Address: Via Bagnera - Piazza Mentana - Via Torino

Opened in 1974, the Civic Museum-Studio Francesco Messina is hosted in the old deconsecrated church of S. Sisto, near the central via Torino.

The Sicilian artist adopted by Milan wanted to have a part of his works kept here in Milan thanks to the donation done to the Municipality of Milan.

The museum, which had also been the studio of the artist for several years, showcases almost eighty sculptures (plaster models, polychrome terracottas, bronzes, waxes) and about thirty graphic works (lithographies, pastels, watercolors, drawings in pencil).

The “Portrait of a blond young man” is a subsequent elaboration of Francesco Messina's self-portrait dating back to 1934.

This venue offers exhibitions and activities linked to the world of contemporary sculpture.