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Visiting Milan, Italy

— All has been a little quiet here on the blog of late, we have been doing some traveling and somehow managed to lose our laptop cable in between airports and finding a replacement has been a little difficult, to say the least.Those following our social channels will have seen some more frequent updates as we have been sharing photos along the way across our Hookedblog Twitter and Hookedblog Instagram accounts.

For us, any reason to travel is always good and a friend's birthday was the perfect excuse needed to pack a bag and hop on a plane to Milan once again.





Our trip coincided with an unusually hot spell for Milan with June temperatures hitting a sweltering 37 degrees over the duration of our short city visit.



This heat made it somewhat difficult to be carrying camera equipment around and it was far too hot to be pounding the street seeking out street art. Plus this visit was not so much a working trip, more of a city break with the focus falling on friends and food.































The outside of the Pirelli HangarBicocca space, located just north of Milan's city centre - as space was closed we didn't get to see inside!!



Os Gemeos at Pirelli HangarBicocca

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Having run short on time on our previous Milan trip we were determined on this trip to pay a visit to the Pirelli HangarBicocca space just north of the city centre. But despite the heat, it was just too hard for us to resist capturing some photos of the cities street artworks.The outside of the Pirelli HangarBicocca space, located just north of Milan's city centre - as space was closed we didn't get to see inside!!Having run short on time on our previous Milan trip we were determined on this trip to pay a visit to the Pirelli HangarBicocca space just north of the city centre.





Pirelli HangarBicocca space is a contemporary art museum in former factory housing some monumental permanent installations alongside temporary art shows.



As lovers of hot weather, our city visit was perfectly timed for some sunshine but not so lucky with our visit to Pirelli HangarBicocca - like many museums across the globe space was closed to the public on a Monday! We were so excited about finally getting to see the space we completely forgot to check their opening times.



After speaking to one of the security guards on site we learned that despite the space being closed it was still possible to see the outdoor artwork at the rear of the building.













Many of you will probably have seen images of this work online but if you are a fan of the twin's work you really have to see this mural in person which literally covers an entire building. This was just the best news, our trek out here had not been a waste and after another 15 minutes walking around the building in the blazing midday sun, we finally got to see the impressive large scale work painted by the South American twin's Os Gemeos — the pseudonym of brothers Gustavo and Otávio Pandolfo.Many of you will probably have seen images of this work online but if you are a fan of the twin's work you really have to see this mural in person which literally covers an entire building.





























For this their first major mural in Italy, Os Gemeos have drawn inspiration from both the history and location of the Pirelli HangarBicocca building, where train locomotives were once built during the twentieth century.



Now located parallel to the railway lines to the city center, for Efêmero Os Gemoes has transformed two whole sides of the building recreating one of Milan's subway trains with one of their signature graffiti characters redecorating the front of the train carriage. Curated by London based curator Cedar Lewisohn , the mural was unveiled last year on the 21st April 2016. The work by Os Gemeos is titled "Efêmero" and marks the first intervention in a new Pirelli HangarBicocca program, 'Outside the Cube', which will be dedicated to Street Art and other art forms connected to the urban and public contexts.For this their first major mural in Italy, Os Gemeos have drawn inspiration from both the history and location of the Pirelli HangarBicocca building, where train locomotives were once built during the twentieth century.Now located parallel to the railway lines to the city center, for Efêmero Os Gemoes has transformed two whole sides of the building recreating one of Milan's subway trains with one of their signature graffiti characters redecorating the front of the train carriage.



