Manhole cover art in Tortona.

Until the end of November, decorative cast iron panels mounted in the pavement will turn the streets of Milan’s Tortona district into an open-air exhibition entitled “Sopra il Sotto” (Over the Under). On display are 30 works of “Tombino Art”...

Van Cleef opens in Milan

The historic jewellery house Van Cleef & Arpels opens a shop in the chic Montenapoleone area of Milan in Via Pietro Verri 10 on 24 June. It is the first Van Cleef retail outlet in Italy. The Paris-based jewellers, which...

Restoration of Castello Sforzesco.

On 12 June the city council approved two projects involving the renovation and restoration of Castello Sforzesco by March 2011. The first project concerns the restoration of the façades of the Ducal Court, the Rocchetta courtyard and the Cortina Sud,...

Street theatre on the Navigli.

Twenty-six villages on the Naviglio Grande and Naviglio Martesana rivers in the province of Milan will be turned into open-air stages for a series of street theatre performances throughout the summer. Single street artists and larger groups of clowns, acrobats and...

American School students design world currency

Whilst it may only be the subject of idealistic dreams for some, ten digital arts students from The American School of Milan have helped make the concept of the “United World Future Currency” a reality. In anticipation of EXPO 2015, to...

Milan cathedral rooftop concerts

Milan’s Duomo is holding a series of five concerts on the cathedral rooftop in June and July this year. The first, on 10 June, is by special invitation only, while 70 of the 500 seats at the other concerts on...

Napoleon statue returns to the Brera.

5 May-31 Dec 2009. The plaster cast of the emperor Napoleon as the divinity Mars the Peacemaker by Antonio Canova has returned to the Brera art gallery (Pinacoteca) following restoration by the Florentine restorer Daniele Angellotto. It stands in the...

Summer trips along the Navigli.

1 May-27 Sept 2009. In mid April five boats left Locarno in Switzerland and navigated over 400 miles along ancient waterways, across the Ticino river, Lake Maggiore and the Naviglio Grande canal to arrive in Milan for the summer trips...

All about rubber.

The National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci has been restyled and inaugurates a new interactive area for adults and children dedicated to the world of rubber. Rubber, which is essential for the world’s economy, is explained in...

Unbinding Leonardo’s Atlantic Code.

Selected pages from Leonardo Da Vinci’s Atlantic Code, which is permanently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, will go on display in September in the church of S. Maria delle Grazie close to the refectory with Leonardo’s fresco of...