Thaddaeus Ropac will open a new permanent space in Milan this fall. The new gallery—which will add to its other branches in Paris, Salzburg, and Seoul—will be spearheaded by Elena Bonanno di Linguaglossa, who most recently served as the senior director at Lévy Gorvy Dayan. The inaugural programming has yet to be announced.
The gallery will occupy a 280-square-meter space within the historic Palazzo Belgioioso, encompassing two grand rooms on the building’s first floor. Additionally, the gallery will present sculptures in the Piazza Belgioioso, the public square fronting the palazzo. This space is situated in Milan’s cultural center, near the Teatro alla Scala, Via Monte Napoleone, and the Duomo di Milano, as well as a network of museums including the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Museo del Novecento.
“Milan is at Europe’s crossroads, Italy the continent’s heartbeat, a country that profoundly shaped the evolution of art through the ages and where crucial modern art movements were conceived,” said gallery founder Thaddaeus Ropac. “We increasingly felt Italy was missing from our European constellation of galleries since it has always been important to how we have grown internationally and to our artists’ development […] We have fostered such meaningful relationships with collectors and institutions here over several decades, and with the momentum of Milan as a destination for the arts, it’s a natural home for us.”
Over the years, Thaddaeus Ropac has established a strong presence in Milan by collaborating with local institutions to support exhibitions featuring its artists. In 2024, the gallery supported exhibitions for Alex Katz at Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Martha Jungwirth at Galleria di Palazzo Cini. In spring 2025, the Museo del Novecento in Milan will mount a Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, coinciding with the artist’s 100th birthday.
“Always a place of great collectors and collections and now a burgeoning art scene, Thaddaeus Ropac Milan will make a significant contribution to the city’s emergence as a leading international arts destination,” added gallery director Bonanno di Linguaglossa.
This news coincides with a growing international interest in Milan—named one of Artsy’s emerging art capitals to watch in 2025.
