Festival della Bellezza — tappe milanesi

Thought and performance at the Sforza Castle

The Festival della Bellezza arrives in Milan with a series of evenings hosted at the Sforza Castle, in Piazza Castello (District 1), one of the city's symbolic locations. The event, held in multiple Italian cities, offers encounters that combine the rigor of philosophical and scientific thought with live performance, featuring leading figures in Italian culture.

The 2026 theme: the symbolic

The 2026 edition revolves around the theme "The Symbolic", explored from various perspectives: philosophy, psychoanalysis, geopolitics, physics, narrative. Eight events at the Sforza Castle guide the audience through myth, language, imagination, and reason, showing how symbols are at the heart of individual and collective life.

The Milanese evenings

The Milanese program focuses mainly on the month of June, with a continuation at the end of summer. Among the featured guests: Umberto Galimberti on reason and madness, Dario Fabbri on human geopolitics and the symbolic, Massimo Recalcati on the power of words, Federico Buffa with a theatrical performance dedicated to Michael Jordan, Igor Sibaldi, Vincenzo Schettini on the physics of symbols, Massimo Cacciari from metaphor to symbol, and Arianna Porcelli Safonov with a theatrical monologue.

Beauty and depth

The festival's strength lies in combining accessibility and depth: evenings that can speak to a broad audience without sacrificing the complexity of thought. Within the monumental context of the Sforza Castle, the Milanese stages of the Festival della Bellezza become an opportunity to experience Milan as a cultural capital, during a summer season rich in quality offerings.