The collection of the Milan Triennale is enriched with new works thanks to the support of Gucci. Four, in particular, are the new acquisitions: these are works by Giorgio de Chirico, Franco Mazzucchelli, Marcello Maloberti and Luisa Lambri, the result of a curatorial choice that rimpinguishes the institution’s heritage, with the intention of renewing its link with its history, urban context and Italian art of the present.
The most emblematic is perhaps Giorgio de Chirico’s 1973 pictosculptural sketch, a preparatory work for the famous sculptural group I Bagni Misteriosi, created for the 15th International Exhibition and now an integral part of the Triennale garden. With this acquisition, displayed in the new spaces on the park level, the dialogue between the metaphysical artist and the very identity of the Triennale is renewed, in the sign of historical continuity.
Since May 13, along with De Chirico’s sketch, one can also see Marcello Maloberti’s intervention: with the work MILANO PORTAMI DOVE SONO, a site-specific neon installation placed on the facade of the Palazzo dell’Arte, the artist composes a declaration of love to Milan, to its complexity, and to its plural identity. The light-sentence, as is often the case in Maloberti’s works, is both intimate and public, enigmatic and direct: it establishes a threshold between inside and outside, between the real and imagined city. The work is part of an ideal triptych that also includes TRIENNALE VOCE and LUNA, installations placed in the Triennale garden.
The third artist involved is Franco Mazzucchelli, a leading figure in Italian experimentation of the second half of the 20th century, known for his inflatable installations and urban actions. Mazzucchelli’s relationship with the Triennale is historical: in 1973 he was the author of the first of his Sostituzioni, exhibited in the Salone d’Onore, and between 1979 and 1980 he participated in the 16th International Exhibition with the installation Urbano reale - urbano virtuale. The acquisition of one of his works, which follows the tribute exhibition set up in 2023 in the institution’s garden, consolidates this link and returns to the city an artistic voice that has always known how to dialogue with urban space and its contradictions.
Finally, the Triennale has commissioned a new project from Luisa Lambri, whose artistic research explores the relationship between architecture, perception, abstract photography, identity and memory. Lambri, known for her ability to reveal space through fragments and details, will present in 2026 a series of new works inspired by the architecture of the Palazzo dell’Arte designed by Giovanni Muzio. It will be an intimate and poetic reading, offering an unprecedented point of view on the rationalist structure that houses the Triennale: a visual reflection on the way space inhabits us, shapes us, and tells us.
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