DE-SIGNO . The culture of Italian design before and after Leonardo
To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo, the Salone is paying homage to the eclectic Italian Renaissance genius not just in the city but also at the fairgrounds in Pavilion 24, with an installation that celebrates his work and especially his legacy to the art of design and savoir-faire.
The Salone del Mobile.Milano is renewing its powerful links with the city of Milan at its 58th edition with a homage to its most brilliant and eclectic ‘adopted son’, Leonardo da Vinci, in the form of an outstanding and hugely evocative installation, AQUA. Leonardo’s Vision at the Conca dell’Incoronata
It narrates a tiny fragment of the Renaissance and the future of Milan, certain to provide visitors with a memorable cultural and emotional experience.
The key word of the Salone del Mobile 2019 will be ” Ingenuity “, the ability to look ahead to reinterpret and rediscover
Ingenuity, that is “intelligence that fuels creativity”, a way of paying homage to Leonardo da Vinci on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death.
Marking the 30th anniversary of the arrival in Milan of Andy Warhol’s The Last Supper debut in Milan, the Museo del Novecento in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery presented ” The Sixty Last Suppers” a powerful work by Warhol, which approaches the scale of Leonardo’s original
It was the last of a series of repeated series of series including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Mona Lisa, the painting focuses on the image of an architecturally framed space – the dining room – rather than on a single iconic figure.
The presentation anticipates the 2019 project called “Milan and the Legacy of Leonardo 1519-2019,” which will celebrate 500 years since da Vinci’s death.
Curated by Martina Mondadori Sartogo – ‘Passeggiata: An Airbnb experience of Milan’ – is Airbnb’s Milan Design Week project that took over the Casa degli Atellani.
From 15 April to July 19, 2015, Palazzo Reale, Milan is presenting the largest exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci ever held in Italy,
Entitled “Leonardo 1452-1519”, the exhibition, explores the central themes of the multi-faceted work of Leonardo: the drawings; the reflection on the arts and on the antiquity; the great innovation of the “motions of the mind”; the focus on utopian projects and the mechanical automation.
It includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and manuscripts, brought together from the finest museums in the world, amongst which the British Museum in London, the Uffizi in Florence, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana ( Library) in Milan, housed along with the Pinoteca Ambroisiana (Art Gallery)…
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