Leonardo da Vinci and the Dream of a Colossal Horse for Milan
A colossal endeavour - build an enormous bronze horse, as it rears up to come crashing down on the enemy. In the saddle, the Duke of Milan Francesco Sforza, founder of a dynasty and father of the client commissioning the work, Ludovico Sforza. The task turns out to be daunting, even for a genius like Leonardo da Vinci. The artist and inventor fills page after page with sketches and drawings, studying the musculature of the animal and spending a measureless amount of time trying to figure out how to hold up this 100-ton giant - the largest equestrian monument in the world, conceived to obscure the works by Donatello and Verrocchio. But the project is destined to remain on paper only. The numerous commitments of Leonardo slow down the progress of the work and the bronze necessary to forge the statue ends up being used to cast cannons to be sent to the aid of the Dukedom of Este, under threat from the French. In 1499, the troops of Louis XII invade Milan - the reign of Ludovico Sforza and the dream of Leonardo collapse simultaneously. While the artist flees to Mantova, in the Castle of Sforza, enemy soldiers use the model of the horse for target practice, shattering it with their crossbows.
A major retrospective exhibition, with over 300 original photographic works including vintage and period prints, documents and archive materials dedicated to the gentle genius of Italian photography - Mario Giacomelli - on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.
The Beatles in Italy: 60 Years Later, The Legend in Pictures
At Gallerie d’Italia in Milan, an exhibition revisits the historic 1965 tour through 62 selected shots from the Publifoto Intesa Sanpaolo Archive. Concerts, fans, and backstage glimpses bring back the Italian Beatlemania.
Inequalities: Mapping the World Through Its Fractures
At Triennale Milano, ten exhibitions and twenty international participations outline a global map of inequality, through art, science, architecture, data, sound, and visions of the future.
135 years after her birth, the Diocesan Museum of Milan recounts the peak of Dorothea Lange’s career, when between the 1930s and 1940s the American photographer bore witness to the dramatic current events in the United States.