Fondazione Luigi Rovati
Fondazione Luigi Rovati, with its art museum in the heart of Milan, is a unique place for the discovery and study of art and archaeology. It brings together an extraordinary Etruscan collection with modern and contemporary works, offering a journey from antiquity to the 21st century.
More than 250 works are displayed across over 850 square metres of exhibition space. Ancient artefacts—primarily Etruscan and Italic—are presented alongside modern and contemporary works.
The museum seamlessly integrates the historic nineteenth-century interiors of the palace with newly designed spaces, creating a journey that unfolds from the evocative Hypogeum floor, entirely clad in stone, to the elegant rooms of the Piano Nobile, featuring site-specific installations by Italian and international artists.
Awarded the prestigious Compasso d'Oro for its exhibition design, the museum is based on a continuous and unexpected interplay between artistic languages from different periods. Rather than following a traditional chronological arrangement, the works are brought together according to the themes they evoke and the emotions they inspire.
The Art Museum is currently presenting two temporary exhibitions that explore the heritage of antiquity and its legacy in contemporary culture from different perspectives:
Storia di un gesto. Il mito di Meleagro dall’arte classica a Warburg, a Picasso (The Story of a Gesture: The Myth of Meleager from Classical Art to Warburg and Picasso)
13 May–4 October 2026
Curated by Salvatore Settis, the exhibition begins with the remarkable reassembly of a second-century AD Roman sarcophagus devoted to the myth of Meleager, presented to the public together with its original side reliefs. The exhibition traces the history of a gesture of grief across the centuries, from ancient art to Giotto and Picasso, reflecting on the continuity and transformation of visual languages.
Gli Etruschi e l’Olanda. – A/R dei bronzi Corazzi (The Etruscans and The Netherlands. Round Trip of the Corazzi Bronzes)
1 April–4 October 2026
The exhibition marks the exceptional return to Italy of a group of Etruscan bronzes from the historic Corazzi collection, now held by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. It explores the history of the collection and the role of collecting in shaping cultural heritage, bringing archaeological artefacts into dialogue with rare early volumes that document their reception and transmission over time.
