GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI WAS FOUNDED IN MILAN IN 1990 ON THE INITIATIVE OF CARLA SOZZANI. LOCATED IN THE INNER COURTYARD OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT N° 10 CORSO COMO, IT ACQUIRED THE OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING AND SPREADING MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY, IN ALL ITS EXPRESSIVE FORMS.
NEXT TO THE GALLERY IS THE SOZZANI LIBRARY, COUNTED AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKSTORES IN THE WORLD AS WELL AS A VENUE FOR COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION. CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, BOOK PRESENTATIONS, AND CONFERENCES TO PROMOTE THE MAJOR AND MINOR ARTS TAKE PLACE HERE.
THE FOUNDATION ALSO PUBLISHES BOOKS ON ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, AND DESIGN.

IN 2016 CARLA SOZZANI AND KRIS RUHS ESTABLISH FONDAZIONE SOZZANI, RECOGNIZED BY REGIONE LOMBARDIA BY DECREE 572 OF 29/12/2016. THE FOUNDATION TAKES OVER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CARLA SOZZANI GALLERY AND CONTINUES WITH THE IMPORTANT PUBLIC FUNCTION IT HAS PERFORMED SINCE 1990.

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

IN 2021, THE FOUNDATION INCREASES ITS ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL JOURNEY WITH THE OPENING OF A SECOND LOCATION IN VIA E. TAZZOLI NO. 3, EXTENDING ITS GOALS TO SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS
DIRECTED BY SARA SOZZANI MAINO. THE VENUE IN VIA TAZZOLI IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CIRCULAR FASHION WITH A PERMANENT PROJECT DEDICATED TO THE FOUNDATION’S FASHION ARCHIVES.

IN 2023, THE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 33 YEARS OF THE CARLA SOZZANI GALLERY AND MOVES TO THE VIA BOVISASCA 87 LOCATION.THE NEW LOCATION, IN ADDITION TO HOUSING THE PROGRAMS OF FONDAZIONE SOZZANI, PRESERVES THE ARCHIVES OF THE FOUNDATION’S ACTIVITY SINCE 1990 AND CREATES A LIBRARY DEDICATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND FASHION, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ITS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

ACTIVITIES FROM 1990 TO 2023 GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI AND FONDAZIONE SOZZANI ACTIVATE COLLABORATIONS WITH IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ENGAGING THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH CONSTANT AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING.
304 EXHIBITIONS (200 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS – 29 PHOTOJOURNALISM EXHIBITIONS – 35 DESIGN EXHIBITIONS – 32 CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS – 6 FASHION EXHIBITIONS – 3 PRIMITIVE ART EXHIBITIONS)
25 ON TOUR EXHIBITIONS (6 IN SHANGHAI, 5 IN NEW YORK, 8 IN SEOUL, 3 IN PECHINO, 2 IN TOKYO, 5 IN PARIS)
6 EXHIBITIONS FROM 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
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