City guideMilan · Sat 31 – Sun 1 November
Milan this weekend: AC Milan v Inter and Picabia at Palazzo Reale
The Milan derby at San Siro, Picabia at Palazzo Reale, Matisse at the Mudec, JazzMi at the Triennale, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Annunciation at the Museo Diocesano, a free Sunday at the Castello Sforzesco and Wau, a new Malaysian restaurant.
The weekend at a glance
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Saturday · 31 October
Sunday · 1 November
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
31 October
Sat 20:45
Sport · San Siro
AC Milan v Inter at San Siro
AC Milan host Inter at San Siro on Saturday night in the Derby della Madonnina, round 10 of Serie A, between the two clubs that share the stadium. It falls on Halloween, three days after Milan’s home game against Bologna.
Kick-off is 20:45. Kick-off is 20:45. AC Milan sell any remaining tickets online, at Casa Milan and on Vivaticket. Take metro line 5 to San Siro Stadio and allow time for the gates.
Sat 18:00–01:00Mains €16–27
Restaurant · Naviglio Pavese
Wau, a new Malaysian restaurant by the Naviglio Pavese
Wau, Milan’s first Malaysian restaurant by its own account, was opened by Fareed Hamzah and his mother in via Ascanio Sforza. The spice paste is pounded every morning and dishes are shared: nasi lemak, kari laksa, slow-cooked rendang, blue butterfly-pea rice.
On Saturday it serves from 18:00 to 1:00. Mains run from €16 to €27, nasi lemak €19; book on its site.
Sunday
1 November
Sun 10:00–17:30Free
Museum · Castello Sforzesco
Free entry to the Castello Sforzesco museums
Sunday is the first of the month, so the museums of the Castello Sforzesco are free for everyone: Michelangelo’s Rondanini Pietà, the picture gallery and the armoury, inside the Sforza dukes’ fifteenth-century castle. Leonardo’s Sala delle Asse is closed for restoration.
They are open 10:00 to 17:30 despite the holiday, last entry 16:30; pick up a free ticket at the desk. The courtyards are free daily, 7:00 to 19:30.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat and Sun, 10:00–19:30€15, open ticket €17
Exhibition · Palazzo Reale, Duomo
Francis Picabia at Palazzo Reale
Picabia. Aprire le porte della notte is the largest Francis Picabia exhibition ever held in Italy: more than 170 paintings, drawings, photographs and documents, arranged around the theme of night, following a painter who passed through Impressionism, Cubism and Dada.
Palazzo Reale, beside the Duomo, is open 10:00 to 19:30 on Saturday and on Sunday’s All Saints’ holiday, last entry an hour before. Tickets are €15, or €17 open-dated; book ahead.
Sat and Sun, 9:30–19:30€16, €14 ages 6–26
Exhibition · Mudec, via Tortona
Matisse at the Mudec
Matisse. Il mondo in una stanza gathers about 100 works, lent by MoMA, the Musée d’Orsay, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and others, to show how African, Islamic, Russian, Pacific and Chinese art shaped Henri Matisse, with the Océanie diptych and the Jazz plates.
The Mudec in via Tortona is open 9:30 to 19:30 on both days, holiday included, last entry an hour before. Tickets are €16, or €14 from 6 to 26.
Sat 20:00, Sun 20:00 and 22:00From €28.75
Concert · Triennale, Parco Sempione
JazzMi festival concerts at the Triennale
JazzMi, Milan’s jazz festival, runs until 8 November. At the Triennale this weekend, Lail Arad and Jesca Hoop sing The Songs of Joni Mitchell on Saturday, and on Sunday the drummer Nate Smith, who has played with Dave Holland and Norah Jones, gives two sets.
Saturday starts at 20:00, Sunday at 20:00 and 22:00, in the theatre downstairs. Tickets start at €28.75; there are also festival concerts at the ADI Design Museum at 17:30.
Sat and Sun, 10:00–18:00€10, €8 reduced
Exhibition · Sant’Eustorgio
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Annunciation at the Museo Diocesano
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Annunciation, lent by the Capodimonte museum in Naples, is this year’s Capolavoro per Milano, the one masterpiece the Museo Diocesano borrows each year. Dated 1630, it is her first known painting from Naples, two large figures on a dark, Caravaggesque ground.
The museum, in the cloisters of Sant’Eustorgio, is open 10:00 to 18:00 both days; the ticket office closes at 17:30. Metro M4 to Vetra.
Saturday
Sat 20:45
AC Milan v Inter at San Siro
AC Milan host Inter at San Siro on Saturday night in the Derby della Madonnina, round 10 of Serie A, between the two clubs that share the stadium. It falls on Halloween, three days after Milan’s home game against Bologna.
Kick-off is 20:45. Kick-off is 20:45. AC Milan sell any remaining tickets online, at Casa Milan and on Vivaticket. Take metro line 5 to San Siro Stadio and allow time for the gates.
San Siro Stadium Sat 18:00–01:00
Wau, a new Malaysian restaurant by the Naviglio Pavese
Wau, Milan’s first Malaysian restaurant by its own account, was opened by Fareed Hamzah and his mother in via Ascanio Sforza. The spice paste is pounded every morning and dishes are shared: nasi lemak, kari laksa, slow-cooked rendang, blue butterfly-pea rice.
On Saturday it serves from 18:00 to 1:00. Mains run from €16 to €27, nasi lemak €19; book on its site.
WAU Cucina Malese Sunday
Sun 10:00–17:30
Free entry to the Castello Sforzesco museums
Sunday is the first of the month, so the museums of the Castello Sforzesco are free for everyone: Michelangelo’s Rondanini Pietà, the picture gallery and the armoury, inside the Sforza dukes’ fifteenth-century castle. Leonardo’s Sala delle Asse is closed for restoration.
They are open 10:00 to 17:30 despite the holiday, last entry 16:30; pick up a free ticket at the desk. The courtyards are free daily, 7:00 to 19:30.
Sforzesco Castle All weekend
Sat and Sun, 10:00–19:30
Francis Picabia at Palazzo Reale
Picabia. Aprire le porte della notte is the largest Francis Picabia exhibition ever held in Italy: more than 170 paintings, drawings, photographs and documents, arranged around the theme of night, following a painter who passed through Impressionism, Cubism and Dada.
Palazzo Reale, beside the Duomo, is open 10:00 to 19:30 on Saturday and on Sunday’s All Saints’ holiday, last entry an hour before. Tickets are €15, or €17 open-dated; book ahead.
Palazzo Reale di Milano Sat and Sun, 9:30–19:30
Matisse at the Mudec
Matisse. Il mondo in una stanza gathers about 100 works, lent by MoMA, the Musée d’Orsay, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and others, to show how African, Islamic, Russian, Pacific and Chinese art shaped Henri Matisse, with the Océanie diptych and the Jazz plates.
The Mudec in via Tortona is open 9:30 to 19:30 on both days, holiday included, last entry an hour before. Tickets are €16, or €14 from 6 to 26.
Mudec Sat 20:00, Sun 20:00 and 22:00
JazzMi festival concerts at the Triennale
JazzMi, Milan’s jazz festival, runs until 8 November. At the Triennale this weekend, Lail Arad and Jesca Hoop sing The Songs of Joni Mitchell on Saturday, and on Sunday the drummer Nate Smith, who has played with Dave Holland and Norah Jones, gives two sets.
Saturday starts at 20:00, Sunday at 20:00 and 22:00, in the theatre downstairs. Tickets start at €28.75; there are also festival concerts at the ADI Design Museum at 17:30.
Triennale di Milano Sat and Sun, 10:00–18:00
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Annunciation at the Museo Diocesano
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Annunciation, lent by the Capodimonte museum in Naples, is this year’s Capolavoro per Milano, the one masterpiece the Museo Diocesano borrows each year. Dated 1630, it is her first known painting from Naples, two large figures on a dark, Caravaggesque ground.
The museum, in the cloisters of Sant’Eustorgio, is open 10:00 to 18:00 both days; the ticket office closes at 17:30. Metro M4 to Vetra.
Museo Diocesano