An exhibition entirely dedicated to Philippe Daverio. In Milan, but now only online

It is for now only online the exhibition that the Cittadella degli Archivi in Milan in collaboration with the Department of Historical Studies and the Master in Digital Humanities of the University of Milan and the Daverio family wanted to dedicate entirely to Philippe Daverio, the well-known art critic, essayist, popularizer and politician who passed away at the age of seventy on September 2, 2020.

Curated by Nicola Manna, as part of the InArchivio series, the exhibition Philippe Daverio in Milan, which will be on display until March 20, 2021 at the Cittadella degli Archivi in Milan. collects and exhibits official documents that refer to the period of Daverio’s asseassorate, the press review of the time, photographs, and a suit of Daverio himself. His suits with the ever-present matching bow tie characterized the eccentric and refined taste of the famous popularizer who changed art on television. It is also possible to see a never-before-seen video, a sort of virtual walk through Milan recorded during the lockdown.

The documents on display are kept in the Exhibition Fund in Cittadella degli Archivi, the photographs and part of the press review are on loan from PAC and Palazzo Reale, and the personal items and video have been granted by the Daverio family.

In fact, at the Cittadella degli Archivi is preserved the Fondo Mostre, a large fund with more than three hundred folders, which collects administrative documentary material of exhibitions and cultural initiatives organized by the City of Milan between the early 1970s and the 1990s. The exhibition is part of the InArchivio exhibition cycle, which since 2018 intends to acquaint the public with this material and recount past exhibitions held in the Lombard capital and its municipality.

Philippe Daverio has been one of the most representative figures in Milan’s cultural life: from 1993 to 1997 he was an alderman in the Formentini junta. Among the major exhibition projects he strongly desired and carried out are Alexej von Jawlensky, From Monet to Picasso, Richard Avedon and Homage to Leo Castelli, which were flanked by public events such as the Carnival of the Animals, during which the Lombard capital got to know the circus art from beyond the Alps, so dear to Daverio. Adding to the exhibitions and events are the restorations at the PAC and the choice of the Palazzo Reale as a new exhibition center of reference, especially the Sala delle Cariatidi, and the completion of work on the Nuovo Piccolo Teatro inaugurated in 1998.

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An exhibition entirely dedicated to Philippe Daverio. In Milan, but now only online

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