously re-elaborated alphabet, translate the themes of hearing and transformation into a coherent and recognizable visual language.
At the Via Seneca location, shared with Galleria Martina Simeti, Fondazione Archivio Turi Simeti presents the exhibition Se Turi Fosse, the first chapter of a project conceived in anticipation of the artist’s centenary in 2029. Artist Matilde Cassani has been invited to reflect and interact with Simeti’s art, which, from 1961 onwards, was based on abstraction, monochrome, and the oval. Cassani, whose own practice moves freely across disciplines, embraces the suggestion of archival documents, embarking on a “what if” journey – hence the exhibition’s title. The result is a vibrant dialogue in which Cassani’s interventions skillfully translate and reactivate Simeti’s poetics. Visitors are invited to traverse the space in its everyday domesticity.
DepArt gallery hosts Dorme un canto in ogni cosa, an exhibition dedicated to Imi Knoebel, one of the protagonists of European abstraction in the second half of the 20th century. Knoebel’s abstraction is accompanied by his multi-medial, anti-hierarchical, and unconventional approach, which since the late sixties has transcended the boundaries between artistic genres, fostering dialogue between drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, projection, photography, and installation.
Artopia presents the group exhibition Porous Kinship, curated by Maddalena Iodice, which investigates the reciprocal relationships between environment and body through the works of the exhibiting artists: Kesewa Aboah, Alberte Agerskov, Aléa Work, Dimitra Charamandas, and Diana Policarpo. Porous Kinship invites viewers to observe the world through a “magical” and anthropomorphic gaze, capable of revealing affinities and resonances between the human body and the natural environment.
We conclude our tour a short walk from the Lodi Metro Yellow Line stop with the exhibitions open at the main premises of Fondazione Prada and Fondazione ICA.
Fondazione Prada hosts Dash, the new multimedia project conceived by Chinese artist Cao Fei for the Milan venue. It combines a plurality of artistic languages ranging from photography to video installation, from virtual reality to documentary, and archival materials, presenting a problematized idea of the global technological revolution in agriculture and its inherent contradictions.
Concurrently, visitors can experience the site-specific project Over, under and in between, conceived by Mona Hatoum for the foundation’s spaces. The three installations that comprise the exhibition explore key elements of Hatoum’s artistic vocabulary: the spiderweb, the map, and the grid. Their presence reactivates the space of the Cisterna building. The three independent works represent concepts of instability, danger, and fragility, creating a dialogue with the space and, in particular, with the visitor’s physical experience.
At Fondazione ICA, on Via Orobia, The Second Shadow. Dozie Kanu Mirroring Marc Camille Chaimowicz, with Shared Echoes and Kindred Spirits, curated by Rita Selvaggio with Giulia Civardi, brings together two environmental installations conceived as rooms: Jean Cocteau (2003–2014) by Marc Camille Chaimowicz and a new site-specific intervention by Dozie Kanu, designed as a response and refraction of the historical work. The project arises from a reflection on the double, on legacy, and on the affective transmission of forms, activating a genealogy that spans Cocteau, Chaimowicz, and Kanu.
The project room, curated by Alberto Salvadori, features for the first time three works from the series 52 Ludlow by Giovanni Stefano Ghidini, part of a larger project developed by the artist over 25 years. This body of work captures the essence of research that interweaves nature, sculpture, and photography, originating in 1997 on the rooftop of a building in New York’s Lower East Side, where Ghidini cultivated and transformed sunflowers into monumental and anthropomorphic presences.
Opened just a few days ago, in collaboration with Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Dancing at the Edge of the World is a collective exhibition featuring the five finalists of the 8th Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize: Bronwyn Katz, Dan Lie, Yu Ji, Trương Công Tùng, and Luana Vitra. The exhibition marks a pivotal moment in the Prize’s journey and offers the public a glimpse into the most current directions in international sculptural research.
Finally, we’d like to highlight some events taking place in the city today. The first, at miart, in the literary cafe of Allianz MiCo South Wing, is a conversation from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM between Ilaria Bernardi and Sergio Lombardo, titled Aesthetic Engineering and curated by 1/9unosunove arte contemporanea. The second is an interesting discussion on Mariella Bettineschi: L’era successiva e altri racconti. Curated by Damiano Gullì, Daniela Ferrari, Paolo Ugolini, it will take place from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Triennale Milano. In the heart of Parco Sempione, at Alberto Burri’s Teatro Continuo, also starting at 3:00 PM, Corpi nel paRco. Corpi sul palco al Teatro Continuo, curated by Gabi Scardi and Andrea Contin. A series of performances designed to activate Alberto Burri’s Teatro Continuo, one of Milan’s most radical public space artworks. The last event features artist, performer, and photographer Jacopo Benassi, who, along with DJ producer Lady Maru, will present a live set at the Milanese venue Detune, with influences from ebm, industrial, synthpunk, and noise, all captured by the watchful eye of his camera. Three sessions are available until late night: a longer one from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, a second until 10:00 PM, and then the third from midnight to 2:00 AM.
Itinerary #6
BiM – Where Bicocca Meets Milan
Viale dell’Innovazione, 3
bim-milano.com
@bim_milano
Paper/Northern Lights
Gianni Pettena site-specific installation curated by Davide Giannella
→ 30.05.2026
Marcorossi artecontemporanea
Corso Venezia, 29
marcorossiartecontemporanea.net
@marcorossiartecontemporanea
+39 347 2859608
Silenzi d’oro
Mirco Marchelli solo show
→ 18.04.2026
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
fondazionenicolatrussardi.com
@fondazione_trussardi
Galerie Gregor Staiger
Via Gioacchino Rossini, 3
galerie.gregorstaiger.com
@galeriegregorstaiger
Monster Chetwynd, Sonia Kacem, Walter Pfeiffer
17.04 → 27.06.2026
Ciaccia Levi
Via Gioacchino Rossini, 3
ciaccialevi.com
@ciaccialeviparismilan
Consonni Radziszewski
Via Gustavo Modena, 6
consonniradziszewski.com
@consonniradziszewski
uYana umhlaba
Buhlebezwe Siwani solo show
27.03 → 30.05.2026
Osart Gallery
Corso Plebisciti, 12
osartgallery.com
@osart_gallery
+39 02 5513826
Cancellare per Vedere
Mirella Bentivoglio, Betty Danon
double solo show
25.03 → 27.06.2026
BKV Fine Art
Via Fontana, 16
bkvfineart.com
@bkv_fine_art
+39 0289691288
Vincenzo Agnetti. Le regole del ritratto
Solo show
→ 30.04.2026
Il tempo del paesaggio. Calchi, frammenti, fusioni
Linda Carrara, Sophie Ko, Fabio Roncato, Vincenzo Schillaci
group show
→ 30.04.2026
Fondazione Elpis
Via Alfonso Lamarmora, 26
fondazioneelpis.org
@fondazioneelpis
+39 02 89745372
Smooth Operator
Villiam Miklos Andersen solo show
→ 14.06.2026
Threes Productions
Via Eugenio Daina, 2
threesproductions.com
@threesproductions
a proposito di una lite scoppiata a tavola su un argomento che non ricordo
Andrew Iacobucci
solo show
→ 19.04.2026
Galleria Martina Simeti
Via Seneca 4-6
martinasimeti.com
@martinasimeti
+39 335 8201632
Fondazione Archivio Turi Simeti
Via Seneca, 4-6
archivioturisimeti.it
@archivioturisimeti
Se Turi Fosse
Matilde Cassani, Turi Simeti
double solo show
10.04 → 30.05.2026
Dep Art
Via Comelico, 40
depart.it
@depart_gallery
+39 02 36535620
Dorme un canto in ogni cosa
Imi Knoebel
solo show
→ 30.05.2026
Artopia
Via Lazzaro Papi, 2
artopiagallery.net
@artopia__gallery
Porous Kinship
Group show
→ 08.05.2026
Fondazione Prada
Largo Isarco, 2
Milano Osservatorio – Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
fondazioneprada.org
@fondazioneprada
+39 02 5666 2611
Over, under and in between
Mona Hatoum solo show
→ 09.11.2026
Dash
Cao Fei
solo show
09.04 → 28.09.2026
Atlas
Group show
→ ongoing
At Milano Osservatorio
The Island
Hito Steyerl
→ 30.10.2026
