Casa Museo Spazio Tadini
A piece of history, that of the second half of the twentieth century. A space for reflection for today’s man. Through art. Since 2006.
Emilio Tadini worked here until 2002. Today, it is home to Francesco Tadini – his son, a photographer and filmmaker – and his wife Melina Scalise, a psychologist, journalist, and curator of the archive. Their choice, made in 2006, was a life decision: to transform their home into a house museum, a public square, a place of exchange and dialogue rooted in art, sharing access to Emilio Tadini’s artistic and intellectual legacy. For a period, it was the headquarters of the cultural association Spazio Tadini; today it is a private museum and archive. It hosts cultural activities across the visual arts, music, theatre, and literature. Established figures and emerging talents alike have had the opportunity to engage with audiences in a space as intimate and welcoming as only a home can be. Visitors can explore the former studio of the painter and writer, now home to photographic exhibitions curated by Federicapaola Capecchi as part of the Opificio della Fotografia project. Adjacent to it are Francesco Tadini’s photographic studio, a library, the art collection, and the documents of the Grafiche Marucelli publishing house. On the upper floor, Emilio Tadini’s canvases are on display. Over the past twenty years, the house has hosted unforgettable evenings with Dario Fo, Luigi Pestalozza, the trumpets of Falzone and Rava, piano performances by Intra and Liguori, and literary encounters with Vittorio Sgarbi, Flavio Caroli, Claudia Canali, Massimo Recalcati, Elio Fiorucci, and Piera Degli Esposti. It has also welcomed painters both renowned and emerging, as well as leading figures of street art who have narrated Milan and its transformations, and the photographers of the Photomilano collective founded by Francesco Tadini.