Modern and Contemporary Art

MUDEC - Klimt Experience (Oct. 20th 2017 – Jan. 7th 2018)

The MUDEC (“Museo delle culture” – “Museum of Cultures”) presents a permanent collection that offers a journey in different historical times and cultural heritages covering from the 17th century to today. Since this part of the museum is for free up until December 31st 2017 I really suggest to check it out: it is really interesting and peculiar.
The MUDEC is also known for its temporary exhibitions and currently presents an amazing one: the “Klimt Experience” (up to January 7th 2018). It allows you to re-experience through images and sound the historical background of the artist’s life and work: the music and the beauty of the artist’s paintings will blow you away!

The MUDEC is open 7 days a week. On Monday from  2.30 pm to 7.30 pm; on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm. On Thursday and Saturday it is open from 9.30 am to 10.30 pm.
Tickets for the Klimt exhibition are separate from the ones for the permanent collection: they’re 10€ for visitors between 14 and 26 years old the whole week and 6€ on Tuesdays for university students with a valid ID/badge. Otherwise it costs 12€.

In addition to this, on Thursday nights there’s the possibility of buying a combined ticket that includes a typically Italian “aperitivo” and the the ticket to the exhibition. It costs 18€. 
They are available online at:http://www.ticket24ore.it/eng/event/klimt-experience/1787

Galleria d’Arte Moderna – GAM​​

As the name itself underlines the “Galleria d’Arte Moderna” -  GAM / “Gallery of Modern Art” focuses on this artistic period in a great way. Located on the first and second floor of Villa Reale it presents Modern art with a great spectrum of artistic techniques (painting, sculpture and more) and artists: Italian Francesco Hayez, Medardo Rosso, Antonio Canova but also futurists like Boccioni and Balla. Furthermore, big international names are also present: Picasso, Renoir and Matisse just to name a few.

In my opinion, the Villa Reale building on its own is really worth the visit, you’ll be amazed by the beauty of the exteriors and interiors: my personal favorite is called the “ sala del Parnaso”/ “Parnassus hall”. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of it, you should really take a couple of minutes to take it in.

The GAM is open from Tuesday to Sunday and it’s part of “Musei Civici” of Milan.
The opening hours are the following: from 9 am to 5:30 pm. The discount ticket for university students is 3€, otherwise it costs 5€. There’s also the possibility to enter with a free admission: every day one hour before closing and every Tuesday from 2 pm. Tickets are available online at: https://partnershop.ticketone.it/spl-civicimilano/#/

​Fondazione Prada

Robert Gober, Creek Bed, 2014-2015. Photo Attilio Maranzano. Courtesy Fondazione Prada

​If you’re interested in contemporary art you cannot miss this space by the Prada fashion house. Many of its exhibitions have a strong tone and use very innovative and modern technologies.
Most of them are temporary but the permanent ones are very interesting. They are the “Processo grottesco”/ “Grotesque Process” by Thomas Demand and the “Casa degli Spiriti”/ “Haunted House”: here pieces by Robert Gobert and Louise Bourgeois fit perfectly with the environment to give that sense of anguish and tension of what felt like a modern horror movie. Make sure you make a reservation for the latter when you purchase your tickets: it takes four flights of stairs but it’s definitely worth it!
In addition to all of this, I would suggest to visit Fondazione Prada just for the architecture itself. Its modernity and beauty are definitely worth the trip, mostly the golden plated building which is truly mesmerizing and totally Instagram material!

Finally, if you’re tired from all the walking and looking around, the Bar Luce will give a unique space to restore: designed by director Wes Anderson, it brings you straight into a bar of the “old Milano”. I personally loved it!
Prada recently opened another venue in Galleria Corso Vittorio Emanuele II called “Fondazione Prada Osservatorio” focused on photography and visual languages: the location itself it’s worthwhile since it is on the fifth and sixth floors of one of the buildings that form the Galleria itself.

The Fondazione Prada is closed on Tuesdays, while the Osservatorio is open 7 days a week. The Fondazione Prada is open on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 am to 8 pm and on  Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am 9 pm.

​The Osservatorio is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and on Friday from 2 pm to 8 pm while on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm. The admission is 8€ for students under 26 years old, otherwise 10€.  The admission to the Fondazione Prada allows one free entrance to Osservatorio within 7 days and vice-versa. Tickets are available online here: http://ticketing.fondazioneprada.org/ticketing/UIPublic/home2.aspx?LOCATION=Milano

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