Gae Aulenti (1927-2012)

From May 22, 2024 to January 12, 2025, Triennale Milano is presenting the exhibition Gae Aulenti (1927-2012), staged in collaboration with the Archivio Gae Aulenti and curated by Giovanni Agosti with Nina Artioli, director of the Archivio Gae Aulenti, and Nina Bassoli, curator for Architecture, Urban Regeneration and Cities at Triennale.
The exhibition, with exhibition design by the Tspoon studio, pays homage to one of the most representative figures of Italian and international architecture and design in the late 20th century and early 2000s, in the first large monographic exhibition dedicated to her entire career, that lasted over sixty years.

Triennale Milano is the institution that has, more than any other institution, accompanied Gae Aulenti on her long journey of expressive adventures: it was here that her career began, in the early 1950s; and it was here that she came on October 16, 2012 to receive the Medaglia d'Oro alla carriera (Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement) for her contribution to Italian architecture.

The exhibition traces, in a concise yet striking manner, Aulenti's human and professional story, with a glance also at the interplay of architecture with the other arts, as well as the interplay between culture and politics. It does not simply involve a selection, whether broad or narrow, of drawings and designs, prototypes and sketches, maquettes and photographs, to be displayed on the walls or in show cases, although these are there too; rather, the occasion is intended to be a comprehensive reappraisal through life-size reconstructions of parts of Gae Aulenti's works.