Exhibitions to See This Spring in Milan

Exhibitions to See This Spring in Milan

Milan's spring calendar offers a mix of historical retrospectives and contemporary installations. Below is a concise selection of exhibitions, with venues and dates to help plan your visits.

• Man Ray. "M for Dictionary" — Gió Marconi / Fondazione Marconi, April 11 – July 24, 2026.

  A major retrospective covering the artist's photography, painting and objects, organised as a visual dictionary. The show explores connections between words, images and objects and includes works by contemporary gallery artists in dialogue with Man Ray's legacy.

• Romane de Watteville. "I’ll miss you when I scroll away" — Istituto Svizzero, April 15 – July 4, 2026.

  The artist's first solo show in Italy: an environmental installation made of double-sided painted screens that create a quasi-labyrinthine route. The figurative painting references art history, film and contemporary visual culture to reflect on perceptual fragmentation in digital life.

• Pietro Roccasalva. "Io ti saluto, luce, ma con nervi offesi" — MASSIMODECARLO, March 5 – April 19, 2026.

  New paintings alongside recurring motifs—imaginary landscapes, paradoxical still lifes and enigmatic figures—examining painting's ability to link individual time with the endurance of images through mythic and autobiographical references.

• The Second Shadow. Dozie Kanu Mirroring Marc Camille Chaimowicz — Fondazione ICA, March 19 – May 23, 2026.

  A dialogue between two room-based installations: Chaimowicz's historical work and a new site-specific intervention by Dozie Kanu. The exhibition probes themes of doubling, inheritance and the circulation of forms.

• Cao Fei. "Dash" — Fondazione Prada, April 9 – September 28, 2026.

  A multimedia project combining video, photography, virtual reality and archival materials, based on field research into smart-agriculture in southern China and Southeast Asia. It questions how digital technologies reshape labor, territory and food production.

• Social Unrest — Matta, April 13 – September 12, 2026.

  Curated around contemporary uprisings and their historical precedents, the show brings together international artists and a barricade-like installation to prompt critical reflection on the structural causes of social conflict.

Practical tips: check opening hours and booking requirements on each venue's official site, allow 60–90 minutes for larger exhibitions, and verify accessibility options if needed.