Applications open

miart—Milan’s international modern and contemporary art fair—is now inviting galleries to apply here to take part in its 26th edition, which will take place from April 1 to 3, 2022, with VIP preview on March 31.

Organized by Fiera Milano and directed by Nicola Ricciardi, miart is the exhibition that proposes the widest chronological offer in Italy, presenting a wide audience of Italian and international collectors the opportunity to discover masterpieces from the early twentieth century to the creations of latest generations.

In September 2021 miart was among the very first fairs in Europe to return to a live format, reporting solid results in terms of reviews, participation, and sales, and renewing confidence in hybrid art fairs—that is, events able to integrate a physical version and an online platform. The same path will be followed for the 2022 edition, which will be held in the pavilions of fieramilanocity_MiCo and at the same time on miart digital.

Among the novelties of the 2022 edition, the most relevant is that the two traditional main sections—Established Masters and Established Contemporary—will merge to favor greater permeability, stimulating galleries to imagine increasingly high-quality exhibition proposals and encouraging collectors to make unexpected discoveries.

miart will also be strengthened by a renewed selection committee, which will include galleries that are capable of interpreting and managing the merge. These are:

Claudia Ciaccio, ZERO…, Milan / Alice Conconi, Andrew Kreps, New York / Patrice Cotensin, Lelong & Co., Paris-New York / Peter Kilchmann, Peter Kilchmann, Zurich / Florian Lüdde, ChertLüdde, Berlin / Gió Marconi, Gió Marconi, Milan / Ruggero Montrasio, Montrasio Arte, Milan-Monza

miart’s team of art professionals and curators will also be bolstered thanks to the addition of two new valuable members: Cristina Raviolo, former VIP relations Frieze Art Fair will take care of Italian and international collectors as miart VIP Manager, while Anna Bergamasco, former Sales & Institutional Liaison at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, will serve as Exhibitors’ Liaison and supervise the editing of contemporary art projects.

The two will join Attilia Fattori Franchini, curator of Emergent—a section for young galleries whose programming focuses on the latest generations—and Alberto Salvadori, who will supervise the editing of modern art projects and will curate, Decades—a section exploring the history of the 20th century through a succession of monographic exhibition dating from the 1910s to the 2010s. 

If miart 2021 aimed at “re-tuning the instruments” of the art fair business, the goal for 2022 is to start the primo movimento—or “first movement”—of a possible new symphony. The term, borrowed from classical music but source of numerous inspirations, will mark and accompany the new edition just as the poetic verse Dismantling the silence served as a guide for the fair in 2021.

Primo movimento is not only the beginning of a multi-part musical form, but it also expresses a desire for acceleration for an industry that feels ready to take a leap forward. It is also a reference to the history of art and its temporal progression in movements that—between modern and contemporary—intertwine, intersect, and influence each other like the steps of a pair of dancers.

During the next Milano Art Week, these ideas will be implemented in a series of initiatives aimed at ensuring that miart 2022 is first and foremost an invitation to get moving again, all together—gallery owners, collectors, artists, citizens and visitors—as the perfect execution of a symphony is only possible if there is collaboration and cohesion between the baton, forearms, hands, fingers, looks, faces, gestures and, last but not least, the audience.