Etruscan artefacts in dialogue with contemporary art
Fondazione Luigi Rovati, named after Luigi Rovati, the Italian physician, researcher and pharmaceutical entrepreneur, opened its art museum in September 2022. Housed in a historic Milanese palazzo, two floors of exhibition space take visitors from the Etruscan age to the world of contemporary art. The stone architecture of the Hypogeum-inspired floor—meant to recall Etruscan burial mounds—hosts cupolas, triangular crystal cases featuring large vases, votive offerings, antefixes and small Etruscan bronzes, alongside modern and contemporary works by Arturo Martini, Lucio Fontana and William Kentridge. On the first floor, the interiors designed by Filippo Perego in the 1960s—boiserie, gilded doors, floorings, marble fireplaces and the 18th-century mirrors in the hallway—have been recovered, renovated and readjusted to create an avant-garde exposition space.
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