Triennale Milano
Exhibition

Io sono un drago The true story of Alessandro Mendini    

April 13 – November 10 2024
A wide-ranging retrospective—produced with Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain—on Alessandro Mendini’s work as an architect, designer, and artist. With over 400 works with different formats, materials and subjects from many private and public collections, the exhibition is structured in different thematic sections. The title of the show, Io sono un drago (I am a dragon), is inspired by one of his most emblematic self-portraits, to emphasize his uniqueness in the world of design, architecture and art.

Highlights

Photo by Delfino Sisto Legnani, DSL Studio
Photo by Delfino Sisto Legnani, DSL Studio
Photo by Delfino Sisto Legnani, DSL Studio
Credits
Produced with: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain  In collaboration with: Archivio Alessandro Mendini Curated by: Fulvio Irace Exhibition design: Pierre Charpin

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10
November
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Performance
Il sogno di un drago
Antonio Syxty
On the occasion of the final day of the exhibition Alessandro Mendini. Io sono un drago, we present—together with Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain—a performance by Antonio Syxty conceived for the spaces of Triennale.
Installation
What?
A homage to Alessandro Mendini by Philippe Starck
An immersive, site-specific installation that will take visitors into Alessandro Mendini’s unconscious and his creative universe through the visionary eyes of Philippe Starck.
April 16 – September 1 2024

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