Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the Braidense National Library in Milan (Via Brera 28 – 20121 Milan), solo exhibition by Antonietta Viganone entitled ANTONIETTA VIGANONE. AN EXHIBITION, A FILM, A BOOK, organized by the Ethicando Association of Milan (www.ethicando.it), in collaboration with the Antonietta Viganone ETS Foundation and the Braidense National Library, with artistic curation by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico, will be inaugurated.
Until January 22, 2026, artist's books (mostly published by Franco Sciardelli, the artist's life partner) and about 30 original engravings by Antonietta Viganone will be exhibited.
During the exhibition opening (November 20, 2025), which will take place in the Reading Room/Theology Room of the Braidense National Library, the documentary film entitled “Antonietta Viganone tra vita e arte” (Antonietta Viganone, life and art) will be presented and screened. It was written by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico and Alberto Osella, directed by Alberto Osella, produced by ABOUT A FILM, with cinematography by Filippo Corbetta and editing by Riccardo Banfi.
On the closing day of the exhibition (January 22, 2026), in the Aldo Bassetti Room of the Pinacoteca di Brera, a monograph entitled “Antonietta Viganone”, edited by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico and published by Silvana Editoriale, will be presented.
The initiative, patronized by the Municipality of Milan (p.a.), Municipality 1 of the Municipality of Milan, and the Cento Amici del Libro association, with media support from Betting On Italy and Estro Digitale, has an important impact on the Milanese and ultra-Milanese territory. In fact, the promotion of artistic production by Antonietta Viganone, which focuses on her engraving work, largely produced for the creation of artist's books together with leading figures in Italian literature (including Leonardo Sciascia), almost all published by her life partner Franco Sciardelli, provides an opportunity to explore the contemporary art scene of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s in the Brera district of Milan. Franco Sciardelli, publisher and printer, was, in fact, a point of reference for many Milanese artists (and others) in the second half of the last century, who frequented the Brera district for various reasons, including in connection with the activities of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Brera Pinacoteca.
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For information:
Ethicando Association / Fondazione Antonietta Viganone ETS
E-mail: info@ethicando.it / info@fondazioneviganone.com
Siti web: www.ethicando.it / www.fondazioneviganone.com
