In Milan, Christmas is coming with many traditional events and fairs, which as usual will liven up the streets and squares of such a big city like Milan.
The fair called Fiera degli “Oh bej Oh bej”, the most important, traditional event in Milan, will take place on December, 7th 2010.

The event dates back to 1288 and is celebrated in order to pay homage to St. Ambrogio, the patron saint of the city. It seems that the name of the fair comes from the exclamations of the children (“Oh beautiful! Oh beautiful!”) when they saw the gifts sent by Pope Pio IV, Giannetto Castiglioni.

Nowadays, the market is for

On December 6th, the new Museo del Novecento will open its doors in Milan at Palazzo dell’Arengario (Piazza Duomo).

A 4,000 sq.m. exhibition area dedicated to modern art, where it will be possible to marvel at a special itinerary made up of 400 works of art from the end of 19th century to ‘80s of 20th century.

The aim of such a new museum is to spread the knowledge of 20th century art in order to create several visions and criticism skills. In addition, the intent is to study and promote the public, artistic and cultural resources belonging to the 20th century through educational research and activities,

From 20th to 22nd October 2010, at Fieramilanocity – pavilions 3 and 4, SMAU (Office Automation Trade Fair) comes back in Milan. We are talking about the 47th edition of such an important national event dedicated to the development of Information and Communication Technologies and their applications in everyday business.

The fair schedules a very full calendar, rich in events, workshops and initiatives dedicated to information and communication of the best devices for managers and businessmen belonging to the ICT world.

Entrance is allowed only to companies, public administrations and

A new exhibition was born in Milan: the Milano Design Days, organized by RCS Media Group and entirely dedicated to the shopping of high-quality furniture, design itineraries, art and architecture, which will take place from 14th to 17th October 2010.

So, this week-end waits for you in Milan with a special event that will be in the pursuit of design and avant-garde furniture, art and architecture.

During such days – from 14th to 17th October – Milan’s design shops adhering to the initiative will challenge each other in the field of the most innovative design and glamorous styles for indoor and outdoor furniture, objects for houses and unique pieces. In addition, on Saturday 16th, the opening hours is scheduled ‘til 12 p.m. with many side events.

Moreover, there will be also many interesting architecture itineraries organized by Fondazione dell’Ordine degli Architetti in two of Milan’s districts: Brera and S. Babila, in order to discover the secrets and curiosities of architecture.

BDD – Brera Design District, will be the partner of the

The 4th edition of the musical festival MITO is going to take place in Milan and Turin, as the
name suggests (MI+TO), in September.

MITO is not just the connection between such two important cities like Milan and Turin, but
a musical event that schedules over 200 concerts taking place in theatres, churches, villas,
streets and squares, from 3rd to 24th September in both cities.

The 4th edition planned a programme that meets many different musical styles: symphonic,
jazz, folk-rock, pop and ethnic music. In other words, a programme apart, with different
styles and languages (music, cinema and theater).

In addition to Milan and Turin, the festival schedules concerts also in the following towns:
Brescia, Como, Monza, Lecco, Bricherasio, Magnano,

Palazzo Reale in Milan is still waiting for us with one of its great exhibitions ongoing since March 17th 2010 and entitled “Goya e il Mondo Moderno” (“Goya and the Modern World”), which will be on display until June 27th 2010.

We are talking about a great exhibition dedicated to the influence the Spanish painter had on modern art, from Picasso to Bacon. An extraordinary collection made up of over 180 works, like paintings, drawings and engravings.

Therefore, the aim of the exhibition is to link and analyze the connections between the painter and other famous modern artists, by starting from a deep research about the themes faced by the Aragonese artist: the image of the new society, the expression of subjectivity, reactions with gestures, and violence.

Among the artists present at the exhibition, we find: Delacroix, Klee, David, Kokoschka, Victor Hugo, Mirò, Klinger, Picasso, Nolde, Bacon, Kirchner, Pollock, Guttuso and de Kooning.

Francisco Goya’s work had a great influence on all the artistic movements belonging to the 19th and 20th centuries, from the Impressionism to Symbolism, from Expressionism to Surrealism, and contributed to strongly influence the contemporary art and culture.

The importance of the body, irrationality, terror, fear, and violence are the incomparable features of Goya’s painting, elements that mark the painter style with immediately recognizable lights and shapes.

The exhibition is managed by Valeriano Bozal and Concepción Lomba, two important Spanish experts about Francisco Goya and contemporary art, supported by the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage, and it was born from the cooperation among Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior (SEACEX), Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación, Ministerio de Cultura di Spagna, Fundación Goya en Aragón and Palazzo Reale in Milan.

So, Milan awaits you all at the luxurious Palazzo Reale with the exhibition “Goya and the Modern World”, until June 27th 2010.

For further information about events in Milan or museums in Milan, please take a look at the always up-to-date guide to Milan www.aboutmilan.com

For all high quality design and furniture addicts, the renowned and very expected event Salone Internazionale del Mobile – the international furniture fair – has come back in Milan!

The trade fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile as usual will take place in the city of Milan from April 14th to 19th 2010, together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition inside the same showroom. Both fairs will offer you the best you can find on the international market, all kinds of furniture and furnishing accessories and all the styles, from classical to modern design.

In addition, also this year visitors will find other two biennials: Eurocucina with its side event FTK and International Bathroom Exhibition, together with the Salone Satellite, the area exclusively dedicated to young designers.

From April 14th to 19th, the fair will be reserved to the professionals of the sector, whereas it will be open to public on Sunday 18th April from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

You will be spoilt for choice! This fair is for whoever

Yes, you’ve got it! This year the 10th edition of Milano City Marathon will finally have its official medal, which will award all the participants who will be able to cross the finishing line on April 11th.

As the Milano City Marathon press agency affirmed, the medal design has been chosen among several projects created by students of Liceo Artistico Boccioni of Milano, Istituto Professionale di stato Caterina da Siena of Milan and Liceo Artistico Villa Reale of Monza who participated in the competition.

As it used to be, visitors will find also the Marathon Village, which will be set up in Largo Feltrami from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th April. In addition, the most expected sport event in Milan schedules important side events: the Charity Program, linked to the Relay Marathon, and the Milano School Marathon.

We’re talking about not only a day dedicated to fun and sport, but also an opportunity to

This great personal exhibition of the known photojournalist Steve McCurry, organized by the Municipality of Milan and the Royal Palace, covers the period of thirty years of direct experience of the photographer with simple people in complicated life’s circumstances.

The exhibition, called SOUTH-EAST, shows us over 200 moments captured by the lens of the photographer during his trips in South and East, mostly Afghanistan, India, Tibet and Burma.

His well known portrait of an Afghan girl in a refugee camp in Pakistan arrived all over the world and remained one of the most known and most beautiful in the field of photography. It was very emotional the moment when McCurry found again the girl, 17 years later, now as a mature woman, and made her new portrait which captured all the experience and suffering of the years that had passed and let their mark on her face.
Like these, there’s a lot of other photos at the exhibition that tell us about joy and torments in life. Great patience of the photographer rewarded him with the possibility to capture a glimpse at people’s soul, mistrustful at the beginning.

The extraordinary adventure and carrier of Steve McCurry started when

The last film exhibition of 2009 and the first of 2010 will take place in Milan in company with Stanley Kubrick and Charlie Chaplin.

At Fondazione Cineteca Italiana in Milan, precisely at Spazio Oberdan located in Viale Vittorio Veneto, there will be several interesting appointments waiting for you with the most famous pieces of cinema. Yes, because the cineteca has scheduled a rich program dedicated to all big-screen movies addicts.

In fact, Wednesday 23^rd December 2009 will be a day entirely dedicated to the master of silent film: Charlie Chaplin, with the special event “Un brindisi di Natale con Charlie Chaplin” (“A Christmas Toast with Charlie Chaplin”), an original way of cineteca‘s to wish a merry Christmas to all the cinema addicts, in company with the most famous figure in cinema history, a face never to be forgotten.

In the afternoon, the program schedules the screenings of two Chaplin’s masterpieces, “The Great Dictator” and “City Lights”, whereas in the evening, there will be 4 extremely rare films