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| Bauhaus. Weimar- Dessau-Berlino 1919 – 1933,
Milano, 1996/97 |
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THE HEADQUARTERS
The headquarters of the Foundation is in the centre of Milan, at Foro Buonaparte 50, between Castello Sforzesco and the Teatro Strehler, very close to the Pinacoteca di Brera, and easily reached on foot from Piazza Duomo or by public transport. The large exhibition spaces, wich are situated in a late 19th-century building, and independent of the rest of the complex, are on three levels, topped by a characteristic skylight. >From the entrance on Foro Buonaparte one enters a modern art space restructured to preserve the previously existing stylistic features of the textile factory, but with radical functional modifications to prepare the spaces for the most sophisticated requirements of contemporary art display. A bookshop offers visitors not only the publications of Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, but also a fine selection of books and materials on modern and contemporary art. In the three levels of exhibition space (ground floor, lower level and gallery-loft) the environmental conditions guarantee perfect conservation of even the most delicate drawings, but also of large wall paintings (as in the case of the panels of the Jewish Theatre by Chagall), sculptures and crafts. The entrance and the itinerary which are accessible to the disabled, change from exhibition to exhibition, and include the insertion of informative elements such as videos, caption panels and photographic enlargements. The exhibition space was opened on 11 April 1994 with the exhibition “Drawing in our Century. Part One: from Klimt to Wols”. |
