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n a city as cosmopolitan and open to to look at the large white apple made of permanent open-air museum immersed
innovation as Milan, it is no surprise that ‘L.O.V.E.’ marble powder and metal in the middle of in a marvellous natural setting stretches out
art finds a place even in unconventional PIAZZA AFFARI it. It’s “La Mela Reintegrata” by Michelangelo for more than a kilometre, with sculptures by
locations, in dialogue with nature and urban The name of this large statue outside the Pistoletto, a curious allegory of a future in contemporary artists of international renown;
architectures, blending in with them. Thanks to Milan Stock Exchange is the acronym for which science and technology finally blend it is known as the “Park of Art”.
Ithe Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities “libertà, odio, vendetta, eternità” (i.e.freedom, with nature. >> Discover more on
and Tourism, which has carried out an official mapping hatred, revenge, eternity), but the real luoghidelcontemporaneo.beniculturali.it
of public art in Italy, now those who love spending a meaning of the middle finger of sculptor
pleasant time outside and who don’t have time on their Maurizio Cattelan is intentionally ambiguous. ‘Grande Disco’,
PIAZZA MEDA
side can find the visiting experience to suit them, to A provocation? You be the judge of that!
discover the sites of contemporary art in Milan. The distinctive style of Arnaldo Pomodoro is
immediately recognisable in the large bronze
Graffiti work a few yards from the Quadrilateral of
“Needle, Thread and Knot” Graffiti are among the undisputed protagonists Fashion. “Grande Disco” (Large Disk) is an
PIAZZA CADORNA of Milanese contemporary art. All areas of the abstract representation of man, previously
Places that are at a distance from each other, such as city, particularly those around the San Siro inscribed in a circle by Leonardo da Vinci.
the fountain and the square of Cadorna Station, are Racecourse, are dotted with masterpieces by
joined together virtually by a yellow, red and green the exponents of local street art. Look out for
needle and knotted thread, a metaphor for the lines them; they deserve much more than a photo. ‘Il grande Toscano’
of the Milanese underground, which connected up PIAZZA DEL CARMINE
the city as early as the 1990s. This is the meaning of In the heart of Brera, contemporary art is in
the imposing work by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Bagni Misteriosi dialogue with that of the past in the large
van Bruggen that is visible outside Cadorna railway GARDENS OF THE TRIENNALE bronze statue of classical inspiration designed
station. Two swimmers, a swan, a platform, a cabin by Igor Mitoraj. The church of the Carmine
and a fountain stand out, immersed in a in the background with the bust of the Great
small swimming pool, in the heart of the Tuscan in front of it is an image with a powerful
‘Egg’ park around the Triennale Milano. The visual impact.
PIAZZA GAE AULENTI work, created by Giorgio de Chirico, refers to
the artist’s childhood in Greece.
A glass ogival structure designed by Alberto Garutti
at the foot of the UniCredit Tower reveals 23 chromed Parco dell’Arte
brass tubes, which, almost like long trumpets, create La Mela Reintegrata IDROSCALO
communication - also in sound terms - between CENTRAL STATION Just a few minutes from the city, the Idroscalo
different storeys of the building that are apparently Heading towards the square outside the is a great idea for a trip into nature. Along
distant and without any relationship with each other. Piazza Gae Aulenti Central Station, why not stop for a while the banks of the reservoir for swimming, a Stazione Centrale

Piazza Cadorna

Idroscalo Piazza Meda Piazza del Carmine

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