Events

22Oct

SIDE-BY-SIDE DIALOGUES

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12.30

Fondazione Somaini - Ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3

TALK BY RESERVATION Talk with Maria Loreta Pagnani (communication designer), Mario Piazza (architect and graphic designer), Luisa Somaini (president of Francesco Somaini Foundation). In the 1970s, with Operation Arcevia, architects, artists and intellectuals imagined an existential community in the Marche…

24Oct

OPERAZIONE MILANO. CARTOLINE DAL FUTURO

10.00-13.00

Fondazione Somaini - Ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3

WORKSHOP BY RESERVATION In the context of the exhibition Ri-Leggere Operazione Arcevia, Marta Magagnini and Maria Loreta Pagnani will hold the workshop Operazione Milano. Cartoline dal futuro on October 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Fondazione Somaini.…

16May

Piano City Milano 2026

Free

10:30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31

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…

5Jun

What’s Not There. Unreleased works from Francesco Somaini’s creative workshop

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ore 18.00

corso di Porta Vigentina 31, Milano (ingresso per i visitatori da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

ARCHIVISSIMA 2026 The eleventh edition of The Night of the Archives will take place on June 5, 2026, involving archives throughout Italy. The Night of the Archives, sponsored by the ANAI (Italian National Association of Archives), is part of the…

15Apr

Francesco Somaini, Corpo Urbano: From Sculpture to the City

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ore 18.00

Fondazione Luigi Rovati (corso Venezia 52, Milano)

Art conversations On Wednesday, April 15, at 6:00 pm at the Rovati Foundation, for the series Conversazioni d’arte, curated by Johan & Levi in collaboration with the Luigi Rovati Foundation, Fulvio Irace (professor emeritus of the Milan Polytechnic and editor…

16Apr

Milano ArtWeek 13-19 April 2026 – Guided tour

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Thursday 16th April, 5 p.m.; Friday 17th April, 1 p.m.; Saturday 18th April, 11 a.m.

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI – SOMAINI ON THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO In conjunction with Milan Art Week, the Somaini Foundation is organizing special curator-led tours of the exhibition Somaini on the Edge of the Volcano. The Magical Etna Series. Tribute to…

27Feb

Museocity 27 February-5 March 2026 – Museo segreto and guided tours at the Foundation

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Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

SOMAINI SULL’ORLO DEL VULCANO e CORPO URBANO per MUSEO SEGRETO On the occasion of Museocity 2026, the Foundation is organizing guided tours of the exhibition Somaini on the Edge of the Volcano. The Magic Etna Series. Homage to Maria Corti,…

1Sep

SOMAINI ON THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO. The Magical Etna graphic series. Homage to Maria Corti

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (entrata da Via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

Following the summer break, the Fondazione Francesco Somaini Scultore ETS will reopen to the public on 9 October 2025 with a presentation of an exhibition dedicated to one of the artist’s most intense graphic series, created at the end of…

30May

Closure of the exhibition

Free

10:00

Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31

“I live here in the countryside, surrounded by books and magazines, and the ever-changing shapes of leaves, plants, and animal life: this environment greatly benefits my research and character, but it also has its limits.” The exhibition Beyond the Garden.…

24May

Piano City Milano 2025

Free

09:30

Milan, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31

On the occasion of the event Piano City Milano 2025, the Francesco Somaini Foundation, in collaboration with Fai, is pleased to announce that it will be possible to attend a concert by Adriano Bassi and Antonietta Incardona with a tribute…

20Apr

Happy Easter from the Foundation!

10:00

Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (Milan)

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Easter and to inform you that the Foundation will be closed to the public on 22, 23, 24 April and 2 May, reopening on 5 May. We look…

22Mar

FAI Spring Days. Somaini in Lomazzo

Free

15:30

Lomazzo (Como)

22 – 23 March 2025 The Somaini Foundation is pleased to take part in the FAI Spring Days on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 March 2025. The FAI Delegation of Como and the Young FAI Group of Como invite you…

2Mar

Museocity March 2-8, 2025 – Guided tours in the Foundation

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Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

BEYOND THE GARDEN. NATURE IN THE WORK OF FRANCESCO SOMAINI On the occasion of Museocity, the Foundation is organizing guided tours of the exhibition Beyond the Garden. Nature in the Work of Francesco Somaini in which it will be possible…

1Apr

Milano ArtWeek April 1-5, 2025 – Guided tours in the Foundation

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11.00

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI – BEYOND THE GARDEN On the occasion of Milan ArtWeek, the Somaini Foundation organizes special curator-led visits to the exhibition BEYOND THE GARDEN. NATURE IN THE WORK OF FRANCESCO SOMAINI, set up in its spaces until May 31,…

17Dec

Presentation of the monographic issue of the magazine “ARTE CRISTIANA”Somaini and the sacred. Themes, projects, achievements

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18.00

Corso di Porta Vigentina 31 (accesso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

On Tuesday 17 December at 6:00 pm, the Foundation presents the latest issue of the prestigious research magazine “Arte Cristiana”, founded in 1913 by ms. Celso Costantini and soon entrusted to the Scuola Beato Angelico, dedicated to the sacred art…

17Nov

Presentation of the book “Here is elsewhere. Of the Sacred and the spiritual in contemporary art”

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17.00

FONDAZIONE CULTURALE SAN FEDELE-SALA RICCI, piazzetta San Fedele 4, Milano

As part of BookCity, at the Fondazione Culturale San Fedele in Milan, on Sunday 17 November at 5:00 p.m., the event Between matter and spirit: contemporary art and elsewhere will be held, with the presentation of the volume Here is…

19Nov

Presentation of the book “Porta Vittoria, what a story!”

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18.30

TEATRO FRANCO PARENTI, via Pier Lombardo 14, Milano

At the Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan, on Tuesday 19 November at 6:30 pm, the presentation of the volume Porta Vittoria, che storia!, edited by Stefania Aleni and published by Quattro, will take place. A pleasant and useful book for…

22Sep

No parking day – Festa di via Orti. Somaini in progress

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16.00, 17.00

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

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,…

18May

Piano City Milano 2024

Free

10.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31

The sculptor Somaini, after whom the Foundation is named, loved working while listening to music.We are therefore particularly pleased to announce that on the occasion of the Piano City Milano 2024 event, inside the courtyard of the building owned by the FAI which…

11Apr

Fondazioni per il patrimonio – Guided tour in collaboration with FAI Milano

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18.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI. AT THE ORIGIN OF THE SACRED For the “Foundations for Heritage” cycle, the Somaini Foundation organizes, in collaboration with the FAI Giovani of Milan, a visit guided by Professor Luisa Somaini to the exhibition currently underway in its…

20May

Talk – Somaini and the sacred. History of the Descent of the Holy Spirit for Bergamo

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15.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

As part of the exhibition Francesco Somaini. At the origins of the sacred, where a work recently found in the collections of the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo is presented, the Foundation proposes a cycle of conferences aimed at summarizing in great…

13May

Talk – Somaini and the sacred. Mosaics that tend towards the absolute

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15.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

As part of the exhibition Francesco Somaini. At the origins of the sacred, where a work recently found in the collections of the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo is presented, the Foundation proposes a cycle of conferences aimed at summarizing in…

8Apr

Milano ArtWeek 2024 – Visite guidate in Fondazione (8-13 aprile)

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11.00

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI. ALLE ORIGINI DEL SACRO On the occasion of Milan ArtWeek, the Somaini Foundation organizes special curator-led visits to the exhibition Francesco Somaini. At the origins of the sacred, set up in its spaces until 30 June 2024. The…

1Mar

Museocity 1-5 marzo 2024 – Talk and Guided tours at the Foundation

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15.00

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

WORLDS IN MILAN. FRANCESCO SOMAINI. AT THE ORIGIN OF THE SACRED The theme of the “sacred” in Somaini arises from a reflection on the processes of regeneration, transformation, death and rebirth, in which the mystery and dimension of an ineliminable…

18Apr

Fuorisalone 2024 – Guided tours in Somaini Foundation (18-20 april)

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11.00

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI. AT THE ORIGIN OF THE SACRED On the occasion of the Fuorisalone 2024, the Somaini Foundation organizes special curator-led visits to the Francesco Somaini exhibition. At the origins of the sacred, set up in its spaces until 30…

19Feb

SOMAINI E IL SACRO. Temi, progetti, realizzazioni

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9.30-12.30, 14.30-18.00

Sala dei Milanesi Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano (ingresso da Piazza Duomo, 20 – Milano, primo piano)

To complement the exhibition Francesco Somaini. At the origins of the sacred, open until 30 June 2024 at the Francesco Somaini Scultore Foundation ETS in Milan, the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano hosts a day of studies to delve…

14Dec

”A meeting to get to know Luigi Meda, “master of democracy”

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17.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

In collaboration with the Circolo di Cultura Giancarlo Puecher, a meeting to remember the figure of Luigi Meda, lawyer, exponent of the Resistance, constituent father, deputy, councilor and deputy mayor of Milan, a leading Ambrosian personality, for Puecher an authentic…

8May

Corso per Curatore di Archivio d’Artista Giornata di Approfondimento “LA SCULTURA E I MULTIPLI”

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9.30-18.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3) - AitArt, corso di Porta Nuova 16

AitArt, in collaboration with the Francesco Somaini Scultore Foundation, presents a day of in-depth study of the Training Course for Artist Archive Curator, entirely dedicated to sculpture and some peculiarities of multiples. The course, open to all interested parties, will…

27Apr

Fondazioni per il patrimonio – Visita guidata in collaborazione con FAI Milano

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18.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI. IMMAGINARE SCULTURA 2. LA PITTURA (1950-1965) Somaini dedicated himself to painting between 1950 and 1965, using various techniques, such as graffiti on wood, enamels on sheet metal recovered with a blowtorch and inks on canvas. The exhibition itinerary,…

15Apr

Milano ArtWeek 2023 – Guided visits in Foundation

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10.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

FRANCESCO SOMAINI. IMMAGINARE SCULTURA 2. LA PITTURA (1950-1965) Somaini dedicated himself to painting between 1950 and 1965, using various techniques, such as graffiti on wood, enamels on sheet metal recovered with a blowtorch and inks on canvas. The exhibition itinerary,…

3Mar

Museocity 3 e 4 marzo 2023 – Visite guidate in Fondazione

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13.00

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

LA LUCE NELLE OPERE: FRANCESCO SOMAINI. IMMAGINARE SCULTURA 2. LA PITTURA (1950-1965) Somaini si dedica alla pittura tra il 1950 e il 1965, utilizzando diverse tecniche, come il graffito su tavola, gli smalti su lamiera ripresa con la fiamma ossidrica…

17Nov

Francesco Somaini. Beyond the sculpture: the city

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18.00

Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 Milano (ingresso da via Cassolo di fronte al civico n. 3)

Du Durante l’incontro sarà illustrata la riflessione dell’artista sul rapporto tra scultura, architettura e contesto During the meeting, the artist’s reflection on the relationship between sculpture, architecture and urban context will be illustrated, which began in the second half of…

13Oct

Francesco Somaini. Presentation of the Catalogue raisonné of sculpture

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18.00

Museo del Novecento, Sala Fontana (piazza Duomo, 8 Milano)

Chronologically ordered and divided according to the different operational typologies of the very wide creative activity of Francesco Somaini (Lomazzo 1926 – Como 2005), the volume constitutes a new privileged point of view for getting to know the entire development…

21Oct

Museocity InTour – Guided tours in Foundation

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10.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

On the occasion of Museocity InTour (, routes The sculpture and Porta Romana) it is possible to visit the exhibition Somaini and Milan. Beyond the sculpture: the city set up in Foundation until 6 November. The exhibition, curated by Fulvio…

7Oct

In the footsteps of Francesco Somaini. Monumental works in the area

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18.00

Biblioteca Parco Sempione. Via Cervantes (Zona Montetordo) - Parco Sempione, Milano

During the meeting, the monumental works of Somaini performed in the area will be illustrated to discover an exceptional “outside exhibition”, led by the brochure published on the occasion of “Somaini and Milan”. Starting with the great reason created for…

25Nov

Presentation of Francesco Somaini Catalogue raisonné of the sculpture

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18.30

Milano, Corso di Porta Vigentina, 31 (ingresso da via Cassolo, di fronte al civico n. 3)

Francesco Somaini Foundation presents SOMAINI. Catalogue raisonné of the sculpture, curated by Enrico Crispolti and Luisa Somaini, and edited by Skira. AttendLuisa Somaini President of the FoundationFrancesco Tedeschi and Fulvio Irace Scientific Board of the FoundationLuca Pietro Nicoletti Scientific Board…