Milan Art Week 2022: Top and Flops of the Cultural Reawakening
Milan Art Week 2022 marked a major cultural rebound after the pandemic, with miart fair exceeding expectations and a city-wide proliferation of events. Highlights included Alfredo Jaar's public artwork for ArtLine-CityLife, the arrival of international galleries CiacciaLevi (Paris), Peres Projects (Berlin), and Galerie Gregor Staiger (Zurich), and an unprecedented collaboration between Fondazione Prada and Pirelli HangarBicocca for Steve McQueen's exhibition. The new Archivio Scanavino, redesigned by architect Mariano Pichler, opened in Piazza Aspromonte with the show 'Emilio Scanavino. This is tomorrow' curated by Marco Scotini. Flops included the absence of collateral fairs during miart, Maurizio Cattelan's underwhelming debut at Massimo De Carlo with 'You' and 'Ninna Nanna' at the Monumental Cemetery, Lia Rumma's weak reopening show of Ettore Spalletti after two years, and a lack of official parties due to the war in Ukraine.
Key facts
- Milan Art Week 2022 took place in spring 2022, detached from Salone del Mobile (scheduled for June).
- miart fair presented a strong selection of Italian and international exhibitors with results above expectations.
- Alfredo Jaar created a public artwork for ArtLine-CityLife Milano.
- New international galleries opened: CiacciaLevi from Paris, Peres Projects from Berlin, Galerie Gregor Staiger from Zurich.
- Fondazione Prada and Pirelli HangarBicocca collaborated for the first time on Steve McQueen's exhibition, with TV series events at Fondazione Prada.
- Archivio Scanavino moved to Piazza Aspromonte 12, restored by Mariano Pichler (born 1977, Mezzocorona, Trento), featuring a 320 sqm space with wood and iron materials.
- Maurizio Cattelan presented 'You' (2021, platinum silicone, epoxy fiberglass, stainless steel, real hair, clothes, hemp rope, flowers) at Massimo De Carlo and 'Ninna Nanna' at the Monumental Cemetery, dedicated to the 1993 Via Palestro massacre.
- Lia Rumma gallery reopened after two years with a weak exhibition of Ettore Spalletti.
- No collateral fairs were held alongside miart, unlike in Turin (Artissima) or Bologna (Arte Fiera).
- Official parties were avoided due to the war in Ukraine, with only dinners organized.
Entities
Artists
- Alfredo Jaar
- Elmgreen & Dragset
- Steve McQueen
- Dylan Solomon Kraus
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Ettore Spalletti
- Emilio Scanavino
- Marco Scotini
- Mariano Pichler
- Alessandra Mammì
- Flavio Favelli
- Claire Fontaine
- Franco Mazzucchelli
- Marinella Senatore
- Yuri Ancarani
Institutions
- miart
- ArtLine-CityLife Milano
- Fondazione Prada
- Pirelli HangarBicocca
- CiacciaLevi
- Peres Projects
- Galerie Gregor Staiger
- Massimo De Carlo
- Lia Rumma
- Archivio Scanavino
- Thomas Dane Gallery
- Marian Goodman Gallery
- Artribune
- documenta
- Artangel
- Mudec
- BASE
- Triennale Milano
- Darsena
- ArtLine Milano
- CityLife
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele
- PAC (Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea)
- Prada
- Osservatorio in Galleria
- Pirelli Hangar Bicocca
- Trussardi
- MASSIMODECARLO
- Galleria Christian Stein
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Piazzale Aquileia
- Piazza Aspromonte 12
- Loreto
- Piola
- Cimitero Monumentale
- Casa Corbellini-Wassermann
- Mezzocorona
- Trento
- Turin
- Bologna