Things to see in Milan

, Cities of Art

TELL ME WHERE YOU GO AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO SEE

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This is the section dedicated to art cities and to everything you can do and see in Milan.
My aim is to help you to plan your next trip, in order to simplify your search for information.
All you have to do is click on your next destination to read all my suggestions.

Musei Milano

The Mercante in fiera

, Events and Exhibitions
Image source: Mercanteinfiera.it

Image source: Mercanteinfiera.it

Next weekend I will visit The Mercante in fiera International fair of modernism, antiques and collectables, held in the Fiere di Parma exhibition grounds, in Parma in north of Italy.
Every year, in spring and in autumn, over 1,000 exhibitors show furniture, jewellery, both fine. costume, fine art, old icons, and the most amazing objects.

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Roberto Capucci: design becomes fashion

, More than art

Image source: trosemarine via Pintenters

ROBERTO CAPUCCI: DESIGN BECOMES FASHION

Roberto Capucci is an artist on loan to the world of fashion.
His dresses are like sculptures made of soft and light fabrics, but very voluminous, which deserve to be exhibited in museums or in the most important theatres, rather than on the catwalks.

It’s Capucci himself who says that he isn’t an expert in fashion, at all.

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A museum for the Salce collection

, Cities of Art, Museums

A MUSEUM FOR THE SALCE COLLECTION

The Salce Collection is the most important collection of advertising posters in Italy and Europe, which since the end of the 19th century have embellished the streets of the European capitals.
There’s only another collection as important as this one in the world, and it is housed in Paris at the Museé des Arts Décoratifs.

At last also in Italy, in Treviso, there will be a museum devoted to this subject, and where the Salce Collection will find a suitable place.

READ ALSO: Things to see in Treviso: discovering Treviso and its surroundings.

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Keith Haring. About art

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Keith Haring | Untitled

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1983, vernice vinilica su telone vinilico, 173 x 169,9 cm, Belgio, collezione privata. Courtesy Martos Gallery, New York © Keith Haring Foundation

KEITH HARING. ABOUT ART

Keith Haring was a bright meteor, who went through the world as light a feather.
He died at the age of 31, but he had enough time to become a great artist, leaving his mark, or rather his drawings, which call to mind other drawings and can go on forever.

Keith Haring. About art, is the first exhibition retracing the life and the career of this artist and will arrive in Milan (read also what to see in Milan: the museum you must see), and will make a comparison between his works and works by other artists and other artistic languages which influenced his work.

In this article you can find all the information, but if you’d like to know more aspects of the exhibition you can read Works by Keith Haring: About art

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