miart 2018 and the Milan Art Week
April 13–15, 2018
A new iteration of the Milan Art Week will welcome visitors, collectors and professionals on the occasion of miart 2018, the international fair of modern and contemporary art organized by Fiera Milano from April 13–15, 2018 (with VIP Preview on April 12) under the artistic directorship of Alessandro Rabottini. An unprecedented program of events, openings and performances with public institutions, private foundations, and project spaces will take over the entire week of the fair, confirming Milan’s status as Italy’s cultural and creative hub.
Conceived by miart in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, the Milan Art Week will start on Monday, April 9, and every day will see opening receptions and special visits to exhibitions and projects:
–Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio: Kimsooja curated by Giovanni Iovane
–Castello Sforzesco: Barry X Ball curated by Claudio Salsi and Laura Mattioli
–FM Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea: The Szechwan Tale. China, Theatre and History curated by Marco Scotini
–Fondazione Carriero: Sol LeWitt. Between the Lines curated by Rem Koolhaas and Francesco Stocchi
–Fondazione Adolfo Pini: Jimmie Durham. Labyrinth curated by Gabi Scardi
–Fondazione Prada: Post Zang Tumb Tuuum. Art Life Politics: Italy 1918-1943 curated by Germano Celant
–Fondazione Prada Osservatorio: Torbjørn Rodland. The Touch That Made You curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Amira Gad
–GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna: Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative. But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa curated by Sara Raza
–MUDEC – Museum of Cultures: Frida Kahlo. Beyond the Myth curated by Diego Sileo
–Museo del Novecento: Giosetta Fioroni. Sentimental Journey curated by Flavio Arensi and Elettra Bottazzi; Franco Mazzucchelli. Actions 1964-1979, curated by Sabino Maria Frassà and Iolanda Ratti; Acacia Prize. Rä Di Martino Gemma De Angelis Testa
–PAC - Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea: Teresa Margolles curated by Diego Sileo
–Palazzo Reale: Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art curated by Philadelphia Museum of Art Curatorial Department; Italiana. Narrating Italian History through Fashion 1971-2001 curated by Maria Luisa Frisia and Stefano Tonchi
–Pirelli HangarBicocca: Matt Mullican. The Feeling of Things and Eva Kot’átková. The Dream Machine is Asleep curated by Roberta Tenconi
–The eleventh edition of the Triennale Design Museum
Performance will take center stage during the Milan Art Week with a number of prestigious commissions:
–Chiesa di San Paolo Converso: Will Benedict. Men Were a Mistake with Wolf Eyes
–FuturDome: Guido van der Werve curated by Atto Belloli Ardessi and Ginevra Bria
–GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna: Marcello Maloberti. Vir Temporis Acti
–Museo del Novecento: Christian Marclay. Concerto Spaziale within the context of the Furla Series 01 curated by Bruna Roccasalva, Vincenzo de Bellis
–PAC - Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea: Teresa Margolles
The Triennale Teatro dell’Arte will also stage the premiere of PRISMA, a collaboration between choreographer Alessandro Sciarroni and video-artists Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni), which is conceived as the final instalment of the miart 2018 communication campaign, created under the artistic direction of Mousse Agency. Commissioned by miart and Triennale Teatro dell’Arte, PRISMA draws together dance with video-art and aims to test the limits of what a promotional campaign can become via an artistic and multimedia collaboration.
PRISMA is the result of a partnership comprising In Between Art Film, Snaporazverein and Corpo Celeste.
Two new initiatives will conclude the Milan Art Week 2018: the Art Night Non-Profits Spaces on Saturday April 14—an evening with inaugurations and performances at the many project spaces and experimental venues in town—and the extended opening hours of Milanese private galleries on Sunday April 15.
The complete program of the Milan Art Week can be found here (please note that the schedule is subject to update and changes).
miart is looking forward to seeing you from April 13–15, 2018 (with the VIP Preview on April 12) in Milan.
Main Partner: Intesa Sanpaolo – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking
Partner: Herno, Fidenza Village, Cedit – Ceramiche d’Italia, Snaporazverein, LCA Studio Legale
miartalks powered by: In Between Art Film
Sponsor: Ruinart, Flos, Menabrea, Nava press
Media Partner: La Repubblica
Official Guide: My Art Guide
Online exclusively on: Artsy