Art and photography at the Diocesan Museum in Milan: a 2025 between Tintoretto and photography

2025 promises to be a year full of initiatives for the Carlo Maria Martini Diocesan Museum in Milan. On the strength of a 2024 that recorded 89,000 visitors, the institution is offering a winter and spring exhibition calendar that links sacred art with art photography, embracing themes of strong cultural and social impact.

The program will open on Feb. 18, 2025, with Alessandro Grassani. Climate Emergency. A Journey to the Edge of the World, a photographic exhibition curated by Denis Curti that will remain on view until April 27. Through a selection of about forty shots, Alessandro Grassani explores the consequences of the climate crisis in the most remote areas of the planet, documenting the forced migrations of pastoralists, farmers and fishermen affected by extreme environmental phenomena. The visual narrative ranges from frost in Mongolia to drought in Kenya to floods in Bangladesh, offering a penetrating look at the human and environmental challenges of our time.

Next, from March 4 to May 25, 2025, sacred art returns to the forefront with Around Tintoretto. The Deposition from the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice. Four contemporary artists challenged by a masterpiece. Curated by Nadia Righi, Giulio Manieri Elia the project includes the section curated by Giuseppe Frangi, the exhibition offers a dialogue between Jacopo Tintoretto’s Deposition, dating from 1562, and the works of four contemporary artists-Jacopo Benassi, Luca Bertolo, Alberto Gianfreda and Maria Elisabetta Novello. Each artist interprets the Venetian work through languages ranging from installation to painting.

The third major event of 2025 is dedicated to a figure of American photography, Dorothea Lange. The exhibition, curated by Walter Guadagnini and Monica Poggi and scheduled from May 13 to October 26, presents more than one hundred images taken between the 1930s and 1940s. A witness to momentous events such as the deportation of people of Japanese descent to concentration camps that occurred after Pearl Harbor, Lange tells stories of suffering and resilience through his shots, offering profound reflections on issues such as migration and discrimination.

Alongside the temporary exhibitions, the Diocesan Museum will continue to promote activities to engage a wider audience. New features for 2025 include The Museum One Step at a Time, a series of short guided tours curated by the Directorate. Starting in February, visitors will be able to explore small nuclei of works, including precious gold collections donated by Alberto Crespi and paintings from churches in the Diocese. Another itinerary, designed to mark the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 325, will take visitors to discover how works in the permanent collection-from Simone Peterzano ’sAnnunciation to Bernardino Lanino’s Salvator Mundi, from Tintoretto’s Christ and the Adulteress to the Last Judgment attributed to Francescuccio di Cecco Ghissi-reflect the articles of the Creed, uniting art and faith in an immersive experience. The museum’s initiatives, which also include lunchtime visits, lectures and evening openings, aim to consolidate the institution’s role as a cultural and spiritual reference point for Milan and beyond.

Art and photography at the Diocesan Museum in Milan: a 2025 between Tintoretto and photography

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