What to see at the Fuorisalone over the weekend

A collection of classics, new entries, and true gems of the 2023 edition: a quick but well thought out guide to the Fuorisalone over the weekend.

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La redazione di Domus
21 April 2023

If you are interested in design but you are not a professional in this industry, and maybe not even an expert on the topic; if you didn’t have time to explore venues and events during the week; if the weekend seems a good time to embark on this quest, but you’re a bit disoriented, Domus is here to suggest a brief selection of “must-see” places, to visit as listed or in no particular order, all of them or just some, in a rush or calmy during the break.

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

Design Re-Evolution, Università Statale di Milano

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Via Festa del Perdono, 7
10-23 April 2023 - h 10am-10pm

Photo Francesco SecchiFoto Francesco Secchi

The University of Milan hosts as usual the collection organized by Interni, this edition dedicated to “Design Re-evolution.” The three historical courtyards are filled with dozens of installations, designed by big names as well such as Stefano Boeri, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Annabel Karim Kassar, Metrogramma and Piero Lissoni. A must-see because it is a classic and a perfect “base camp” from which to explore the city center “lit up” by the Fuorisalone.

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

Monsieur Dior

Palazzo Citterio,
Via Brera 12, Milano, Italia
18, 19, 20, 22 april h. 9-22, 21 april h 11am-22pm, 23 april h 9am-8pm
Photo Francesco Secchi

The partnership between Dior and the 18^th-century Palazzo Citterio, in the heart of Brera, is confirmed for the 2023 Fuorisalone as well. For the French brand, Philippe Starck imagined an immersive experience, a dance of chairs that twirl accompanied by music and videos of great visual impact. A must-see simply because is one of the most ambitious and poetic installations of this edition.

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

Grohe SPA: Health Through Water Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera, 28
April 18th–23rd
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday 10 am–7 pm
Thursday 12 pm–17 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am–10 pm

Foto Francesco Secchi

In the heart of the Brera Design District, Palazzo di Brera hosts “Grohe SPA. Health Through Water.” The renowned brand of bathroom solutions conceived a synthetic and impressive installation, a huge pool that fills the entire court of honor. A must-see because it’s not everyday that you see the courtyard of the Academy, which is already monumental, doubled and reflected in a sort of Piranesian fantasy.

Palazzo Orsini. Milan, Italy. Image courtesy of Armani.

The sober façade of the 17^th-century Palazzo Orsini, well set in the austere via Borgonuovo, for the 2023 Fuorisalone houses the elegant installation of Armani Casa, distributed between the court of honor and some selected indoor spaces. A must-see because it is the first time that this sanctuary of haute couture, the historic headquarters of the Milanese fashion house, opens its doors to the public.

Glo for art - Dry days, Tropical Nights Torre di largo Treves
Tuesday 18 h. 8 am-5pm
Wednesday 19 h. 9 am-6 pm
Thursday 20 h. 9 am-6 pm
Friday 21 h. 9 am-9 pm
Saturday 22 h. 9 am-6 pm
Sunday 23 h. 9 am-7 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

“Dry Days, Tropical Nights” is the installation designed by glo and Agostino Iacurci for the last few days of glory of the city offices in Largo Treves, which will be soon demolished. Inside and out, graphics and colorful lights play down the kind of dark rigor of this modernist building, a not so happy work of the capable Arrigo Arrighetti. Perhaps you never loved it, but it is a must-see of this Fuorisalone because in a few months it will not exist anymore.

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

Hermès La Pelota
Via Palermo, 10
April 18-22 h. 10 am-6 pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

That of Hermès and the Pelota on via Palermo is another well-established Fuorisalone partnership. Every year, the French brand reinvents Brera’s, not antique but definitely vintage, sphaeristerium with successful installations: many luminous lanterns in 2022; one, big, monumental concrete and rebar platform in 2023. A must-see because it is an “architecture within an architecture,” ephemeral and powerful.

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

OPPOSITES UNITED ARTWORK EXHIBITION - KIA Museo della Permanente - Via Turati, 34, Milano
17-23 April h. 6:30pm-10pm

Photo Francesco Secchi

KIA installation at Palazzo della Permanente is an ambitious and certainly spectacular one. A dark hallway gives access to a sequence of immersive rooms dedicated to the brand’s values. Sounds and music, but above all powerful lights, bright colors, bewildering reflexes, fogs of fabrics, and blue skies. A must-see because it is one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2023 Fuorisalone, and probably one of the most Instagrammable installations.