Milan, Gallerie d'Italia presents new works of the 20th century, from Fontana to Vedova to Burri

From Tuesday, June 30, the Gallerie d’Italia in Milan ’s Piazza Scala will reopen to the public the permanent collection Da Canova a Boccioni and the section Cantiere del ’900, curated by Francesco Tedeschi, with a new selection of works from the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection.

Da Canova a Boccioni presents 198 works of the 19th century, mainly from Lombardy, from the art collections of Fondazione Cariplo and Intesa Sanpaolo. Starting from Neoclassicism, documented by Canova’s bas-reliefs, it reaches the threshold of the 20th century with Boccioni’s prefuturist canvases, passing through a century of Italian painting represented by Hayez’s historical paintings, Risorgimento battles, views and landscapes, genre scenes and Symbolism masterpieces.

Cantiere del ’900, a section inaugurated in 2012 and renewed in 2015, is the project dedicated to enhancing Intesa Sanpaolo’s collection of 20th- and 21st-century works. More than 3,000 works from the many banking institutions that merged into the Group, starting with those of Banca Commerciale Italiana, whose headquarters were located in the Piazza della Scala building. The collections particularly delve into the production and protagonists of the post-World War II period.

The new selection of works in the Cantiere del ’900 focuses on masterpieces of art between the 1950s and the 1980s. These include sculptures by Carrino, Staccioli, Pascali, Fontana, Cavaliere and Colla in the central hall. In the side rooms, alongside works by Fontana, Burri, Vedova, Afro, Dorazio, Schifano, and Manzoni, a number of works expressing the formal research of the period are displayed.

In addition, in July and August, as part of Cantiere del ’900, a temporary in-depth look at the works in Intesa Sanpaolo’s collection of Nuclear Art, a movement born in Milan in 1950 to “break down all isms” after the tragic events of World War II and especially the devastating effects of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will be offered in the Sala delle Colonne.

For info: www.gallerieditalia.com

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Tickets: Full 5 euros, reduced 3 euros.

Image: Emilio Vedova, Spazio inquieto T.1 (1957; Intesa Sanpaolo Collection)

Milan, Gallerie d'Italia presents new works of the 20th century, from Fontana to Vedova to Burri

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