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Corrado Levi's Multidisciplinary Works at Triennale Milano

exhibition · 2026-04-27

Triennale Milano presents a solo exhibition of Corrado Levi featuring 22 works spanning installations, sculptures, design objects, paintings, and architectural projects. Curated by Damiano Gullì and Joseph Grima, the show is titled 'Tra gli spazi' and runs at the Palazzo dell'Arte. Levi, born in Turin in 1936, is known for blending disciplines and reworking everyday elements with ironic and critical gestures. Key works include 'Vestiti di arrivati,' where the artist wears layers of abandoned migrant clothing from a beach in Otranto, evoking absent bodies; 'Piercing a Milano,' a miniature version of his 1996 'Baci urbani' for a Turin building; 'Uomini,' a 1985 site-specific intervention in the abandoned Brown Boveri building; and 'Panchina rosa triangolare,' a relational monument dedicated to homosexual victims of Nazi-fascist persecutions, installed in the Triennale garden. The curators describe the installation as a metaphor for Levi's interstitial practice, spreading works throughout the space to highlight overlooked corners and passageways, in line with Giovanni Muzio's original philosophy of removing superfluous elements to reveal the building's dynamic, modular nature.

Key facts

  • Corrado Levi was born in Turin in 1936.
  • The exhibition features 22 works by Corrado Levi.
  • Works include installations, sculptures, design objects, paintings, and architectural projects.
  • The show is curated by Damiano Gullì and Joseph Grima.
  • The exhibition is titled 'Tra gli spazi' and held at Triennale Milano.
  • Key work 'Vestiti di arrivati' uses abandoned migrant clothing from Otranto beach.
  • 'Piercing a Milano' is a miniature version of 'Baci urbani' (1996) originally for a Turin building.
  • 'Uomini' is a 1985 site-specific intervention in the abandoned Brown Boveri building.
  • 'Panchina rosa triangolare' is a monument to homosexual victims of Nazi-fascist persecutions.
  • The installation philosophy references architect Giovanni Muzio's approach to space.
  • The exhibition aims to reveal overlooked corners and passageways of the Palazzo dell'Arte.
  • The Triennale building has been dynamic and modular since 1933.

Entities

Artists

  • Corrado Levi
  • Damiano Gullì
  • Joseph Grima
  • Giovanni Muzio

Institutions

  • Triennale Milano
  • Brown Boveri

Locations

  • Turin
  • Milan
  • Otranto
  • Italy

Sources