Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea was opened in via Brera 30, Milan, in 1990. In September 2001, it moved to via Fiori Oscuri 3, where there was already Claudia Gian Ferrari Studio di Consulenza per il Novecento italiano. This studio deals with a group of Italian artists, such us Adolfo Wildt, Alberto Savinio, Arturo Martini, Arturo Tosi, Cagnaccio di San Pietro, Carlo Carrà, Fausto Pirandello, Felice Casorati, Filippo De Pisis, Gino Rossi, Giorgio De Chirico, Giorgio Morandi, Leonardo Dudreville, Mario Sironi, Piero Marussig, Pio Semeghini, Ubaldo Oppi, Ugo Bernasconi, Anselmo Bucci, Marino Marini, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini, giving evaluations and expertise and taking care of the catalogues of some of them. From then on, in via Fiori Oscuri, exhibitions of Novecento italiano have alternated with the presentation of works by young emerging artists of national and international level, through solo and thematic exhibitions.

Among the numerous contemporary art exhibitions which have already been organised, the programme included the first solo exhibition in Italy of artists like Julian Schnabel and Sean Scully in 1994, Lawrence Carroll and David Salle in 1997, Martin Maloney in 1998. Among young Italian artists, the gallery has followed the work of Enrica Borghi, Pierpaolo Campanini, Giuseppe Gallo, Luigi Mainolfi, Marco Papa, Sabrina Sabato, Marco Tirelli. It has also presented the first solo exhibition in Milan by Loris Cecchini and the exhibition of Transavanguardia in 1992-1993, in which works by Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Mimmo Paladino and Nicola de Maria were presented.