Milan is a city of art, always and in any case. Even The Guardian recently praised the city. Whether it’s August and the city deserted, or spring, fall, winter, among the things to do in Milan, you can’t miss a trip to some of the exhibitions around the city.
Among museums, foundations, galleries and more, Milan has every kind and for every taste. All you have to do is choose. Here are a few:
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Elio Fiorucci
At the Triennale, you cannot miss the exhibition dedicated to Elio Fiorucci, a brilliant entrepreneur, cool hunter and founder of the eponymous brand that since the 1960s revolutionized costume, fashion and the contemporary art scene in Italy. His concept stores, in addition to offering for the first time to the public an eclectic mix of clothing, records, publications and unreleased objects from all over the world, were the reference point for happenings and performances as well as stages for contemporary music and art capable of attracting intellectuals, performers and artists. Among the largest exhibitions dedicated to him
Triennial
🕜 Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Closed on Mondays
🎟️ Info &Tickets here
📅 Through March 16, 2025.
Space Dreamers
Space Dreamers is The immersive exhibition that takes you to Mars. From Madonnina to Mars, a one-way journey through 18 installations created to wonder and amaze. Awaiting you is the universe with its stars, galaxies and all that is most beautiful outside our world.
Cesare Beccaria Square
🕜 Hours: time slots to enter your choice here.
📅 Through January 2025
The genius of Milan
The guided tour of the exhibition “The Genius of Milan. Crossroads of the Arts from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century” at the Gallerie d’Italia in Piazza della Scala is an opportunity to reflect on the centrality that the city of Milan has had over the centuries as a place for the elaboration of artistic innovations.
Gallerie d’Italia, Piazza della Scala,6
🕜 Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Closed Mondays
🎟️ Info &Tickets here
📅 Through March 16, 2025
Casorati
Dedicated to one of the most influential and recognized protagonists of 20th-century Italian art, the Felice Casorati exhibition is an anthological exhibition that reconstructs the artist’s entire span of activity, tracing the different seasons of his painting
Royal Palace, Piazza del Duomo, 12
🕜 Hours: Tuesday to Sunday10-7:30 p.m. Closed Mondays
🎟️ Tickets here
📅 until June 29, 2025
Tim Burton
From the gothic atmospheres of “Edward Scissorhands” to the whimsical wonders of “Alice in Wonderland,” via the eerie charm of “The Corpse Bride” and the eccentricity of “The Chocolate Factory,” each room of the exhibition is a portal to a fantastical dimension . The exhibition on the director is a journey inside his brilliant mind.
Fabbrica del Vapore, via Procaccini, 4
🕜 Daily from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
🎟️ Tickets here.
📅 Through March 9, 2025
You Are Verdi
A somewhat special exhibition because it is not inside a museum but traveling around the city. This is the first en plein air exhibition dedicated to the great Verdi. Do not think it is something trivial, quite the contrary. The excitement is unique and we have been there. Check it out here. Hearing Verdi’s voice, seeing the Milan of the 1800s is something incredible.
Piazzetta Enrico Cuccia (near the Teatro alla Scala)
🕜 Times to be selected at time of purchase.
🎟️ Tickets here.
📅 End TBD consult here.
Inside Monet
Same thing is Inside Monet, among Milan’s innovative exhibitions but all dedicated to the great impressionist artist. Professional actors accompany you through the streets of Milan making the experience very enveloping and unique. You will dive inside the painter’s paintings, his water lilies, his tulips. Unique, beautiful. An exhibition as you have never experienced it.
George Byron Avenue 2
🕜 Hours to be selected at time of purchase.
🎟️ Tickets here.
📅 End TBD consult here.