Milan's Design Week Overshadows Art Week, Calls for Schedule Change
Massimiliano Tonelli argues that Milan's Art Week, scheduled one week before Design Week since 2017, is now being overshadowed by the larger design event. He proposes moving Art Week back to March, potentially overlapping miart with MIA as in 2015, and formalizing two Design Weeks. The article highlights the need for a temporal ecology of the city's industrial and creative sectors.
Key facts
- Art Week and Design Week have been adjacent since 2017.
- The original idea was mutual benefit and cross-promotion.
- The current scheduling no longer works effectively.
- Tonelli suggests moving Art Week to March.
- He proposes overlapping miart with MIA, as in 2015.
- Formalizing two Design Weeks is another suggestion.
- The article is by Massimiliano Tonelli on Artribune.
- The article was published in April 2023.
Entities
Institutions
- miart
- MIA
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy