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Expo to nourish the mind with art

Expo to nourish the mind with art

Shows include Leonardo, Giotto, modernist sculptors, dinosaurs

Milan, 21 January 2015, 14:22

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With 100 days to go the beginning of Expo 2015, all eyes tend to remain focused on the major infrastructure aspects of the project (and whether or not everything will be ready on time). But there is another aspect, which has been quietly developed out of the limelight: a rich calendar of cultural events, organized by the city together with the chamber of commerce, that will take place during the six-month Expo period, which begins May 1.
    During a press conference Tuesday in Milan's Palazzo Reale - one of the Lombard capital's leading exhibit venues - Mayor Giuliano Pisapia and Cultural Affairs Councilor Filippo Del Corno unveiled an eclectic program including exhibits on powerhouses like Leonardo da Vinci and Giotto, as well as on modernist sculptors, food, photography and even dinosaurs.
    In opening remarks, Pisapia said the calendar was an example "of the passion that culture and art can generate in our city." Throughout the Expo period, with theses events, "Milan speaks to the world. Our message of culture goes in the direction of rendering Milan ever more international." According to the mayor, some 20,000 events will be held in Milan over the Expo period.
    Pisapia pointed out that a strong cultural calendar is a key driver in the city's attractiveness to residents and tourists alike. Art and cultural events in 2014 helped bring in 500,000 more visitors than in 2013, Pisapia said, adding that an exhibit on Italian painter Giovanni Segantini, which ended January 18, alone had some 200,000 visits. "2015 is the year in which the world will be in Milan and Milan will be in the world, which is what the first two exhibits are essentially about," said Dal Corno, presenting the details of the events calendar. "Mondi a Milano" ("The world comes to Milan", March 26-July 19) and "Africa" (March 26-August 30) are both concerned with Milan's relationship with the outside world. "Mondi a Milano," which will inaugurate the city's new Museum of Cultures, is about Milan's contact and dialog with Africa and the Orient, as experienced through previous Expos (the city hosted the event three times, in 1881, 1894 and 1906).
    "Africa", instead, will help visitors get a better understanding of that continent's cultural heritage through 200 pieces that document the evolution of its art from the middle ages to the present.
    The exhibits on Da Vinci and Giotto (whose full name was Giotto di Bondone) seek to shed new light on what are two of the world's most famous artists.
    "Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519" (April 15-July 19 at Palazzo Reale), is "the largest exhibit dedicated to Leonardo ever realized in Italy," with pieces, designs and paintings on loan from international powerhouses like the Louvre and the Albert & Victoria museum, organizers said at the press conference. "Giotto, l'Italia. Da Assisi a Milano" ("Giotto and Italy.
    From Assisi to Milan") follows the master's works and travels throughout Italy, ending with his final creation, "Gloria del Mondo", realized in Milan.
    "These are two figures who are well known throughout the world but who are both still open to much research...Both found in Milan a fertile place for their creativity," Dal Corno said.
    Milan's role as creative hub is, in fact, the theme of another one of the program's key exhibits: "Arte lombarda dai Visconti agli Sforza: Milano al centro dell'Europa" ("Lombard art from the Visconti to the Sforza: Milan at the center of Europe"), which runs March 12-June 28, in Palazzo Reale.
    But, as Pisapia and Dal Corno pointed out in their introductory remarks, the calendar is rich with exhibits also on sculptors, including Italy's Medardo Rosso, photography, with an exhibit on Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, food (which is the theme of Expo itself) and even the dinosaurs: a dedicated exhibit at Milan's Natural History Museum, running from June through December, will focus on the international effort - including participation by the museum's staff - to reconstruct the skeleton of Spinosaurus, the largest predatory dinosaur to have existed. With such a rich cultural events calendar, perhaps Expo's tagline "Feeding the planet, energy for life" should be extended to include "and nourishment for the mind."

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