Opening of the new headquarters of Fondazione Prada in Milan

One of these days in Milan the grandiose exhibition space, intended for an embodiment of numerous initiatives Fondazione Prada in the field of art and a fashion will open. On the new headquarters of the foundation and plans related to its opening, told yesterday at a press conference Patricio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada.

Fashion house Prada today is associated not only with fashion - numerous brand projects related to art are realized by a special fund Fondazione Prada. Annually various exhibitions, film projects are carried out, the help to young artists, sculptors, architects is carried out.

This year, the Prada Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary, and a new headquarters, located in the southern part of Milan, will be a splendid gift for the anniversary. This is neither more nor less than ten buildings - seven of them were converted from the shops of a distillery in 1916 and three were built in accordance with the design of the architectural bureau OMA, headed by Rem Kolkhas. There will be exhibition halls, a children's center, a cafe, a library, a cinema, in which the documentary about the famous director Roman Polanski will be shown first.

On May 9, the exposition will open in the new building Fondazione Prada. In particular, the guests of the center one of the first to visit the exhibition Serial Classic, dedicated to classical sculpture, the issue of originals and copies, the relevance of which does not fall throughout the history of art. Of course, within the walls of the new center there is a place for her Majesty of Fashion - both in the aspect of history and theory, and in terms of new collections, concepts and perspectives.