Enfilade

Now on view at Palazzo Reale:

Piermarini in Milan: The Drawings of Foligno / Piermarini a Milano: I disegni di Foligno
Palazzo Reale, Milan, 30 May — 28 July 2024

Curated by Alessia Alberti, Emanuele De Donno, Marcello Fagiolo, Simone Percacciolo, Marisa Tabarrini, Italo Tomassoni, and Paolo Verducci

This summer Palazzo Reale presents Piermarini in Milan: The Drawings of Foligno, highlighting the evolution of the architect Giuseppe Piermarini (1734–1808), one of the leading Italian architects of the 18th century, whose neoclassical imprint can still be admired in the most significant buildings of Milan and Lombardy today. The exhibition immerses the viewer in preparatory drawings—sourced from the Piermarini Fund in his hometown of Foligno—ranging from early studies in Rome to major works in Lombardy, with particular attention to Milan and Palazzo Reale. Architectural models on loan from Palazzo Trinci in Foligno and the Museo Teatrale della Scala will also be displayed. The exhibition falls within the initiatives of enhancement aimed by Palazzo Reale as a member of the ARRE network — Association des Résidences Royales Européennes, which brings together approximately thirty royal residences in Europe.