# Friday 17 April

10 art events on Friday 17 April at Milan Art & Design Week 2026 at Palazzo Galbani, The Flat - Massimo Carasi and Assab One and more: openings, fair previews, talks and parties, with times and a map.

- Dates: April 13 – 26, 2026
- Where: Milan, Italy
- Times: local (CEST)
- Listed: 10 events
- Page with map, search and favourites: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/milan-design-week/2026/2026-04-17
- Part of: [Milan Art & Design Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/milan-design-week)

## Friday 17 April 2026

- **10:00 AM** · [Club Radioso](https://artweekguide.com/events/club-radioso) — Performance at Fondazione Elpis. A morning performance programme in the Lavanderia spaces at Fondazione Elpis, conceived by Coriandoli for the exhibition *Smooth Operator* by Villiam Miklos Andersen. A DJ set accompanies a lecture performance and several interventions made in response to the show. Breakfast is offered.
- **All day** · [miart 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/miart-2026-9039439a-0bab-43f4-b7d5-7e2944de3ef7) — Fair at Allianz Mico - Gate 3, Fiera Milano City. miart's 2026 edition, titled New Directions, moves to the South Wing of Allianz MiCo, next to its former pavilion, with the fair spread over three levels. The Emergent and Established sections continue, and Established gains a new selection of projects called Established Anthology. RSVP is needed.
- **5:30 PM** · [Alchemy between Science and Art](https://artweekguide.com/events/alchemy-between-science-and-art) — Other at Teatro Dal Verme. Anselm Kiefer speaks with Natacha Fabbri at Teatro Dal Verme, as part of Milan Art & Design Week 2026. He discusses the philosophical and symbolic roots of his work, linking art, science and the transformation of matter. RSVP is required.
- **6:00 PM** · [Opening: I wish to die in autumn moonlight even in darkness not to be lost](https://artweekguide.com/events/opening-i-wish-to-die-in-autumn-moonlight-even-in-darkness-not-to-be-lost) — Show at Galleria Lia Rumma. Anselm Kiefer's exhibition at Galleria Lia Rumma runs alongside his *The Women Alchemists* at Palazzo Reale's Sala delle Cariatidi, open through September 2026. His paintings extend that research to female figures in alchemy and science, and to the muses Calliope and Melpomene. A painting for the poet Ōtagaki Rengetsu opens the show.
- **7:00 PM** · [After After Party](https://artweekguide.com/events/after-after-party) — Film at Istituto Svizzero / Mousse. A screening and live programme from Istituto Svizzero and Mousse, now in its third year, co-curated by Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti and Barbara Casavecchia. It looks at what follows a collective celebration, treating the party as a ritual of loss as well as joy. It also marks Mousse's twentieth anniversary. RSVP needed.

Still on from an earlier day:

- **Until Sun** · [Paris Internationale Milan](https://artweekguide.com/events/paris-internationale-milan) — Fair at Palazzo Galbani. Paris Internationale's first edition outside France fills 2,500 m² of Palazzo Galbani, a 1950s modernist building, as part of Milan Art & Design Week 2026. About 35 internationally selected galleries take part, in scenography developed with Swiss architects Christ & Gantenbein.
- **Until Sun** · [Here...Now!](https://artweekguide.com/events/here-now) — Show at The Flat - Massimo Carasi. The Flat - Massimo Carasi, a contemporary art gallery, reopens in a new space after 18 years in Porta Venezia. The show marks the move to Via Edolo and forms part of Milan Art & Design Week 2026.
- **Until Sun** · [Assab One](https://artweekguide.com/events/assab-one) — Show at Assab One. Assab One joins Milano Art Week 2026 with programming across all its spaces, combining art and design. Shows include *From Berlin to Palm Beach* by Alice Fiorilli, *Like a Landscape* by Marco Palmieri, *The Valley of the Whirling Trees* by Paolo Giordano, and *Story of a Shelter* by Jörg Boner and Christoph Hefti. Garros Edition presents *Collection #2*, and Luca Pancrazzi has a solo exhibition.
- **Until Sun** · [Arte Sagra](https://artweekguide.com/events/arte-sagra) — Fair at UFO Milano. Arte Sagra turns the UFO space into a village-style art square during Milano Art Week, curated by Nicolas Ballario. It has communal tables, darts, card tournaments, bocce, table football, ping pong and concerts, and it's open to professionals and enthusiasts. Admission is free.
- **Until Apr 25** · [Mega Art Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/mega-art-fair) — Fair

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From Art Week Guide (https://artweekguide.com/), a free, hand-picked guide to the events of art weeks and cities worldwide. Check each event's own page before you go.

