'Unexpected' guests at Milan's Diocesan Museum: new series of meetings kicks off on Zoom

The Diocesan Museum “Carlo Maria Martini” of Milan kicks off, starting Tuesday, January 19, a new cycle of online meetings, entitled The Unexpected Guest. After the great success with the public of the past “virtual” meetings of the Corso Porta Ticinese institute (more than 1,000 people per evening on average during the first cycle), it will be repeated with a second season featuring, among the guests, museum directors such as James Bradburne, Micol Forti, Marco Pierini, and journalists such as Teresa Monestiroli, Francesca Bonazzoli, Giuseppe Frangi, and Luca Fiore, who will talk about art through books, exhibitions, projects, and works. The initiatives will be held, as usual for the Diocesan Museum of Milan, on the Zoom platform. The format sees Nadia Righi, director of the Diocesan Museum, meet virtually with art historians, journalists, and museum directors to learn through books, exhibitions, projects, and works of art about the many nuances of beauty.

The first appointment will be with Teresa Monestiroli, journalist for Repubblica, who will offer the second stage of “Milano adagio,” a walk in search and discovery of Milan’s artistic treasures. The calendar continues on Tuesday, Jan. 26, with James Bradburne, director of the Pinacoteca di Brera; Tuesday, Feb. 2, with Francesca Bonazzoli, journalist for Corriere della Sera; Tuesday, Feb. 9, with Marco Pierini and Gail E. Solberg, director of the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia and curator of the Taddeo di Bartolo exhibition, respectively; Tuesday, Feb. 16 with Giuseppe Frangi, journalist and editor of the monthly Vita; Tuesday, Feb. 23 with Micol Forti, director of the Vatican Museums Contemporary Art Collection; and Tuesday, March 2 with Luca Fiore, journalist for Tracce and Il Foglio. Here is the schedule of the first appointments:

Tuesday, January 19, 6 p.m.
Milano adagio. Walking around the city. Part two
Meeting with Teresa Monestiroli, journalist for Repubblica.

Tuesday, January 26, 6 p.m.
The Museum on the children’s side
Meeting with James Bradburne, director of the Brera Art Gallery

Tuesday, February 2, 6 p.m.
Unmasked. Hunting for the hidden stories behind the most famous portraits
Meeting with Francesca Bonazzoli, Corriere della Sera journalist

Tuesday, February 9, 6 p.m.
Around Thaddeus
Meeting with Marco Pierini, director of the National Gallery of Umbria, and Gail E. Solberg, curator of the Taddeo Gaddi exhibition

Tuesday, February 16, 6 p.m.
Milan. Monuments for the city of the third millennium, from Cattelan to Isgrò
Meeting with Giuseppe Frangi, journalist and editor of the monthly Vita

Tuesday, February 23, 6 p.m.
Gaetano Previati. From the mysticism of the “Via Crucis” to the symphony of the “Nocturnes”
Meeting with Micol Forti, director of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Vatican Museums

Tuesday, March 2, 6 p.m.
From Matisse to Le Corbusier. Father Couturier’s bet for sacred art.
Luca Fiore, journalist for Tracce and Il Foglio

In the photo: the staircase of the Diocesan Museum in Milan.

'Unexpected' guests at Milan's Diocesan Museum: new series of meetings kicks off on Zoom

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