The upcoming project on view at the Osservatorio from December 2026 to July 2027 will be a collaboration with artist Cyprien Gaillard.
This exhibition stems from the artist’s ongoing exploration of the gradual disappearance of public space, eroded by privatization and security policies, and the decontextualization of culture to the point of its exploitation as a weapon of control. Conceived for the Osservatorio space in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, which was the modern heart of Milan in the second half of the 20th century, the project investigates the complex and generative process of building a relationship with historical, architectural, and artistic heritage. The urban fabric, which takes shape from the collision between preservation and speculation, will emerge in the exhibition as concrete traces left by the society that inhabits it.