Osservatorio Fondazione Prada
An exhibition venue devoted to visual experimentation and research focused on potential intersections and collisions between technologies and cultural expressions
Extending across the fifth and sixth floors of one of the main buildings of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Osservatorio is located above the central octagon, at the level of the glass and iron dome that covers the arcades, realized by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1867.
The spaces, rebuilt after the Second World War after downtown Milan was bombed in 1943, have now been fully restored, providing an 800-square-meter exhibition space that develops across two levels. Osservatorio hosts temporary exhibitions devoted to visual experimentation and research focused on potential intersections and collisions between technologies and culture.
