MILAN, Italy — To celebrate fifty years of creativity, the Pinacoteca di Brera is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Armani’s stylistic journey titled Giorgio Armani: Milano, per Amore. The offering traces through a selection of garments set among masterpieces of Italian art from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, and will be on display until 11 January 2026.
The designer often spoke of his love for Brera, the neighbourhood where he lived and worked, and whose dual soul – both cultured and vibrantly alive – he admired, with its blend of elegance and artistic freedom. This profound bond was acknowledged by the Academy of Fine Arts, which in 1993 awarded him an honorary title for the coherence of his stylistic research and the rigour with which he united function and inventive imagination.
Giorgio Armani: Milano, per Amore Exhibition. Photograph: @agnese_bedini @melaniadallegrave @dsl__studio_
Conveying knowledge through direct experience and allowing visitors to appreciate the mastery of great artists firsthand was, and remains, at the heart of the Pinacoteca’s vocation. Founded in 1776, the Academy of Fine Arts inaugurated the Pinacoteca in 1809 to support its educational mission. The exhibition of Giorgio Armani’s creations here, alongside outstanding works of art, marks the first time that fashion — central to understanding societies across time — has been included in this mission.
Giorgio Armani: Milano, per Amore Exhibition. Photograph: @agnese_bedini @melaniadallegrave @dsl__studio_
Giorgio Armani: Milano, per Amore Exhibition. Photograph: @agnese_bedini @melaniadallegrave @dsl__studio_
The garments reflect the themes and codes that make Giorgio Armani’s work unmistakable: a reinterpretation of tailoring, a unique sense of decoration, a preference for neutral tones, and a love for the unexpected richness of techniques, finishes, and embroidery. All are signs of a measured creativity that unfolds gradually, redefining the very notion of sobriety. The invisible mannequins allow the bodies to be suggested through the clothes alone, in continuity with earlier exhibition projects.
Giorgio Armani: Milano, per Amore brings together garments previously displayed at Armani/Silos and at major museums worldwide for the first time, enriched by new discoveries from ARMANI/Archivio.
by Chidozie Obasi
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