Do it.

"Arte italiana 1968-2007", running until Nov. 11, is Milan's answer to the Venice Biennale. Conceived by Vittorio Sgarbi, the city's controversial art critic and cultural councilor, the exhibition is a reconstruction of an alternative Italian art movement based on originality over notoriety. On display at the Palazzo Reale are some 200 works divided into four sections and representing the last four decades of Italian avant-garde art with movement of Pop Art, poor art and "transavanguardia" paintings. Domenico Gnoli, Renato Guttuso, Valerio Adami, Gianfranco Ferroni, Adelchi Mantovani, Lorenzo Tornabuoni and Giancarlo Vitali are among the featured artist. Your ticket also gets you into the exhibition "Mario Cavaglieri", featuring work by the 20th century Italian painter who reproduced a social salon atmosphere with beautiful women and tactile landscapes.

From Sept.24, Palazzo Reale also will host a retrospective of American photographer David LaChapelle, including an unedited series of works inspired by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel that LaChapelle did last year. Videos, musical clips and documentaries made for the likes of Elton John, Robbie Williams, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey also will be shown.