Brera, MiBAC to approve James Bradburne's project: off to Brera Modern at Palazzo Citterio

In Milan, work to make Palazzo Citterio the home of the Brera Art Gallery ’s collection of modern art had come to a standstill in recent weeks: according to the director of the Pinacoteca, James M. Bradburne, the Palazzo, even after the restoration was finished, was not suitable to house the collection. The Superintendent’s Office considered the restoration complete, but for Bradburne, the work had not taken into account the future museum use of the Palazzo (among the highlights were the entrance and staircase, judged unsuitable for a museum of international scope, and the air-conditioning system considered unsafe), and he had therefore proposed his own idea for the reorganization of the rooms (which includes, among other things, a new entrance, at number 16 Via Brera, and a monumental glass staircase, which will involve opening a ceiling).

In the end, the director emerged as the " winner “ in this ”battle" over the works at Palazzo Citterio: in the past few hours, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage reportedly gave the okay to the changes suggested by Bradburne, according to reports by ANSA and Corriere della Sera. Along the same lines as Bradburne was the minister of cultural heritage himself, Alberto Bonisoli: “the intervention had to be revised,” the minister told Corriere della Sera, which in recent days had also published an indiscretion according to which Bradburne was ready to resign from the Pinacoteca (a hypothesis that would have led MiBAC to speed up the timetable).

In these hours the ministry’s technicians are drafting the technical report to be submitted to the minister, but everything suggests that Brera Modern, the Pinacoteca’s modern collection housed in Palazzo Citterio, will be done according to the changes suggested by Bradburne.

In the photo: a rendering of Brera Modern at Palazzo Citterio

Brera, MiBAC to approve James Bradburne's project: off to Brera Modern at Palazzo Citterio

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