The Gallerie d'Italia - Milano is a modern and contemporary museum in Milan, Italy. Located in Piazza della Scala in the Palazzo Brentani and the Palazzo Anguissola Antona Traversi, it hosts 195 artworks from the collections of Fondazione Cariplo with a strong representation of nineteenth century Lombard painters and sculptors, including Antonio Canova and Umberto Boccioni. A new section was opened in the Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana on October 25, 2012 with 189 art works from the twentieth century.
During the 2017 Corporate Art Awards Ceremony hosted by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace, Gallerie d'Italia - Milano received a special award as “Patron of the XXI century”.
Nineteenth Century
Sections
Section I: Canova bas reliefs The works of Antonio Canova in Rezzonico reliefs. Between Socratic Homeric epics and ethics, between Christian virtues and enlightened philanthropy (Rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4).
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Section II: Hayez and painters of Romanticism Francesco Hayez and the great romantic themes. Between historic painting and melodrama (Room 5).
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Section III: Giovanni Migliara and Vedutistas of the Romanticism Giovanni Migliara and the picturesque charm of the ancient monuments. Molteni, Pietro Ronzoni, il Piccio, Angelo Inganni, protagonists of the Lombard Romanticism (Rooms 6 and 7).
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Section IV: historic depictions of the Risorgimento Gerolamo Induno, Sebastiano De Albertis and the Risorgimento (Rooms 8 and 9).
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Section V: Vedute of the Cathedral of Milan The image of Milan in the view and perspective of painting. The cathedral (Rooms 10, 11, 12 and 13).
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Section VI: Vedute of Navigli The image of Milan. The popular appeal of the Navigli (Room 14).
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Section VII: Lombard Vedute The Lombard landscape. Between the evocative poetry of Manzoni and the quest for truth. (Room 15).
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Section VIII: Revival of the Bourgeois Salon The revival of the eighteenth century in the bourgeois salon (Room 16).
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Section IX: genre scenes The genre painting. Scenes from the life of the people (Rooms 17 and 18).
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Section X: from the Macchiaioli to the Divisionists From the Macchiaioli to the Divisionists. The atmospheric trial on the real (Room 18).
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Section XI: Alpine vedute Alpine painting. From the sublime poetry to the landscape as an expression of feelings and emotions (Rooms 19 and 20).
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Section XII: Symbolism Symbolism. Between nature and allegory (Rooms 21 and 22).
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Section XIII: Umberto Boccioni. From Pointillism to Futurism Umberto Boccioni. From Pointillism to Futurism (Room 23).
Artworks194. Tre donne (La madre, la sorella e la modella Ines), 1909–1910 195. Officine a Porta Romana, 1910 196. Donna in giardino, 1910 197. Campagna con alberi e ruscello (Rio), 1908
Twentieth Century
Sections
Ouverture 1 Section 1, Room 1: The memory of the image and its repression Section 2, Rooms 2-3-4: Lucio Fontana, Spatialism and the Nuclear Movement Section 3, Room 5: "Concrete" Abstract art between the Forties and the Fifties (MAC - Movimento Arte Concreta) Section 4, Room 6: Painting beyond painting. Action, tracks, imprints Section 5, Room 7: Forms of Informel Monographia 1, Room 8: Colour as a plastic form. A journey through a form of abstraction Monographia 2, Room 9: Emilio Isgrò, Italian Time Section 6, Room 10: Programmed and Kinetic art
Ouverture 2 Section 7, Room 11: The Sixties: signs, words, narratives Section 8, Room 12: The Sixties: things, images Section 9, Room 13: Around Arte Povera Section 10, Room 14: Conceptual practices Section 11, Room 15: Constructivist ideas Section 12, Room 16: Late twentieth century perspectives
Artworks Full list Carla Accardi (Trapani 1924) Green Red, 1963, acrylic on canvas, 96.7 x 146 cm Valerio Adami (Bologna 1935) Auto-suggestion, 1965, acrylic on canvas, 73.3 x 94.3 cm Afro (Afro Basaldella) (Udine 1912 - Zürich 1976) Unnamed, 1959, mixed media on canvas, 104 x 130 cm Red Figure, 1964, mixed media on canvas-backed paper, 69.5 x 99.5 cm Vincenzo Agnetti (Milan 1926 - 1981) Axiom, 1970, engraving on bakelite slate, 70 x 70 cm Carlo Alfano (Napoli 1932 - 1990) Fragments of an Anonymous Self Portrait, 1975, mixed media (graphite, acrylic and magnetic tape) on canvas, 69 x 100 cm Giuseppe Allosia (Volterra, Pisa 1910 - Genova 1983) Untitled, 1959, oil on wood panel, 67.5 x 41 cm Getulio Alviani (Udine 1939) Surface, circa 1965, screen print on metal, 67 x 64 x 1 cm Giovanni Anceschi (Milan 1939) Fluid Routes, 1961, polyethylene piping, coloured liquid, lacquered wood, 55 x 55 cm Franco Angeli (Rome 1935 - 1988) Unum, 1966, mixed media on canvas, 50 x 140 cm Rodolfo Aricò (Milan 1930 - 2002) Untitled, 1960, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm General Perspective 2 (For Paolo Uccello), 1970, acrylic on canvas, 98 x 282 cm Stefano Arienti (Asola, Mantova 1961) Water Lilies, 1990, plasticine on poster mounted on Leger panel, 90 x 121 cm Edmondo Bacci (Venice 1913 - 1978) Composition, 1960-1961, oil on canvas, 75 x 90 cm Enrico Baj (Milan 1924 - Vergiate, Varese 2003) Nuclear Landscape, 1951, oil and enamel on canvas glued to masonite, 29 x 52.3 cm See in it what you will, 1951, oil and enamel on canvas, 69.7 x 99.8 cm Giacomo Balla (Turin 1871 - Rome 1958) Abstract Study (Two Palm Trees in the Light), 1920, oil and pencil on wood panel, 37 x 28 cm Marina Ballo Charmet (Milan 1952) Untitled (dalla serie Out of the corner of the Eye), 1993, photographic print in black and white on metal support, 102 x 153 cm Mario Ballocco (Milan 1913 - 2008) Lattice, 1951, tempera on paper, 25 x 35 cm Luciano Bartolini (Fiesole, Firenze 1948 - Milan 1994) Ariadne and Pythagoras, 1987, oil, rice paper, gold leaf and watercolour on paper, 149 x 199 cm Gianfranco Baruchello (Livorno 1924) Puma skin - Rosa Selamort attacking the City, 1975, pencil, inks, tempera and enamel on aluminium, 150 x 150 cm Davide Benati (Reggio Emilia 1949) Land of the Morning Calm, 1985, watercolour on paper, 130 x 150 cm Vasco Bendini (Bologna 1922) Image (Tracks), 1957, oil and mixed media on canvas, 110 x 90 cm Gianni Bertini (Pisa 1922 - Caen 2010) Untitled, 1950, oil on canvas, 41 x 50 cm Something has happened, 1966, photographic print on canvas, 61.5 x 54.5 cm Domenico Bianchi (Anagni, Frosinone 1955) Untitled, 1991, wax on polyester support and glass fibre, 80 x 60 cm Remo Bianco (Milan 1922 - 1988) Imprint 15 A, 1960, mixed media on canvas, 100 x 75 cm Alberto Biasi (Padova 1937) Untitled, 1972, PVC relief (double-layered) on painted wood panel, 68 x 68 x 4 cm Guido Biasi (Napoli 1933 - Paris 1982) Spectator of a Comet, 1957, oil and enamel on canvas, 150,3 x 99.3 cm Annibale Biglione (Settimo Vittone, Turin 1923 - Pietra Ligure, Savona 1981) Abstract Work, 1950, tempera on canvas-backed paper, 60 x 41 cm Renato Birolli (Verona 1905 - Milan 1959) Fire in the Cinque Terre, 1955, oil on canvas, 114 x 122 cm Irma Blank (Celle 1934) Page, 1977, Indian ink on paper, 23 x 30 cm Alighiero Boetti (Turin 1940 - Rome 1994) Untitled, 1966, wood, rope, eye bolts, 99.7 x 99.7 cm AI IEOOEI LGHRBTT, 1975, blue ball-point pen on canvas-backed paper, two elements, 100 x 70 cm each Agostino Bonalumi (Vimercate, Milan 1935) Red, 1964, extroflexed canvas and vinyl tempera, 70.5 x 60 x 4.5 cm Davide Boriani (Milan 1936) Magnetic Surface, 1962, iron, magnets, glass, motor, 46 x 46 cm Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, Perugia 1915 - Nice 1995) Sand, 1952, mixed media on canvas, 90 x 108.5 cm Red Black, 1953, olio, oil, enamels, canvas, pumice sand on canvas, 98.8 x 85.2 cm Corrado Cagli (Ancona 1910 - Rome 1976) Cellular Rhythm, 1949, tempera on cardboard glued to plywood, 69.2 x 100.5 cm Angelo Candiano (Modica, Ragusa 1962) Mutant, 1996, photographic print in black and white, 40.5 x 40.5 cm Mutant, 1996, photographic print in black and white, 40.5 x 40.5 cm Mutant, 1996, photographic print in black and white on paper, incision/cut along a section of the photographed object; inside, blank photographic paper on rigid support, 85.5 x 85.5 cm Giuseppe Capogrossi (Rome 1900 - 1972) Surface 154, 1956, oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm Carol Rama (Olga Carol Rama) (Turin 1918) Untitled, 1961, mixed media on canvas, 40.5 x 30 cm Nicola Carrino (Taranto 1932) Vertical Construction, 1989, iron, 503.5 x 150 x 165 cm Bruno Cassinari (Piacenza 1912 - Milan 1992) Still Life with Fish, 1952, oil on backed canvas, 60 x 70 cm Enrico Castellani (Castelmassa, Rovigo 1930) White Surface (Homage to the Dawn), 1971, acrylic on extroflexed and introflexed canvas, 141 x 212 cm Alik Cavaliere (Rome 1926 - Milan 1998) Long Live Freedom, 1976, iron, bronze, objects, 227 x 105 x 103 cm Umberto Cavenago (Milan 1959) Pedestal, circa 1989, whitened, galvanised sheet on wheels, 150 x 40 x 20 cm Mino Ceretti (Milan 1930) Untitled, 1965, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm Mario Ceroli (Castel Frentano, Chieti 1938) Daria, 1967, untreated packaging wood (Russian pine), 175 x 43 x 23 cm Sandro Chia (Firenze 1946) Little man when you feel comfortable, since you’re in your own home, 1976, pencil, oil and tempera on canvas-backed paper, 80 x 80 cm Ennio Chiggio (Napoli 1938) Untitled, 1966, acrylic on wood and glass, 49 x 49 x 4 cm Alfredo Chighine (Milan 1914 - Pisa 1974) Orange Composition on a Blue Background, 1956, oil on canvas, 116.5 x 81 cm Francesco Clemente (Napoli 1952) Diptych, 18 non-separable photographs, 1973, photographic print on paper, two elements, 26 x 26 cm each Untitled, 1980, pencil and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 45 x 61.7 cm Jack Clemente (Novara 1926 - Milan 1974) Untitled, 1962, mixed media on canvas, 97 x 130 cm Ettore Colla (Parma 1896 - Rome 1968) Iron (Polychrome Sculpture or Astro form), 1952, coloured iron, 165 x 130 x 36 cm Gianni Colombo (Milan 1937 - Melzo, Milan 1993) Fluid Structure, 1960, steel, glass and painted wood, 50 x 50 x 4.5 cm Elastic Space, 1970, lacquered wood and elastic, 100 x 100 cm Joe Cesare Colombo (Milan 1930 - 1971) Untitled, 1952, mixed media on canvas, 79.1 x 100 cm Pietro Consagra (Mazara del Vallo, Trapani 1920 - Milan 2005) Double-sided Caucasus Moonstone, 1976, Caucasus moonstone, 88.5 x 78 x 24.5 cm Antonio Corpora (Tunisi 1909 - Rome 2004) Boat under Construction, 1952, oil on canvas, 81,5 x 100 cm Toni Costa (Padova 1935) Optical Dynamical Structure, 1970, polyethylene and wood, 75 x 75 cm Roberto Crippa (Monza 1921 - Bresso, Milan 1972) Spirals, 1952, oil on canvas, 100 x 100.5 cm Enzo Cucchi (Morro d’Alba, Ancona 1949) Untitled, 1993, charcoal on cardboard mounted on canvas, 130 x 70 cm Dadamaino (Eduarda Maino) (Milan 1930 - 2004) Unstable Visual Object, 1963, milled aluminium and nylon threads, painted wood, 50 x 50 x 5.5 cm Sergio Dangelo (Milan 1932) La pluie, le beau temps, 1953, enamel on canvas, 44 x 80 cm Nicola De Maria (Foglianise, Benevento 1954) Untitled, 1992, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm Bruno De Toffoli (Treviso 1913 - Venice 1978) Ritmo nelle forme, 1949, gesso, 203 x 74 x 68 cm Gabriele De Vecchi (Milan 1938 - 2011) U.R.M.N.T., 1962, metal grid, canvas, plywood and electric motor, 50 x 50 cm Lucio Del Pezzo (Napoli 1933) Large Writing (metrò), 1962, collage and enamel on wood panel, 146 x 114 cm Mario Deluigi (Treviso 1901 - Venice 1978) Untitled, 1953-1954, mixed media on wood panel, primed with gesso, 70 x 65.5 cm Bruno Di Bello (Torre del Greco, Napoli 1938) Photo/graph, 1977, photographic print on canvas, 50 x 35 cm Nino Di Salvatore (Verbania 1924 - Milan 2001) Active Space, 1949, oil on canvas applied to wood panel, 100 x 80 cm Enrico Donati (Milan 1909 - New York 2008) White Magma, 1952, mixed media on canvas, 40 x 50 cm Piero Dorazio (Rome 1927 - Perugia 2005)