A guide to the best exhibitions to visit in Italy in March
From Milan to Pistoia, Venice to Gibellina, spanning painting, photography, design, and architecture: Domus has selected the exhibitions to add to your calendar for the beginning of spring.
The Strait of Hormuz shows that some problems cannot be optimized
A 54-kilometer corridor through which 20% of the world's oil passes becomes a lesson in the limits of technology in the face of the complexity of reality.
Hockney’s 90-metre iPad landscape: a British tapestry for the age of the museum shop
At the Serpentine North in London, "A Year in Normandy and Some Other Thoughts About Paintings" confirms how the former enfant terrible of British Pop Art has now become above all a lifestyle phenomenon.
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A new exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce reveals the real idea behind Tadao Ando’s architecture
At the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, the exhibition “Claire-obscur” places works by Pierre Huyghe and Fujiko Nakaya in dialogue with the Rotonde designed by Tadao Ando, transforming the concrete cylinder into a perceptual device that reveals the central role of light in his architecture.
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Hermès and Chanel bags become marble sculptures. Art or kitsch?
The Swiss artist Andrea Valsecchi sculpts iconic models such as the Hermès Kelly and the Chanel 11.12 in marble. A tribute to fashion that oscillates between pop art and kitsch.
It looks like a Brutalist tower — but it’s actually the world’s first giant gravity battery
In China, the first commercial-scale gravitational energy storage system is about to start operating: a nearly 150-meter-tall tower capable of storing electricity produced by renewable sources.
Leandro Erlich’s sculptures in Scarpa’s Olivetti Showroom, one of the most anticipated exhibitions of the 2026 Biennale
On the occasion of the 61st Venice Art Biennale, the Olivetti Showroom in Piazza San Marco hosts the fantastic and surreal works of Leandro Erlich: an exhibition project we will be hearing a lot about.
The world’s longest urban escalator has just opened, and of course it’s in Chongqing
The Wushan Goddess Escalator has come into operation, a nearly one-kilometre-long vertical mobility system that transforms the slope of the mountainous landscape of the Chinese megacity into urban infrastructure.
Why Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s minimalist style is back today
The series Love Story has reignited interest in the understated aesthetic of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, the wife of John F. Kennedy Jr..
Her visual language connected fashion, architecture, and a broader cultural imagination.
When painting becomes architecture: inside the Mark Rothko exhibition in Florence
More than 70 works at the Palazzo Strozzi demonstrate how Rothko transformed painting into a space for contemplation.
How to renovate a neoclassical house: Local Local and the Plaka House project in Athens
This 19th-century terraced house was renovated in the neoclassical style in the 1990s. It has now been reimagined by the Local Local studio, combining traditional building methods with a contemporary aesthetic to restore a sense of lightness and vibrancy to the spaces.
The Milanese home designed by Vittorio Gregotti where architecture and art coexist
In 1963 the young Vittorio Gregotti redesigned the interiors of his family apartment in Milan as a place where collecting, architecture and everyday life could coexist. Today that home offers a glimpse into a distinctly Milanese tradition: living with art.
From mycelium to the recyclable light bulb: 5 projects that tell the story of the new collectible design
At the Paris fair Matter and Shape, limited-edition design experiments with new materials and new typologies: from red mycelium to repairable light bulbs.
Can Achille Lauro and Raffaella Carrà really promote Italy’s museums?
With its new campaign for the Musei Italiani app, Italy’s Ministry of Culture tries to tell the story of the country’s museum heritage in a pop key—drawing criticism from several directions. Domus spoke with director Luca Finotti and art director Paola Manfrin.
Milan and its surroundings: 9 places to see during the FAI Spring Days
From Portaluppi to Libeskind, from Muzio to Ponti, we suggest a selection of places in Lombardy to explore next weekend, which we may not yet know or have always wanted to explore (but never managed to).
What would Milan be without the Sormani? The uncertain future of the city’s iconic library
Seventy years after Arrigo Arrighetti’s project, the Biblioteca Sormani is changing its function. It will remain a cultural center, the municipality says, but it is still unclear what kind.
The return of the camcorder: Yashica launches a 167-gram pocket video camera
The Journey records 4K video, features a flip screen for vlogging, and debuts on Kickstarter: a project that leans on nostalgia and the creator economy.
America. The dream that devours itself
The American imagination from its earliest art to today. From Edward Hicks to Edward Hopper, from Andy Warhol to Donald Trump: America has never stopped painting itself. The problem is that the portrait has turned into a caricature.
From Bob Dylan to Iosonouncane: the exhibition that reveals the musical side of Luigi Ghirri
In Reggio Emilia, an exhibition explores the relationship between photography and soundscape in Luigi Ghirri’s work: from his friendships with Lucio Dalla and CCCP to a site-specific musical intervention by Iosonouncane.
All must-see exhibitions in Milan this spring
A selection of exhibitions held by foundations, cultural institutions, and galleries – with a few out-of-town stops – to discover the unmissable events in Milan this spring, recommended by Domus.
Understanding Smiljan Radić Clarke, Pritzker Architecture Prize 2026 Laureate, through 5 main projects
The Chilean architect has been awarded the highest honour in the field of architecture. Here is a selection of his most important designs.
Smiljan Radić Clarke wins the 2026 Pritzker Prize: architecture as an act of faith
The 2026 Pritzker Prize has been awarded to a Chilean architect whose work is far removed from spectacle and the logic of starchitects. Their creations, suspended between landscape, matter and fragility, bring a radical approach to building back to the fore.
Qb Atelier has designed a house in a former industrial workshop
QB Atelier has designed a home in Veneto that occupies the spaces of a 20th-century factory and opens onto a secret garden.
The mini Ikea Bluetooth speaker everyone wants is finally on sale
Kallsup is the latest product from the Swedish company, a portable and colorful Bluetooth speaker, but one that can be paired with other equals to create a large, powerful and widespread sound network.
Salomon’s sports prosthetics: when design becomes a new possibility
Salomon’s Adaptive project develops sports prosthetics for trail running, skiing and snowboarding. Born during the Covid pandemic, it brings together aeronautical engineering, design and personal stories to make sport possible again after an amputation.
MIT creates a house with brutalist furniture designed to last a thousand years
Nine concrete elements make up the Heirloom House project, a system that can be reconfigured according to needs and is designed to last for generations.
There’s an experimental tiny house made of charred wood
The Forestone Cabin, designed by students from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), is a compact 20-square-meter dwelling created to help address wildfire risks in the forested areas of the Pyrenees.
Lamborghini Miura: the world’s first supercar
Unveiled at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show—exactly 60 years ago—the car designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone introduced the mid-engine layout, radical proportions, and a new image of speed.
Snøhetta, BIG and MVRDV: three major architecture firms design the new Ion Riva district in Istanbul
Development company Ion unveils the new urban district under construction in northern Istanbul, a "choral" project that brings together some of the leading names in international architecture to envision a neighborhood based on the balance between landscape, culture and society.
Everything you need to know about Fuorisalone 2026
Districts, exhibitions, installations and new digital platforms: the complete guide to Fuorisalone 2026, between confirmations, expansions beyond Milan and new tools to navigate the busiest design week in the world.
Messner Architects’ deconstructivist extension to a house in the Dolomites
Located beneath a 1970s residential building, the extension to Casa Conte blends into the landscape, almost disappearing from view. On the outside, it reveals itself with a sinuous and dynamic façade that winds its way through the vineyards.
Jasper Morrison’s chair for contemplation becomes an exhibition in Milan
In the Cappellini showroom, an installation retraces nearly forty years of collaboration between the British designer and the Italian company, from the Thinking Man’s Chair to the modular systems that have marked their longstanding design partnership.