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Biennale Internazionale Grafica | 23-26 May 2024

10/09/2026

Next up in our series of BIG 2026 exhibitions: Muddy Dance.
Muddy Dance celebrates the movement of football. Through a selection of football photographs, Erik Kessels shifts the focus from the ball to the players’ movements: by erasing it from each image, he transforms the actions on the field into casual choreographies of twists, falls and suspended gestures.
An act of re-appropriation of vernacular photography that brings the beauty of footballers’ movements to the fore, transforming one of the world’s most popular sports into a true art form.

The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum’s regular hours through November 8, 2026.

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Prossimo appuntamento con le mostre di BIG 2026: Muddy Dance.
Muddy Dance celebra il movimento del calcio. Attraverso una selezione di fotografie di calcio, Erik Kessels sposta l’attenzione dalla palla ai movimenti dei giocatori: cancellandola da ogni immagine, trasforma le azioni sul campo in coreografie casuali, fatte di torsioni, cadute e gesti sospesi.
Un esercizio di riappropriazione della fotografia vernacolare che porta in primo piano la bellezza dei movimenti dei calciatori, trasformando uno degli sport più popolari in una vera e propria forma d’arte.

La mostra rimarrà visitabile negli orari di apertura del museo fino all’8 novembre 2026.

09/09/2026

BIG 2026 is held under the patronage of the Municipality of Milan.
Thank you to the City of Milan for supporting this new edition of the International Graphic Design Biennial, which from 22 to 25 October will bring together voices, projects, and leading figures from the international contemporary graphic design scene in the city.

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BIG 2026 è realizzata con il patrocinio del Comune di Milano. Grazie alla Città di Milano per il sostegno a questa nuova edizione della Biennale Internazionale Grafica, che dal 22 al 25 ottobre riunirà in città voci, progetti e protagonisti della grafica contemporanea internazionale.

09/09/2026

We’re continuing to reveal the exhibitions coming to BIG 2026.
BookShock presents itself as a critical device: a place where the book, in its multiple forms, makes it possible to examine the conditions of contemporary cultural production and the ways in which it is transmitted.
For the first time, the exhibition presents, alongside artefacts and printed copies, a selection of immaterial books generated through artificial intelligence, capable of surprising and redefining the very concept of the book.
The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum’s regular hours through November 8, 2026.

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Continuiamo a svelare le mostre che animeranno BIG 2026.
BookShock si propone come un dispositivo critico: un luogo in cui il libro, nelle sue molteplici forme, permette di indagare le condizioni della produzione culturale contemporanea e le modalità attraverso cui essa viene trasmessa.
Per la prima volta, la mostra presenta, accanto ad artefatti e copie stampate, una selezione di libri immateriali generati attraverso l’intelligenza artificiale, capaci di sorprendere e ridefinire il concetto stesso di libro.

La mostra rimarrà visitabile negli orari di apertura del museo fino all’8 novembre.

02/09/2026

We are trilled to announce the third exhibition to be featured at BIG!
Alfabeti Modernisti Italiani, curated by Luca Lattuga in collaboration with Fabrizio Falcone - Type designer
The exhibition stems from research begun fifteen years ago by Lattuga, which culminated, in November 2025, in the publication of the book Alfabeti Modernisti Italiani, published by Lazy Dog Press. An exhibition dedicated to these particular typefaces and their history, curated using original materials drawn almost entirely from his personal archive, supplemented by a number of reproductions, taking visitors on a journey through the chapters of the book – and beyond.
Furthermore, thanks to the collaboration with CAST, which has revitalised a selection of 25 typefaces from this collection, it will be possible to appreciate the unique work behind the transition from the original typefaces to digital fonts.
More than 120 alphabets designed and produced between the late 1920s and the 1940s, when visual culture in Italy broke definitively with the decorative style and ornamentation of Art Nouveau to move towards a rational simplification of forms: pure geometries, clean volumes, elementary harmonies. This modernist period is evidenced not only by the well-known graphic works of its leading figures, but is also documented by significant peripheral – though by no means secondary – developments. Compared with the international scene of the time, Italy occupied a marginal position in the production of typefaces. Yet a more in-depth investigation reveals a far more complex and varied picture: a multitude of typefaces that have now been forgotten.
A one-of-a-kind exhibition featuring a wealth of previously unseen material.

The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum’s regular hours through November 8, 2026

28/08/2026

LETTERS, GEOMETRY, MODERNITY.
In 1927, Paul Renner’s Futura was released: a typeface based on the circle, triangle, and square, and designed to give typography a modern form.
Ten years later, Guido Modiano wrote in the well-known magazine Campo Grafico about Futura as the “archetype of today’s typefaces”: the starting point for endless variations that changed the face of typography and, consequently, the aesthetics of graphic design.
The Nebiolo type foundry, based on designs by Alessandro Butti and Giulio Da Milano, produced the Semplicità series, creating one of the most widespread and successful typefaces of the period, which remained in production until the 1970s.
However, the purity and utopian ideals of rationalist principles would clash with market demands. The rigor of these linear, geometric typefaces would be complemented by the production of a myriad of “advertising” typefaces, developed for commercials and to enrich—with a decorative touch—compositions often deemed too austere.
It is precisely here that Alfabeti Modernisti Italiani opens up an interesting perspective: what happens when that modern geometry enters the workshops of local typeface producers?
A vast number of diverse, vernacular typefaces emerge, often designed in places far removed from the major design circuits.

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25/08/2026

Let’s take a closer look at some of the protagonists of SIGNS 4, curated by Francesco Dondina

esc design studio
Giorgia Cadeddu
FIRM.GS
Giulia Boccarossa

The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum’s regular hours through November 8, 2026.

Exhibition identity: Bar Mezzo

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Diamo uno sguardo più ravvicinato ad alcuni dei protagonisti di SIGNS 4, a cura di Francesco Dondina.

esc design studio
Giorgia Cadeddu
FIRM
Giulia Boccarossa

La mostra rimarrà visitabile negli orari di apertura del museo fino all’8 novembre 2026.

Identità visiva: Bar Mezzo

05/08/2026

Let’s take a closer look at some of the protagonists of SIGNS 4, curated by Francesco Dondina

Federica Ricci
pop-eye studio
Chiazhu
Giga

The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum’s regular hours through November 8, 2026.

Exhibition identity: Bar Mezzo

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Diamo uno sguardo più ravvicinato ad alcuni dei protagonisti di SIGNS 4, a cura di Francesco Dondina.

Federica Ricci
pop-eye studio
Chiara Zhu
Giga Design Studio

La mostra rimarrà visitabile negli orari di apertura del museo fino all’8 novembre 2026.

Identità visiva: Bar Mezzo

30/07/2026

Signs/Grafica Italiana Contemporanea returns to BIG 26 for its fourth edition.
An author-led exhibition that, with each edition, presents a selection of Italian graphic designers from different generations, cultural backgrounds, educational paths, and visual languages. A dialogue between diverse perspectives that reflects the many facets of the graphic design profession, where differences are embraced as a cultural value.

The exhibition will be open to the public during the museum’s regular hours through November 8, 2026.

The authors/studios selected for the 2026 edition are:
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Curated by:
Exhibition identity: .mezzo

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Signs/Grafica Italiana Contemporanea arriva a BIG 26 con la sua quarta edizione!
Una mostra autoriale che propone di volta in volta una selezione di progettisti della grafica italiana, diversi per anagrafe, cultura, formazione, linguaggi. Un dialogo tra mondi diversi che rifletteno sulle tante anime del mestiere di grafico, dove le differenze sono da considerarsi un valore culturale.

La mostra rimarrà visitabile negli orari di apertura del museo fino all’8 novembre 2026.

Gli autori /studi selezionati per questa edizione 2026 sono:
Atto, Chiara Zhu, Dario Carta, eee studio, Elia Barbieri, esc design, Federica Ricci, FIRM, Giga Design Studio, Giorgia Cadeddu, Giulia Boccarossa, pop-eye studio

Curata da Francesco Dondina
Identità visiva: Bar Mezzo

13/07/2026

Editorial design is often discussed through typography, grids and layout.Yet every book begins somewhere else. In its format. In the paper it is printed on. In the way it opens, bends and occupies space. Before we read the text, we encounter the object.

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Il design editoriale viene spesso affrontato in termini di tipografia, griglie e impaginazione. Eppure ogni libro ha un punto di partenza diverso. Nel suo formato. Nella carta su cui è stampato. Nel modo in cui si apre, si piega e occupa lo spazio. Prima ancora di leggere il testo, ci troviamo di fronte all’oggetto.

29/06/2026

Memories from BIG 2024.
As a new edition of Biennale Internazionale Grafica approaches, here are a few moments from the last one.

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Ricordi di BIG 2024.
Si avvicina una nuova edizione della Biennale Internazionale Grafica, ecco alcuni momenti della precedente.

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