5 things to do in Milan this weekend From 21 to 23 January
For some years now, fashion weeks in Milan have not been the same anymore: the most awaited moment in the capital of Italian fashion, between cancellations and false starts, no longer offers the emotions of the past. The times when the most anticipated event of the season conjured up cool parties and runaways seem long gone, but, while we wait for the pandemic to slow down again and the old times to return, let's take advantage of it to enjoy Milan as it is.
To Eat - The Little Bistrot
The exhibition brings together an exceptional body of photographs and archival documents by the French photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson. Over 100 original prints together with publications of period magazines, documents and letters that reconstruct two key moments in the history of China: the fall of the Kuomintang and the establishment of the communist regime (1948-1949) and Mao Zedong's "Great Leap Forward" (1958). Through a unique style capable of capturing the immediacy and truthfulness of the "decisive moment", photographs that have become a symbol of an era.
Via Tortona, 56
To Chill - Six Gallery
An enchanted oasis in the Navigli area, housed in a former 16th century monastery, houses an extraordinary concept store that brings together a gallery-studio, the Sixième bistro and the Irene green design boutique. In the gallery you will find exclusive proposals for furnishings, lights and accessories. SixGallery, curated by David Lopez Quincoces and Fanny Bauer Grung, the duo behind the architecture firm Quincoces-Drago & Partners, combines designs from different eras and origins from collector's items to anonymous pieces, which together tell the story of a space and of a constantly evolving aesthetic.
Via Scaldasole, 7
To drink - The Spirit
The shop in the heart of Porta Venezia specializing in modern and ancient jewelery and costume jewelery, combines the search for unique pieces with the selection of new goldsmith talents, in order to incorporate in its offer a collection made up of different materials and different aesthetic currents. Objects that tell stories and completely unique for people who stand out.
Via Lazzaro Spallanzani, 11
