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Milano Art Week 2026 Kicks Off with miart Preview and Citywide Exhibitions

festival-fair · 2026-03-24

Kicking off the 2026 Milano Art Week is a preview of miart, the 30th international fair for modern and contemporary art, overseen by Nicola Ricciardi at Allianz MiCo. This year's event features 160 galleries from 24 nations, with the theme New Directions, drawing inspiration from jazz legend John Coltrane as a creative model. A notable project, Movements, curated by Stefano Rabolli Pansera, presents 20 films from 15 galleries. Additional exhibitions include Man Ray: M for Dictionary at Fondazione Marconi, Cooming Soon at Castiglioni gallery, and an installation by Maria Cristina Finucci at Museo di Storia Naturale. Other significant shows at Villa Necchi Campiglio, Mazzoleni, LCA Studio Legale, Cortesi Gallery, Nuova Galleria Morone, and MAAB Gallery further highlight Milan's artistic significance.

Key facts

  • miart 2026 is the 30th edition of the international modern and contemporary art fair
  • miart features 160 galleries from 24 countries across three sections: Emergent, Established, and Established Anthology
  • The fair is directed by Nicola Ricciardi and takes place at the South Wing of Allianz MiCo in Milan
  • A special film program, Movements, curated by Stefano Rabolli Pansera, presents 20 films in collaboration with St. Moritz Art Film Festival
  • Fondazione Marconi presents Man Ray: M for Dictionary, a retrospective focusing on the artist's linguistic work
  • Maria Cristina Finucci's installation at Museo di Storia Naturale uses AI to simulate plastic fragmentation in oceans
  • Marinella Senatore's solo show FESTA! at Mazzoleni features embroidered tapestries made in Mumbai
  • LCA Studio Legale's site-specific intervention by Giulia Mangoni at Palazzo Borromeo is part of the Law is Art! project

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Untitled Association
  • miart
  • Fondazione Marconi
  • Giò Marconi
  • Castiglioni
  • UNA
  • Clima
  • Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano
  • Villa Necchi Campiglio
  • Mazzoleni
  • LCA Studio Legale
  • ArtNoble Gallery
  • Antonini Milano
  • Apice
  • ARTE Generali
  • Cortesi Gallery
  • Nuova Galleria Morone
  • MAAB Gallery
  • St. Moritz Art Film Festival
  • Allianz MiCo
  • Studio Marconi
  • Museo Civico di Forlì
  • Chanakya
  • Acquario Civico
  • Planetario
  • Comune di Milano
  • Istituti Scientifici del Comune di Milano
  • Eredi Marelli
  • Robertaebasta
  • Galleria Luisa Delle Piane
  • Bernini Gallery
  • Paris Internationale
  • Fondazione Prada
  • Triennale Milano
  • Pirelli HangarBicocca
  • Museo del Novecento
  • PAC
  • Palazzo Reale
  • Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
  • Democracy and Culture Foundation
  • The New York Times
  • ACACIA Collection
  • Milano Art Week
  • MEGA
  • Palazzo Galbani
  • Gallerie d'Italia
  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Fondazione Fiera Milano
  • ICE (Italian Trade Agency)
  • Ministero della Cultura
  • GAM
  • New York Times Art for Tomorrow
  • A Arte Invernizzi
  • Bortolami
  • C+N Gallery CANEPARI
  • Cadogan Gallery
  • Galleria Continua
  • Galleria Luisa delle Piane
  • kaufmann repetto
  • MASSIMODECARLO
  • Galleria Poggiali
  • Romero Paprocki
  • SECCI
  • Repetto Gallery
  • Studio la Linea Verticale
  • Corvi-Mora
  • Édition MAT
  • Galerie der Spiegel
  • FAD Magazine

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Porta Venezia
  • CityLife
  • St. Moritz
  • Switzerland
  • Forlì
  • Mumbai
  • India
  • Vancouver
  • Canada
  • Rome
  • Lugano
  • Torino
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • City Life
  • Allianz MiCo
  • Filzi25
  • Civic Aquarium
  • Piazza della Scala
  • San Gimignano
  • Pechino
  • Les Moulins
  • L'Avana
  • Roma
  • San Paolo
  • Parigi
  • New York
  • Genova
  • Londra
  • Hong Kong
  • Firenze
  • Pietrasanta
  • Palermo
  • Venezia
  • Pistoia
  • Napoli
  • Cologne
  • Germany

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