What is Pirelli HangarBicocca?
Pirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit foundation, established in 2004, which has converted a former industrial plant in Milan into a place for producing and promoting contemporary art.
Does Pirelli HangarBicocca have a permanent collection?
Pirelli HangarBicocca is not an institution that collects artworks, with the exception of its permanent installations: The Seven Heavenly Palaces (2004) by Anselm Kiefer and La Sequenza (1981) by Fausto Melotti.
What kind of exhibitions are on show at Pirelli HangarBicocca?
Pirelli HangarBicocca’s artistic program features solo shows by established and emerging international artists, who are invited to work in close collaboration with the curators to conceive shows that highlight lesser-known aspects of their practice, combining past projects with new pieces.
Pirelli HangarBicocca’s program is conceived by its Artistic Director together with the curatorial department. Since 2012, it has presented solo shows by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, Tomás Saraceno, Mike Kelley, Ragnar Kjartansson, Dieter and Björn Roth, Micol Assaël, Cildo Meireles, João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva, Joan Jonas, Céline Condorelli, Juan Muñoz, Damián Ortega, Philippe Parreno, Petrit Halilaj, Carsten Höller, Kishio Suga, Laure Prouvost, Miroslaw Balka, Rosa Barba, Lucio Fontana, Eva Kot’átková, Matt Mullican, Leonor Antunes, Mario Merz, Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Sheela Gowda, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Cerith Wyn Evans, Trisha Bag, Chen Zhen, Neïl Beloufa, Maurizio Cattelan, Steve McQueen, Anicka Yi, Bruce Nauman, Dineo Seshee Bopape and Gian Maria Tosatti.
How can I learn about Pirelli HangarBicocca future exhibitions?
The calendar of all current and future exhibitions can be consulted at the following links: pirellihangarbicocca.org/en/exhibitions/whats-on/ and pirellihangarbicocca.org/en/exhibitions/upcoming/. The programming will continue in 2023 with the show by Ann Veronica Janssens in the Navate space, and the show by Thao Nguyen Phan in the Shed space.
How can I learn more about the exhibitions and the space?
PRINT AND DIGITAL GUIDES
For each exhibition, printed guides are available free of charge, and can also be downloaded in digital form from the website pirellihangarbicocca.org, where you’ll also find photo galleries of the exhibitions and video interviews with the artists.
NEWSLETTER AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
To be kept up to date on Pirelli HangarBicocca openings, events, and initiatives, just join our mailing list by writing to newsletter@hangarbicocca.org or by visiting the dedicated page.
Pirelli HangarBicocca’s social media accounts offer insights, videos and information about our exhibitions and events.