Milan is a city of art, always and everywhere. 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 detour 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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Giorgio Armani Privè: 20 years of high fashion.
From 2005 to 2025, Giorgio Armani made haute couture history, flying the Italian flag high on the catwalks of capitals around the world. Inside the Armani/Silos, until Dec. 28, it will be possible to take a journey through two decades of Haute Couture. Curated by Giorgio Armani himself, this exhibition presents its visitors with the Italian designer’s visions, then transformed into haute couture dresses using the highest quality fabrics and other materials. Each group of dresses tells a story and celebrates the beauty enhanced in haute couture shows, as well as pieces from timeless collections.
Armani/Silos
🕜 Hours: Wednesday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.
🎟️ Info &Tickets here
📅 Through December 28, 2025.
Travelogue: Stories of Travel, Migration and Diasporas.
The Island of Dragon’s Blood
Travelogue in Socotra, 2007
Mixed media on paper
Milan, Giancarlo Iliprandi Association
Travelogue explores the theme of travel as a universal experience that cuts across cultures and disciplines. Curated by Katya Inozemtseva and Sara Rizzo, the exhibition enhances the history of the museum’s collections, which came into being thanks to objects and artifacts collected by Milanese travelers, researchers and citizens around the world. The main exhibition is located at Mudec, but directly involves the city through a mural in the San Siro district and poster art interventions in the Via Tortona district. The exhibition is completely free of charge.
Mudec
🕜 Hours: Monday from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
🎟️Info &Tickets – Free admission
📅 Through September 21, 2025
Your Sky Was Sea, Your Sea Was Sky
Your Sky Was Sea, Your Sea Was Sky
Rendering of installation, 2024
Courtesy the artist and Sara Rizzo
Your sky was sea, your sea was sky is what Adrian Paci’s site-specific installation is called. This one, transforms the space of the agora with a mosaic of blue-green hues, which also thanks to its curvilinear shape, reminiscent of the sea and its waves. Each fragment of this composition is actually a detail taken from photographs published in newspaper articles about migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.
Adrian Paci ‘s exhibition explores stories reported in Italian and international newspapers and creates an archive of the tragedies that befall those who go in search of a better future and often find death instead. The artist, chooses to give voice to the experiences of migrants through the one detail that unites all the stories told, the sea.
Mudec
🕜 Hours: Monday 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday to Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
🎟️ Info &Tickets here – Free admission
📅 Through September 21, 2025
The World of Banksy
An exhibition completely dedicated to the artist who stunned the world with his brazen art. The World of Banksy will transport you on a journey through more than 100 of the artist’s iconic works, from his most famous graffiti to his most provocative installations. You will also discover the stories, hidden messages and global impact his masterpieces have had, thanks to a special video section.
Space Varesina 204
🕜 Hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Mondays
🎟️ Info&Bickets here
📅 through Nov. 2, 2025
More Than Kids by Valerio Berruti
Somewhat like Pascoli, Valerio Berutti considers childhood, and the inner child who lives in us, a symbol of fragility and hope. In this exhibition, the artist invites visitors to reflect on universal themes through an immersive artistic experience revolving around the theme of childhood. The exhibition offers an immersive journey made up of large scenic installations, such as monumental sculptures and animations. Most impressive is definitely “Nina’s Carousel,” a carousel on which visitors can take a ride, accompanied by an original soundtrack by Ludovico Einaudi.
Royal Palace
🕜 Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 am to 7:30 pm. Thursday closing at 10:30 pm. Closed Mondays.
🎟️ Info&Bickets here.
📅 Through November 2, 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.