Picasso, Miró, Dalí: three geniuses, one exhibition in Milan

If I told you that for a few months in Milan, you could come face to face with three giants of modern art, would you believe me?

Well, from October 25, 2025, to January 25, 2026, at the Fabbrica del Vapore, a space-time portal will open, catapulting you into the heart of 20th-century Spanish avant-garde art.

The title says it all: “The Three Greats of Spain: Three Visions, One Legacy.”

The protagonists? Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Salvador Dalí. Need we say more?

Three signatures, a legacy that concerns us all, an exhibition in Milan

Three names that need no introduction, yet this exhibition does much more than celebrate their fame. It takes us on a dense, profound, at times dreamlike journey into the origins, revolutions, contradictions, and global successes of three brilliant and rebellious personalities.

It is not just an exhibition, but a three-way dialogue.

Each with their own worldview, each with their own unmistakeable aesthetic, but all three with a common legacy that speaks of creative freedom, breaking the rules, and languages that still influence art, design, fashion, and even Instagram memes (yes, even those).

An exhibition that is a journey in five acts (plus a twist)

Curated by Joan Abellò with Vittoria Mainoldi and Carlota Muiños, the exhibition starts from the beginning, recounting the formation of the three artists in early 20th-century Catalonia, a land of cultural and aesthetic ferment. Here, their rejection of the academies and their bold leap towards a new idea of art took shape.

Then we move on to the avant-garde Paris, where influences multiply, friendships intertwine, and trajectories become explosive. Picasso, Miró, and Dalí do not imitate but invent, each with a unique language capable of undermining all certainties.

The beating heart of the exhibition is dedicated to Surrealism, seen not only as an artistic movement but as a tool for probing the unconscious and laying bare identity, and it is here that you will willingly lose yourself among dreams, symbols, nightmares, and visions.

Art, war, and creative madness

The exhibition also focuses on a theme that resonates more strongly than ever today: the relationship between art and war. An entire space is dedicated to Picasso’s Guernica, his silent cry against violence, to 1937, a year of blood and genius.

You can see preparatory sketches, photographs taken by Dora Maar, and works that recount a tragic era that, unfortunately, still has many similarities with our own.

If you love theater and set design, prepare to be speechless in front of “Bacchanale,” the imposing surreal set designed by Dalí for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. A crazy and visionary collaboration, exhibited for the first time in Italy on this occasion.

Why visit the exhibition

The exhibition features over 250 works from international museums and private collections: from the Museu Picasso in Barcelona to the Reina Sofia in Madrid, from the Fundación Luis Seoane to the Fundación Museo de Artes del Grabado. However, the real surprise is the lesser-known works, those rarely exhibited, those that make you say: “I never saw this side of Picasso’ (or Dalí, or Miró).

And yes, you can see them all with just one ticket.

Because it’s not often that you get to see three giants of art history together under one roof. Because this exhibition doesn’t just tell you about them, it lets you experience their stories.

If you love art, symbols, dreams, and revolutions, this is the place to be.

The Three Greats of Spain.
Three visions, one legacy. The art of Dalí, Miró, and Picasso
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
October 25, 2025, to January 25, 2026

Picasso, Miró, and Dalí are waiting for you, and I suggest you don’t keep them waiting too long. Buy your tickets now to avoid queuing at the entrance.