# Kandinsky and Italy
**Venue:** [[MA*GA Museum]], Gallarate (near Milan)
**Dates:** 30 November 2025 – 12 April 2026
**Curators:** Elisabetta Barisoni, Emma Zanella
## About
130 works tracing [[Wassily Kandinsky]]'s influence on Italian abstractionism from the 1930s–1950s. Organized with Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.
Features works by Kandinsky alongside [[Paul Klee]], [[Jean Arp]], [[Joan Miró]], [[Alexander Calder]], [[Lucio Fontana]], Osvaldo Licini, Fausto Melotti, Carla Accardi, Piero Dorazio, and other European/Italian abstract artists.
### Three Sections
1. **International context** – The [[Bauhaus]] and Kandinsky's influence on modern visual language
2. **Italy connection** – The pivotal 1934 exhibition at Galleria del Milione, Milan
3. **Post-WWII legacy** – Form, MAC, Origin movements reinterpreting Kandinsky
Part of Milan Cortina 2026 Cultural Olympiad and Varese Culture 2030.
## Links
- [MUDEC Milan](https://www.mudec.it/en/kandinsky-exhibition-mudec-milan/)
- [Finestre sull'Arte](https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/works-and-artists/kandinsky-and-italy-the-whole-story-of-a-dialogue)