Milan’s Museo delle Culture to open in October

According to The Art Newspaper, Milan’s Museo delle Culture, a museum for non-European art, is forecast to open in October 2014. It is a project which has so far cost the city €60 million, and has been in the pipeline since 1999.

The museum, designed by the British architect Sir David Chipperfield, serves as a collaboration between public and private spheres. The city of Milan is to oversee the museum’s permanent collection, whilst a private company is to be in control of the institution’s commercial enterprises, education programme and the organisation of two annual temporary exhibitions.

When the museum does open its doors to the public, it is to house 780m2 of permanent exhibition space and 1,500m2 of temporary exhibition space, enabling it to showcase a great variety of non-European works ranging in origin from pre-Columbian to modern and contemporary art. The museum’s permanent collection is to draw from the city’s extensive resources and is to be overseen by Marina Pugliese, the Director of Milan’s Museum for Italian Modern Art.

The museum’s opening temporary show is to be dedicated to the many international exhibitions held in Milan between 1850 and 1950, which introduced non-European art and ideas to the city.