Aster srl

Aster srl, concessionaire of the educational-didactic services of the Gallery of Modern Art, offers visits and workshops to schools, adults, families with children: all the routes take place as interactive experiences that stimulate observation and the critical spirit, leverage the involvement of participants and their senses to offer an immersive activity, stimulating curiosity and inviting reflection on the role and meaning of cultural heritage.
The educational proposals are organized according to school programs of all levels, from nursery school to secondary school: the interdisciplinary approach, the methods of communication suited to different types of public, inclusion are the basis of the educational proposal which aims to contextualise the importance of the Villa Reale in the urban fabric and in the historical-artistic context, enhancing the strong link between the works exhibited in the Gallery of Modern Art and the city of Milan. The combination of history and art and the good fortune of being able to also observe contemporary works by foreign artists highlight the non-marginal role of Milan in the artistic movements of the 800th and 900th centuries. 
For guided tours and educational proposals from ASTER srl contact:

ASTER srl
Phone 02 20404175
Mon-Fri 9.00-17.00
Email: info@spazioaster.it

THE MODERN ART GALLERY OF MILAN 
Guided tour - 1h30' 
An eighteenth-century villa in the center that houses art collections of great interest: this is the GAM. After having illustrated the architectural structure and history of the collections, we delve into the most significant works of the main artists and movements. From the neoclassical period with Canova and Appiani to the Romanticism of Hayez to the masterpieces of Scapigliatura, Divisionism and Symbolism with Grandi, Segantini, Previati, focusing on the Fourth Estate by Pellizza da Volpedo. The gaze also shifts to European artists such as Manet, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Picasso and approaches the Italian twentieth century with Boccioni, Balla and Morandi. Ranging between different materials and techniques and guiding the observation of the work, we approach the works by highlighting the content, formal and executive aspects in the historical-artistic context of the movement to which they belong. 
Cost: entrance ticket €3/€5 each; guided tour €130 per group (max 25 people); €150 in language

LIGHT, SHAPE AND MATTER 
Guided tour – 2h 
A path designed for those who already have a good knowledge of art history and want to delve deeper into some formal aspects of art between the 800th and 900th centuries. In fact, we deal with the research on light conducted by many artists from the second half of the nineteenth century, technically (following the scientific theories of color decomposition) or empirically (often linked to photography). We talk about the different declinations of this study (sculpture, role of color, pictorial drafting) starting from the various technical enunciations of Scapigliatura and Divisionism with the works for example of Pellizza da Volpedo, Segantini, Previati and Morbelli; we arrive at the sculpture of Medardo Rosso and Rodin and the use of pastel by Zandomeneghi up to the eclectic Grassica collection characterized precisely by research on light from the Scapigliatura to the Futurists. The journey ends with Corot's graphic (and photographic) expression and the use of light in Morandi's engravings. 
Cost: entrance ticket €3/€5 each; guided tour €160 per group (max 25 people); €180 in language

GALLERY WITH A VIEW 
Guided tour – 2h 
A journey that aims to underline the close relationship in the History of Art between gardens and their buildings and more generally between Nature, Art and the artist's gaze. The garden of the Villa Reale is in fact the first English garden in Milan, which contrasts with the Italian garden; we investigate the apparent spontaneous arrangement of the tree species as if it were a natural landscape, discovering that nothing is random just as the arrangement of architecture and statues is not, but that, on the contrary, it all responds to the view that the designer wanted to be enjoyed from the villa and in the garden. Thus we observe how even in the works that portray everyday and objective scenes, the study of the view chosen by the author with particular, almost photographic cuts or the choice of format and lighting system is fundamental, up to the singular frames and the same architectural container, the villa, which houses the collections. A path that underlines how the artist's point of view is always studied and fundamental in the balance of one's creation. 
Cost: entrance ticket €3/€5 each; guided tour €160 per group (max 25 people); €180 in language

I BECOME A WORK OF ART! 
Visit with laboratory – Public with fragility – 1h30' 
The itinerary develops around five works from the Museum depicting the body in space. The aim is to get to know the work of art by identifying with it through body movements. After observing the work, it is described or described and this operation is reinforced by having the participants imitate the positions of the figures, with the possibility of adding tactile exploration for the sculptures (max 15 people). 
Cost: entrance ticket €3/€5 each; guided tour €90 per group (max 15 people); €110 in language