THE NEW
SOMAINI FOUNDATION
The Somaini Foundation is based in a complex owned by the FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) located at number 31 of Corso di Porta Vigentina. It is a well-preserved example of a “casa di ringhiera”, one of the typical social housing of old Milan, today rather rare. The building, which develops around a cobbled central courtyard and surrounded by galleries, overlooks Corso di Porta Vigentina and the medieval Via Cassolo.
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Somaini on the edge of the volcano. The Magical Etna series. Tribute to Maria Corti
Somaini Foundation The exhibition presents a wide and representative selection of ink drawings created in 1999 that make up the Magical Etna series, which is numerically significant (over 200 sheets) and of very high quality. Organised in collaboration with the Maria Corti Foundation of the University of Pavia, it celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the […]
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SOMAINI. PREMONIZIONI: l’arte del fotomontaggio
Biblioteca Braidense, Sala Maria Teresa, Milano For about ten years, starting in 1973, Francesco Somaini replaced his sculptor’s tools with photographic paper to make his battle against the decay of cities and regions under the pressure of rampant industrialization and the mirroring gentrification ofhistoric villages more incisive and persuasive. “Photomontage,” he argued, “has a power […]
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Piano City Milano 2026
On the occasion of Piano City Milano 2026, the Francesco Somaini Foundation, in collaboration with FAI, is pleased to announce the concert “Liebe und Leben” by Chiara Schmidt. This concert is dedicated to love, and not just the passionate love of the beginning. This program also explores conflict, memory, sadness, and all the conflicting emotions […]
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Pubblicazioni
Pubblications
Online catalogue raisonné of chalcographic works The catalogue raisonné of the sculptor’s engravings will soon be available online. It is compiled based on a systematic cataloguing of the sculptor’s engravings, conducted by Luisa Somaini and Chiara Rampoldi, who worked with archive material, which includes copies of every edition, photographs, and documents. This is a new […]
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