In una grande chiesa sconsacrata di Milano apre una nuova galleria d’arte internazionale
On June 17, 2026, the Hong Kong-based gallery platform Villepin opens its first Italian outpost in Milan's deconsecrated church of San Vittore e 40 Martiri in the Corvetto district. The inaugural exhibition, "White Noise," is a solo show by painter and musician Marie de Villepin, curated by her brother Arthur de Villepin, with the family enterprise founded by their father, former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. The gallery will host two exhibitions per year, blending visual arts, music, cinema, and design in dialogue with the historic space.
The move marks Villepin's strategic expansion into Europe, leveraging its international network between Asia and Europe to represent Eastern artists while also dealing in the secondary market for blue-chip works. The choice of a peripheral, deconsecrated church—a former community hub with a social welfare history—underscores a trend of repurposing non-traditional spaces for high-end art venues, blending cultural diplomacy with commercial ambition. The exhibition itself explores themes of saturation and residue in contemporary life, using the church's aged surfaces as a canvas for emotional and visual archaeology.