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MUSEO BAGATTI VALSECCHI, UNTIL 12 MARCH ▼ THE SEDUCTION OF BEAUTY

EXHIBITION The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum presents a selection of paintings from the Gastaldi Rotelli collection in the major exhibition entitled ‘La Seduzione del Bello. Capolavori Segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700" (“The Seduction of Beauty. Secret masterpieces between the 17th and 18th centuries”).

Fifty masterpieces leave their usual residence for the first time all together to enter the neo-Renaissance rooms of Via Gesù and enter into dialogue with the eclectic 15th and 16th century permanent collection that the brothers Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi assembled at the end of the 19th century. With this exhibition, the House Museum is thus configured as a “House of Collections“, creating an interesting as well as unprecedented reflection on the role of private collecting, its history and consequent valorisation and fruition in the contemporary age.

La Seduzione del Bello. Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700 Museo Bagatti Valsecchi. Via Gesù, 5. www.museobagattivalsecchi.org

PALAZZO REALE, UNTIL 26 FEBRUARY ▲ MAX ERNST'S FIRST RESTROSPECTIVE IN MILAN

ART For the first time in Italy a retrospective on Max Ernst, the painter, sculptor, engraver, poet and art theorist. “Pictor doctus”, profound connoisseur and visionary interpreter of the history of art, philosophy and science, Ernst is presented through this project as a “humanist” in a neo-Renaissance sense of the word. The exhibition will showcase more than 200 pieces, some never seen in Italy, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, illustrated books, jewellery from international museums, foundations and private collections.

MAX ERNST

Palazzo Reale. Piazza Duomo, 12. www.palazzorealemilano.it

PIRELLI HANGARBICOCCA, UNTIL 26 FEBRUARY THE SPATIAL RESEARCH OF BRUCE NAUMAN

CONTEMPORARY ART American sculptor, photographer, video artist and performance artist Bruce Nauman enters Pirelli HangarBicocca with an exhibition on spatial and architectural research. The works on display explore for the first time in their entirety his experiments in spatial experience, architectural approach, use of light, sound, language and video. In addition to several works already exhibited in London and Amsterdam, the exhibition includes a considerable selection of his famous corridors and rooms that highlight the relationships, developments and formal variations.

BRUCE NAUMAN: Neons Corridors Rooms Pirelli HangarBicocca. Via Chiese, 2. pirellihangarbicocca.org

RHO FAIRGROUNDS, 17-20 FEBRUARY

▲ THE WORLD OF BIJOUX, TRENDY JEWELLERY AND FASHION ACCESSORIES

HOMI Fashion&Jewels is the trendy fair dedicated to bijou, trendy jewellery and fashion accessories. An event to present collections and proposals for fashion accessories in view of the upcoming season, with particular attention to ready-to-wear fashion. A showcase that among companies, established and emerging designers, artists and creative people hosts 400 brands, one third of which come from abroad. www.homimilano.com

RHO FAIRGROUNDS, 19-22 FEBRUARY

▼ THE WORLD OF LEATHER GOODS MEETS IN MILAN

Happening twice a year at Rho fairground, in contemporary with Milano Fashion Week Women’s and other events related to the world of fashion and accessories, MIPEL is the world’s leading international leather-goods show. Bags, luggage, wallets and the full spectrum of leather accessories from over 300 international brands become the absolute protagonists of the fair, which is now on its 123rd consecutive edition.

www.mipel.com

RHO FAIRGROUNDS, 19-22 FEBRUARY

▲ FOOTWEAR FAIR WALKS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

MICAM Milano, promoted by Assocalzaturifici, is the world’s leading footwear exhibition. A unique appointment of its kind, a reference point for international operators that twice a year presents the best footwear brands with the autumn/ winter collections in February and spring/summer in September. More than 1,700 shoe collections are on display at each edition, successfully merging business and fashion. themicam.com

SEVERAL LOCATIONS, 21-27 FEBRUARY

▼ TOP TRENDS FOR FEMAL FASHION

The Milan Fashion Week Women’s (Milano Moda Donna) and related events make their comeback to Milan. Considered one of the leading events in the world of fashion – together with New York, Paris and London fashion weeks – Milan’s Fashion Week is a widespread event revolving around different locations in the city where new trends in prêt-à-porter and accessories for Autumn/ Winter 2023-24 take centre stage. During the February edition, many events among runways, presentations, previews and side events animate various locations in Milan. Access to the events is upon invitation only.

www.cameramoda.it