miart 2023, therefore, makes itself a promoter and producer of culture, capable of creating synergy between the art system, citizens and the territory; and this is also present in the new edition of Milan Art Week (April 11 – 16), the widespread event coordinated by culture department of the municipality of Milan which connects the main public institutions and foundations of the city dedicated to modern and contemporary art, with exhibitions and activities.

On the occasion of the Milan Art Week, some exhibitions of the season open in important city venues. These include, to name but a few: the solo exhibition of Belgian artist Ann Veronica Janssens at Pirelli HangarBicocca; Candice Lin | Arnaldo Pomodoro Prize for Sculpture at the GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna in collaboration with the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro; Yuri Ancarani's solo exhibition and Silvia Giambrone's Project Room at the PAC; the Forum 900 project at the Museo del Novecento in which the gallery on the ground floor hosts contemporary art works and design seating, transforming the large spaces into a place for discussions, debates and presentations; the two projects dedicated to modern art Diego, the other Giacometti and Hortus Alchemicus at the Fondazione Luigi Rovati; the exhibition dedicated to the installations and videos of the artist Dara Birnbaum at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada.

During Milan Art Week will also feature the spaces of Fondazione Prada with the exhibition Cere Anatomiche, Fondazione ICA Milano with Nathlie Provosty's solo exhibition and Triennale Milano with the new exhibitions Lisa Ponti. Disegni e voci, Text and Droog30. Design or Non-design, with a new display for Museo del Design Italiano, and with performances and installations. Guided tours, special projects and extraordinary opening hours characterise the spaces with exhibitions currently on display, such as the Palazzo Reale, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Armani/Silos and Gallerie d'Italia, which exceptionally opens its vault with an excursus into Italian and international 20th century art.

There will be no shortage of initiatives dedicated to public art thanks to the inauguration of three new works by Rossella Biscotti, Liliana Moro and Otobong Nkanga for ArtLine, the site-specific contemporary art path through the Citylife park; Franco Mazzucchelli's double installation displayed both at Triennale Milano and in Darsena, in collaboration with Ufficio Arte Pubblica; and Falena, Nico Vascellari 's monumental installation conceived for the façade of Triennale Milano building.

The collaboration with Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo, which supports miart as main partner, continues. Internationality, excellence and attention to the cultural development of the territory are the values that bind miart to the banking group, with the aim of consolidating Milan's centrality on the national and international scene and offering the city a further driver of growth and economic, cultural and civil development. As usual, the Bank will contribute to the 2023 edition by also bringing its own original content. Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking will present the Art Advisory activity and related artistic heritage management services by welcoming guests to the Fair, in the VIP Lounge, where an exhibition dedicated to young emerging artists will be set up as part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Culture Project.

The Fondazione Fiera Milano Acquisition Fund, founded in 2012, is confirmed for the 27th edition of miart. Worth 100,000 euros, it is intended for works of art that will implement the Fondazione Fiera Milano collection, currently housed in the Palazzina degli Orafi, the Foundation's headquarters, and which currently consists of over 100 works representing different artistic languages. Enrico Pazzali, Chairman of Fondazione Fiera Milano, will be assisted in the selection of acquisitions by a high-profile international jury chaired by Diana Bracco (Executive Committee, Fondazione Fiera Milano, Milan) with Ralph Rugoff (Director Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre, London); Dirk Snauwaert, (Director, WIELS, Bruxelles); Bettina Steinbrügge (General director, Mudam Luxembourg).

Also confirmed are: the Herno Prize, now in its eighth edition, which awards a prize of 10,000 euros to the stand with the best exhibition project; the LCA Prize for Emergent, worth 4,000 euros, born in 2015 from the collaboration with LCA Studio Legale and destined for the gallery with the best presentation within the Emergent section; the Covivio Award, dedicated to the Emergent section and which will select an artist to commission a site-specific work with an investment of up to 20,000 euros to set up at the Wellio by Covivio proworking space in via dell'Unione 1, Milan.