GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI WAS FOUNDED IN 1990 IN MILANO BY CARLA SOZZANI, IN THE INNER COURTYARD OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT CORSO COMO N° 10.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, THE GALLERY HAS PROMOTED A DEEPER AND ENRICHED UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE FINE AND APPLIED ARTS AS WELL OF FASHION AND DESIGN OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY.

NEXT TO THE GALLERIA THE BOOKSHOP SOZZANI, OFTEN MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOKSHOPS IN THE WORLD, PRESENTS A WIDE SELECTION OF NEW AND CLASSIC PUBLICATIONS ON ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND FASHION WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE FONDAZIONE HAS ITS OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

IN 2016 CARLA SOZZANI, KRIS RUHS AND SARA SOZZANI MAINO FOUND FONDAZIONE SOZZANI  THAT HAS ASSUMED THE PATRONAGE OF GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI AND CONTINUES ALL RELEVANT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS THAT THE GALLERIA HAS SUPPORTED SINCE 1990.

IN 2018 THE FONDAZIONE OPENS ANOTHER VENUE IN PARIS, IN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 22 RUE MARX DORMOY. 

THE FOUNDATION GROWS ITS MISSIONS AND COMMITS TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS, CURATES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO CREATE AWARNESS AND SUPPORTS THE NEW GENERATION OF CREATIVES AT A NEXT VENUE IN MILANO, AT VIA E. TAZZOLI N° 3.

IN 2023 THE FONDAZIONE CELEBRATES THE 33^RD ANNIVERSARY OF GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI AND MOVES FROM CORSO COMO TO A NEW VENUE, UNIQUE TO ITS MISSIONS, TO VIA BOVISASCA 87. 

OPENING IN SPRING 2024 THE LARGER SPACE WILL ALLOW A WIDER RANGE OF PRESENTATIONS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS AND WILL HOUSE THE FOUNDATION ARCHIVES AND A LIBRARY, BIBLIOTECA SOZZANI, DEDICATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND FASHION TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FONDAZIONE.

304 EXHIBITIONS AT THE GALLERY AT CORSO COMO N° 10

(200 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS – 29 PHOTOJOURNALISM – 35 DESIGN – 31 CONTEMPORARY ART – 6 FASHION
3 PRIMITIVE ART)

20 ON TOUR EXHIBITIONS (6 IN SHANGHAI, 5 IN NEW YORK, 8 IN SEOUL, 3 IN PECHINO, 2 IN TOKYO)

5 EXHIBITIONS OF THE FONDAZIONE SOZZANI AND CARLA SOZZANI COLLECTION 
(PARIGI, LE LOCLE, BERLINO, NAPOLI, MADRID, COMO)

3 EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS , 22 MARX DORMOY.

34 PUBLICATIONS

120 BOOK PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS

2.100.000 VISITOR