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.
Evento
No parking day – Festa di via Orti. Somaini in progress
On the occasion of the No-Parking day, promoted by the Municipality of Milan in conjunction with the Festa di via Orti and at the opening of the “Milano Green Week”, the Foundation is organizing two guided tours of its spaces, where the new exhibition “Beyond the garden. Nature in the work of Francesco Somaini” is […]
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Beyond the garden. The Nature in the artworks of Francesco Somaini
Fondazione Somaini The exhibition, entitled Beyond the Garden. Nature in the artwork of Francesco Somaini, set up in the Foundation in conjunction with the “Milan Green Week”, through a series of unpublished works, aims to highlight the artist’s great attention towards Nature throughout his entire creative activity and in especially in the 70s. Starting from […]
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L’intime, de la chambre aux réseaux sociaux
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris Is privacy threatened today or, on the contrary, is it becoming tyrannical to the detriment of the public sphere? What do the objects of our daily lives tell us about our relationship with the intimate and the way in which it has evolved since the 19th century? Presented in the […]
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Pubblicazioni
Pubblications
Catalogue Raisonnée of the paintings – coming soon Once the systematic cataloging of Somaini’s paintings, conducted by Luisa Somaini and Chiara Rampoldi, has been completed, the Catalog raisonné of the painting is published online. The artist’s pictorial production, carried out exclusively between 1950 and 1965, stands at around 200 titles, linked to the creation of […]
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