Videoconference: Introduction to Street Art (in Italian)
May 20, 4 P.M. Italian time INTRODUCTION TO STREET ART (in Italian) Held by Veronica Azimonti – WAAM Tours Hailing from the U.S. as a form of rebellion, street art and graffiti have conquered the world and the walls in Milan, by now. They offer a different view...
Filippo de Pisis (in Italian)
Displayed in ten rooms, this exhibition unwinds chronologically, introducing visitors to the universe of Filippo de Pisis (Ferrara, 1896 – Milan, 1956), from his debut in 1916 and his encounter with the Metaphysical painting of de Chirico to the beginning of the...
Silent Book
Inspired by the Wordless Book for Children, our Silent Book cleverly tells a story only through pictures. This small but intriguing book is published by the museum and invites visitors to interpret images and objects, while getting lost in the museum. Details and...
Dreams of the Orient. Monet, van Gogh, Gauguin, Italians and Japan (visit in Italian)
Protective of its culture and economy, Japan kept its borders closed to outsiders for centuries. Too tempting a morsel, it was forced militarily to open up in the mid-19th century. The west’s fascination with Japan exploded, and Japanese artists found a way to...
Waiting for Christmas 2019 (in Italian)
City Zone 1 and the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum have organized two appointments to celebrate the arrival of Christmas: two afternoons to discover the pleasure of being together, big and small. There will be a famous tale from the Russian tradition, Finst, the Shiny...
De Chirico at Milan’s Palazzo Reale
The De Chirico exhibit presents more than 120 masterpieces of this great artist of the 20th century. They illustrate the evolution and originality of his painting in an arc of time that goes from his first stay in Paris (1912) and his encounter with the avantgarde...
“…the Illuminating Gas” (in Italian)
A lovely opportunity for visiting “…the Illuminating Gas,” together: the new exhibit of Cerith Wyn Evans (Llanelli, lives and works in London) at the Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan. The visit is in Italian. In the exhibit, an extraordinary selection of...
Tour of the Biblioteca Braidense (in Italian)
When tourists cross the threshhold of the Biblioteca Braidense, a gleam of light enters their eyes, an extraordinary light of the unexpected, of discovery. Located in the Brera quarter (hence “Braidense”) in a mid-seventeenth century ex-monastery...
A Fabled Museum: Russian fables for kids (in Italian)
Famous tales of Russian folklore wind through this XVth edition of the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum’s “A Fabled Museum” series dedicated to our littlest visitors. Realized together with BezoarT, enchanted stories and intrepid characters guide the young...
Visit to the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (in Italian)
Like seeing masterpieces of art? Caravaggio, Raphael, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Bramante, Michelangelo, Titian, even Leonardo and company ring your chimes? Interested in historic female painters? There’s Lavinia Fontana. Prefer the quirky? How about a curl of...
With LEGO® the Renaissance is Rebuilt (in Italian)
After the program’s success in spring, here’s another opportunity for families: a fall workshop with LEGO® at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum. Kids and parents follow a special guided visit just for them focalized on the theme of constructing, after which...
SoloPiano: 3 concerts in November (commentary in Italian)
The 7th of November “Musical Thursdays” returns to the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum. Realized in collaboration with the Associazione Wagneriana of Milan and Milan’s conservatory dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, the soprano Stelia Doz has curated this series...F.ED.O.RA – Training opportunities for young adults (in Italian)
Beginning in November 2019, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum collaborates with ACTL – Association for Culture and Free Time in the realization of the project F.ED.O.RA-Training and diagnostics (digital) for artistic restoration of works of art, in line with the...
Collectors for a day visit the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum (in Italian)
As part of the “Collectors for a day” program, the participants can visit the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, and will get a free tour (in Italian). Sunday, October 27, 2019, 4:30 PM Places limited, reservations required,...
Labyrinth of Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Labyrinth: Arnoldo Pomodoro’s one and only environmental installation on which he worked for years, from 1995 to 2011, an artistic evolution. With it, he transformed his creative artistic path into a physical experience made of bronze, fiberglass and copper...Onegin at La Scala with Collectors For A Day 2019
The Milan Foundation for La Scala is happy to offer to the participants of Collectors For a Day 2019 – in which the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum happily takes part – the possibility to watch a rehearsal of the ballet Onegin. Saturday, October 19, 2019, 2-4 PM...
Leonardo’s “Sala delle asse” restored
An exceptional witness to the presence of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) at the Sforza court, the “Sala delle Asse” is one of the most illustrious rooms of the castle. Located on the ground floor under the north-east “falconer” tower, the room...
Spells at the museum – F@MU 2019 (in Italian)
Spells at the museum: our little visitors will be treated to the story of the fable “The Enchanted House” (in Italian) in which the museum and its collections are the magical protagonists of a story. After the tale, the childen – each with a map of...
Collectors for a day (in Italian)
Speechati – the young adult Friends of the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum – launches a new challenge for those 35 and under in Milan: to become collectors for a day! On Sunday, October 13, 2019, this city game played in the streets of Milan will transform the...