Pre-Raphaelite Revolution: 80 Masterpieces from Tate at Palazzo Reale Milan

Palazzo Reale in Milan presents a major exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite works from the Tate collection, featuring 80 pieces that showcase the revolutionary nature of the movement. The show includes iconic works such as John Everett Millais's 'Ophelia', Ford Madox Brown's 'Bad Subject', and Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 'Monna Vanna'. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood—including Rossetti, Hunt, Millais, and others—challenged 19th-century artistic conventions by introducing prosaic subjects, anti-canonical techniques, and a rejection of decorativism in favor of unsettling ornament. The exhibition highlights technical mastery, as seen in Millais's early watercolor 'The Wrestlers' and John Brett's hyperrealist 'Glacier of Rosenlaui'. It also explores the movement's social engagement, psychological introspection in portraits, and medieval-inspired compositions. The show runs at Palazzo Reale in Milan, bringing together works from the Tate collection.