MILAN.- Today a private view of Fondazione Prada’s new exhibition space, Osservatorio, took place.

Devoted to photography and visual languages, Osservatorio is located in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, extending across the fifth and sixth floors of one of the Galleria’s main buildings, at the level of the glass and iron dome that covers the arcades.

The inaugural exhibition, “Give Me Yesterday”, curated by Francesco Zanot, explores the use of photography as a personal diary over a period of time ranging from the early 2000s through today, and features 14 international artists.

The President of Fondazione Prada, Miuccia Prada, attended the event, along with the Deputy Mayor of Milan Anna Scavuzzo, the Superintendent for Archeology, Arts and Landscape Antonella Ranaldi, the Vice President of FAI Marco Magnifico, the Director of Servizio Polo Mostre e Musei Scientifici of the City of Milan Domenico Piraina, the Director of Museo Poldi Pezzoli Annalisa Zanni, the Director of Museo Teatro alla Scala Donatella Brunazzi, as well as representatives for the worlds of culture and publishing such as Natalia Aspesi, Germano Celant, Luciano Fontana, Barbara Stefanelli, the curator of the exhibition Francesco Zanot and several exhibited artists, among whom were Irene Fenara, Leigh Ledare, Lebohang Kganye, Joanna Piotrowska, Greg Reynolds, Antonio Rovaldi and Maurice Van Es.