September 23 2025 -> January 11 2026

Palazzo Reale
Piazza del Duomo 12
20122 Milan
Italy

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Palazzo Reale presents Appiani. Il Neoclassicismo a Milano, a major exhibition dedicated to Andrea Appiani (Milan, 1754-1817), a pivotal figure in Italian Neoclassicism and protagonist of painting between the Enlightenment and the Napoleonic era. This long-awaited rediscovery of an artist greatly admired by his contemporaries marks the beginning of a new, in-depth critical reevaluation.

Through a carefully curated selection of over 100 works from Italian and international public and private collections, the exhibition retraces Andrea Appiani’s artistic journey, revealing to the public the richness and dynamism of Neoclassical Milan, of which he was both the symbolic artist and “First Painter” of the Kingdom of Italy.

Accompanying the exhibition is a rich catalogue published by Electa, featuring introductory essays, critical analyses, and scholarly entries on the works on display.

An exhibition promoted by the Comune di Milano – Cultura and produced by Palazzo Reale, Civita Mostre e Musei, Electa, and MondoMostre, the exhibition is organized in collaboration with prestigious Italian and international institutions: the Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, the Grand Palais and the Louvre in Paris, the Pinacoteca di Brera, the Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan city of Milan, and Villa Carlotta.

Curated by Fernando Mazzocca, Francesco Leone, Domenico Piraina.

Scientific Committee Domenico Piraina, Mariangela Privitera, Francesca Tasso, Alessia Alberti, Emanuela Carpani, Paola Strada, Simone Percacciolo, Paola Zatti, Elisabeth Caude and Remi Cariel.