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Milano Drawing Week 2026: Nine Days of Exhibitions Bring Drawing to the City

festival-fair · 2026-04-26

Milano Drawing Week will celebrate its sixth edition from November 21 to 29, 2026, under the curation of Collezione Ramo and the Comune di Milano – Assessorato alla Cultura. This year’s event will present ten exhibitions and a diverse program that explores drawing across various environments, fostering dialogue between contemporary artists and 20th-century icons. With approximately 800 pieces of Italian drawings, Collezione Ramo encourages artistic interactions, leading to collaborations such as Massinissa Selmani with Lucio Del Pezzo and Hernan Pitto Bellocchio with Alighiero Boetti. Exhibitions will take place at venues like ACE, Studio Lombard, and Fondazione Scanavino, featuring Emilio Scanavino’s art. The public program will also include workshops and the Premio Milano Drawing Week, offering a month-long residency in London.

Key facts

  • Milano Drawing Week 2026 runs from November 21 to 29, 2026, in Milan.
  • The sixth edition is conceived and curated by Collezione Ramo in collaboration with the Comune di Milano – Assessorato alla Cultura.
  • The event comprises nine days, ten exhibitions, and a diffuse program across institutions, galleries, and unconventional art spaces.
  • Collezione Ramo holds approximately 800 works dedicated to Italian drawing of the 20th and 21st centuries.
  • Eight artist pairings are featured: Massinissa Selmani with Lucio Del Pezzo, Francesco Snote with Antonio Donghi, Nicole Colombo with Alighiero Boetti, Roberto De Pinto with Bruno Munari, Margarita Gluzberg with Fausto Melotti, Damir Očko with Lucio Fontana, Mattia Barbieri with Mario Schifano, and Hernan Pitto Bellocchio with Alighiero Boetti.
  • Eight galleries participate: Alma Pearl at ACE; Artnoble Gallery at Studio Lombard; Francesca Minini; Matta; Rizzutogallery at Park Associati; Tiziana Di Caro at Osart Gallery; Triangolo at Marco Piva Studio; Umberto Di Marino at Gallerie Guzzetti.
  • Fondazione Scanavino presents two decades of Emilio Scanavino's works on paper, including previously unseen erotic drawings.
  • Cittadella degli Archivi hosts Ericailcane's anthropomorphic animals at an urban scale.
  • The public program includes workshops, meetings, collective actions, sketches, and children's activities, such as Il disegno brutto by Alessandro Bonaccorsi.
  • The Premio Milano Drawing Week, supported by Gruppo Censeo, awards a one-month artist residency in London at Worlding Project, founded by Joana Neves and Diogo Pimentao.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Collezione Ramo
  • Comune di Milano – Assessorato alla Cultura
  • Alma Pearl
  • ACE
  • Artnoble Gallery
  • Studio Lombard
  • Francesca Minini
  • Matta
  • Rizzutogallery
  • Park Associati
  • Tiziana Di Caro
  • Osart Gallery
  • Triangolo
  • Marco Piva Studio
  • Umberto Di Marino
  • Gallerie Guzzetti
  • Fondazione Scanavino
  • Cittadella degli Archivi
  • Gruppo Censeo
  • Worlding Project
  • exibart.com
  • Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Milano
  • Monica De Cardenas
  • Triangolo (Cremona)
  • UNA Galleria
  • APALAZZOGALLERY (Piacenza)
  • Vistamare
  • Szydlowski Gallery (Varsavia)
  • Bonvini 1909
  • Casa degli Artisti
  • More Projects
  • CASVA
  • Artribune
  • Castello Sforzesco
  • Ciaccia Levi
  • kaufmann repetto
  • Loom Gallery
  • Nashira Gallery
  • Settantaventidue
  • Spazio Lima
  • APALAZZOGALLERY
  • Ex Elettrofonica
  • Canson
  • Lyra

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Milano
  • Italia
  • Cremona
  • Piacenza
  • Varsavia
  • Polonia
  • Brescia
  • Rome
  • Malacky
  • Slovakia
  • Bergamo
  • Philadelphia
  • Pennsylvania
  • United States
  • Bologna
  • Florence
  • Louis Park
  • Minnesota
  • Brooklyn
  • New York
  • Desio
  • Cincinnati
  • Ohio
  • Vergiate
  • Celle
  • Germany
  • Città di Castello
  • Nice
  • France
  • Soncino
  • Rovereto
  • Turin
  • Biella
  • Genoa
  • Recife
  • Brazil
  • Padua

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