Works of modern and contemporary art

In 2012, Fondazione Fiera Milano set aside an annual Fund for the purchase of one or more art works, with the aim of developing and expanding its art heritage.

This confirms out commitment to supporting the world of art. The initiative of buying art works within the International Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Art miart, owned by Gruppo Fiera Milano S.p.A., was also conceived with the aim of contributing and supporting the event, that is an important attractor for Milan.

Today the collection consists of over one hundred fourty works representing different art languages: from painting to sculpture, from video to photography, from drawing to installation. A multiplicity of heterogeneous styles crossed by common themes, such as the relationship between nature and culture, the dynamics between vision and representation, the tensions between abstraction and figuration, between words and gestures, space and architecture.

140
works

preserved in the Palazzina degli Orafi

40
works

purchased by Associazione Amici di miart

500000
images

in addition to those of the web portal “Prospettiva Archivi”

The works

AN INTERNATIONAL JURY

All the works purchased with the Fund are currently guarded in the Palazzina degli Orafi, the headquarters of the Foundation, in Largo Domodossola.

Every year, an international jury chaired by the President of Fondazione Fiera Milano selects the works to purchase. The focus is on young artists, who express themselves with unconventional means.

2025

Diana Bracco, President of the Jury and Member of the Executive Committee of Fondazione Fiera Milano
Julia Blaut, Senior Director of Cultural Affairs at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Tone Hansen, Director of the Munch Museum
Adam Sheffer, Director at Magazzino Italian Art Museum

2024

Diana Bracco, President of the Jury and Member of the Executive Committee of Fondazione Fiera Milano
Moritz Wesseler, Director of Fridericianum, Kassel, 
Nicolas Trembley, Director of SYZ Collection, Geneva, 
Simon Castets, Director of Strategic Initiatives, LUMA Arles

2023

Diana Bracco, President of the Jury and Member of the Executive Committee of Fondazione Fiera Milano
Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre, Londra, 
Dirk Snauwaert, Director of WIELS, Bruxelles 
Bettina Steinbrügge, General Director of Mudam Luxembour

2022

Diana Bracco, Member of the Executive Committee of Fondazione Fiera Milano
Lorenzo Giusti, Director of GAMeC, Bergamo
Anna Mattirolo, Ministry of Culture, Scuderie del Quirinale, Roma

2021

Diana Bracco, President, Member of the Executive Committee of Fondazione Fiera Milano, Milano
Chrissie Iles, Curator, Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Luca Lo Pinto, Artistic Director, MACRO, Rome
Cristiana Perrella, Director, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

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