Museo del Novecento in Milan is presenting a focused section on Bruno Munari within its permanent-collection programme, drawing attention to the artist’s engagement with kinetic and programmed art. The presentation describes Munari’s work as moving through those languages while renewing them in unexpected directions. The museum’s September newsletter does not specify an opening or closing date for the focus.
The Munari presentation forms part of a sequence of collection-based projects devoted to figures in Italian art of the second half of the 20th century. Other current sections at the museum are dedicated to Paolo Scirpa and Alberto Garutti. The Scirpa display examines object-based and kinetic tendencies linked to Constructivism and Neoplasticism, while the Garutti room traces five decades of research, from photographic works of the 1950s to projects concerning public space.
Munari’s focus is framed through the relationship between movement, structure and artistic language. The description supplied by the museum points specifically to his ability to cross the boundaries of kinetic and programmed art rather than treating either category as fixed. It does not identify individual works, materials, dates or the number of objects included, and no separate exhibition title is given beyond ‘Bruno Munari’.
The presentation is part of the Museo del Novecento’s wider account of modern and contemporary art. The institution describes its holdings as spanning the 20th and 21st centuries, with more than 300 works on display at its Piazza Duomo location. Its collection itinerary runs from the historical avant-gardes—including what the museum calls the world’s most important collection of Futurism—to art between the two World Wars, abstraction, Informel and work from the early 1990s.
Munari will also be the subject of an education programme for children during the museum’s September schedule. The workshop, titled ‘Bruno Munari’, is designed around practical activities using simple paper forms to make air and its movement visible. Participants will explore form, balance and gravity through play, observation and direct experimentation. The newsletter lists the workshop for Saturday 19 September at 3:30 p.m. and says that booking is required.
The museum’s website lists the same Munari-inspired laboratory on 19 September 2026, describing it for children aged 6 to 10, while the newsletter describes the age range as 6 to 11. The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and on Thursday until 10:30 p.m.; it is closed on Mondays. The address given by the institution is Piazza Duomo 8, Milan.
