Artworks & exhibitions in Milan - example

Anthony McCall & 10 of his best solid light works

Installations, Light Installations / 5 minutes of reading
Who is Anthony McCall Anthony McCall is a pioneering artist in ‘solid light’ installations. His works have been exhibited worldwide and always mesmerizing with the use of natural elements, light, fire and space to create art. McCall was born in England in 1946. He studied graphic design and photography at Ravensbourne College of Art …

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These are Anselm Kiefer’s teetering towers

Architecture, Paintings, Sculptures / 6 minutes of reading
Anselm Kiefer’s abandoned 200-acre studio, Barjac, France German artist Anselm Kiefer has long maintained a studio at Barjac in southern France, where he assembled his large sculptures and painted some of his dark, disturbing canvases. Now he has abandoned the site, with the wish that it be allowed to “revert to nature.” People exploring the …

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Lucio Fontana’s concetto spaziale – Mesmerizing neon installations

Installations, Light Installations / 9 minutes of reading
About Lucio Fontana The Argentine-Italian artist Lucio Fontana dedicated his entire artistic career to exploring the concepts of space, light, and void as well as the cosmos through the use of an assortment of materials such as plaster, stones, ceramics, paint, and cement. In 1946, he founded the Altamira academy in Argentina and, along with …

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Carsten Höller’s slides: A fun way to experience museums

Architecture, Sculptures / 9 minutes of reading
Carsten Höller & his work Carsten Höller is well known for playfully including his slide installations in major museums across the world. Höller, formerly a scientist with a degree in agronomy, is famous for repurposing real-world components, such as slides, for art spaces. The majority of his works feature aesthetics that are relational, meaning that …

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Thomas Demand’s Grotto – 52 tons of cardboard cut into 900,000 pieces

Photography, Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading
Thomas Demand has ignited the imaginations and adventurous sides of viewers with his photography piece, titled Grotto. Pulling viewers into an underground cavern covered in beautiful bright stalactites and stalagmites, art lovers find themselves in the center of the earth. However, if viewers look a little deeper, they will find much more with Grotto …

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Damián Ortega’s Cosmic Thing – Entire Volkswagen Beetle dissected

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
About Damián Ortega Damián Ortega was born in Mexico City in 1967. He now divides his time between Mexico City and Berlin. He has gained a world-renowned reputation as his works have been exhibited internationally. His art career began as a political cartoonist, which has influenced his more recent work, as is evident in the …

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Elmgreen & Dragset’s Short-Cut looks like an accident scene

Installations / 7 minutes of reading
Berlin-based artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset have carved their career out of fixation with objects and their settings and what happens when those particular objects are recontextualized in the name of art. In this instance, the duo was commissioned by Fondazione Nicola Trussardi to create a large-scale installation for Milan’s quintessential shopping mall, Galleria …

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