Milano Art Week 2026: today's exhibitions and must-see stops in Milan

Milano Art Week 2026: today's exhibitions to see

Milano Art Week 2026 fills the city with openings across galleries, museums and independent spaces. Below is a practical guide to the day's highlights, aimed at professionals, art lovers and curious visitors.

• Galleria Tommaso Calabro – Opening of See You, a group show focused on portraiture: the Milan venue presents works on paper, while the Venice location (opening 5 May) will host selected paintings. The Milan space also debuts the project room Innamorato/Furioso by Alessandro Miotti, which examines desire and social tensions through his cowboy figures.

• Thaddaeus Ropac (Palazzo Belgioioso) – Dialogues are mostly fried snowballs, a two-part retrospective staging an intellectual exchange between Marcel Duchamp's avant-garde practice and Sturtevant's reinterpretations.

• Museo Poldi Pezzoli – Meraviglie del Grand Tour, juxtaposing the museum's collections with Giovanni Paolo Panini's 18th-century masterpiece Roma Antica (from the MET) and the video work Tutti gli DÈI by Ferzan Ozpetek.

• Museo Bagatti Valsecchi – Depero Space to Space. The creation of memory, where the Renaissance collection interacts with Fortunato Depero's multidisciplinary objects, recalling the Futurist Casa d'Arte in Rovereto.

• Galleria Raffaella De Chirico – Solo show by Angelo Gallo: Libera circolazione entro fragili confini, a multimedia journey touching on body, memory and inner transformation.

• Building – Three exhibitions across the venue: GIOVANNI CAMPUS. Tempo e passione (a tribute to the artist 1929-2025), Elena El Asmar's solo Le Fantasmagoriche, and the Building Box textile installation Anime by Antonio Marras.

• Istituto Svizzero, GAM, PAC, Fondazione Luigi Rovati, Galleria Fumagalli, Acquario Civico – Additional recommended stops near the Indro Montanelli gardens and the city centre, featuring temporary projects and exhibitions.

Practical tips: the suggested route starts from Corso Italia, near Santa Sofia metro stop; continue towards the Duomo and the Indro Montanelli gardens to reach several key venues. Check opening hours and booking requirements in advance to plan your day efficiently.

Milano Art Week 2026 is an excellent moment to combine contemporary practices with historical collections: pick the venues that match your interests and organize your visit ahead of time.