Corvetto, Milan
Corvetto distric is a well-known area in Milan. It was an ancient borough, but now it is an art district area,[1] located near Linate airport and connected to the city center by rail and motorways, it is a 10-minute drive from Piazza Duomo.
The whole district, also due to its proximity to the Prada Foundation, has seen the opening of numerous art galleries and ateliers of avant-garde artists. The district is now also known as the "Corvetto Art District" and various contemporary art events take place. Numerous high-design buildings are under construction in the district, including Palazzo Pinifarina. In 2023 Gucci created the ornamental lighting of the Corvetto district.
The artists' village[change | change source]
Corvetto is nowadays defined as "the artists' village" or "Corvetto art district", also characterized by the "Fuori Salone" of the "Corvetto Art Week" contemporary art weeks that involve all the galleries of the neighborhood and international artists. Among the many avant-garde art galleries, for example, Studio Tretre in Via Marco d'Agrate n.33 (with entrance at n.27 from a large gate) which houses the ateliers of Bislacchi, Marina Cavadini, Lucia Cristiani, Lorenzo Lunghi, Edoardo Manzoni, Francesca Migone, Ludovico Orombelli, Francesco Pacelli, Adelisa Selimbašić, Nicolò Masiero Sgrinzatto, Pietro Vitali, Vincenzo Zancana.
Corvetto once had a reputation as a bohemian neighborhood in Milan, a haunt of artists, including Umberto Boccioni who lived near the Prada Foundation, radicals, painters and poets.
The Bonvini Art Printing House in Via Tagliamento, 1 is a stationery shop that has now become an art gallery and hosts art exhibitions and conferences. The Reading Book club, in via Mincio 10, is a book club that presents editorial projects of avant-garde art and photography as well as unobtainable revisits of design and fashion, hosting art vernisages and conferences, creating real colonies of artists and collectors internationals attentive to the European avant-gardes.
Corvetto has defined the "King's Road", by international artists, which runs the entire length of the area from Via Polesine, Via Marco d'Agrate, to Via Quaranta, arriving at its western end at the district of the Plastic club, in Via Gargano, the most avant-garde venue in the city, where many of the great Italian designers were born and where for years it was the usual meeting place for personalities such as Giorgio Armani and Andy Warhol, defined as an area with a "philosophy in which the life of luxury with art it is fabulous and new ".
At the Plastic there were characters such as Keith Haring to Andy Warhol, passing through Fiorucci, to the most famous designers in Milanese history since 1980. There are no tables to book but the selection is very high. The place in absolute privacy, has had the usual frequentation of artists and personalities of international fame, including Madonna, Elton John, Freddy Mercury, Prince, Paul Young, Bruce Springsteeen and Grace Jones. Plastic is the most inclusive and historic gay friendly club in the city of Milan, and still remains one of the most avant-garde clubs in Europe, compared to "Studio 54" in New York. Crossroads of art, fashion and music, it has seen the birth of many emerging fashion designers and stylists.
Real estate market[change | change source]
The cost for apartment in Corvetto area need from 4,800 to 7,000 euros per square meter; with an yearly increase of 15 percent for what is refurbished luxury.
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ Annika Pettini (2022). "Le meglio mostre di maggio a Milano. E se non sei a Corvetto non sei nessuno". Milan Plan. Zero. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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