Next Saturday opens to the public the 59th Venice Biennale, entitled “The Milk of Dreams”.
The curator of the Biennale, Cecilia Alemani, was inspired by a book of fairy tales by the British surrealist artist Leonora Carrington who, in her “The Milk of Dreams”, describes an imaginary and fanciful, magical world: the course of life is constantly reinvented thanks to the power of imagination that allows life itself to change, transform, become something else.
The art then comes to make us reflect on the condition of man in the post-human era in which we move.

Fashion and art have always traveled in unison and we have highlighted the convergences, especially in the last two years, that have characterized this close relationship. They find a common ground to dialogue in a direct and precise way thanks to the Biennale that, also this year, is characterized by their connection.

Maison Valentino, for example, is the main sponsor of the Italian Pavilion, whose theme is “Storia della Notte e Destino delle Comete” (“History of the Night and Destiny of Comets”), a work by Gian Maria Tosatti, who is also the Italian artist chosen as the sole protagonist of the pavilion dedicated to our country. A changing and reflective exhibition path that Valentino has decided to support at a time when there is an urgent need to support art and all its declinations.

Dior too, which, in addition to the gala dinner organized to raise funds to preserve and protect the artistic and cultural heritage of Venice and to contribute to the restoration of the Ca’ d’Oro museum – thus becoming one of the main supporters of the entire Biennale – created the uniforms for the staff of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice.

For the 2022 Bienniale, Burberry is supporting the British Pavilion in collaboration with the British Council. Representing Great Britain will be Sonia Boyce OBE RA with a solo exhibition of the artist’s new work. Boyce is known for her highly innovative and experimental approach, using performance and audiovisual elements. Since the 1990s, her practice has become increasingly improvisational and collaborative, inviting a wide cross-section of participants to come together and speak, sing or move in relation to the past and present.

In the multitude of collateral events of the 59th International Art Exhibition, there is certainly that of Escape Louis Vuitton Venice, which hosts the work of Katharina Grosse. This installation, titled “Apollo, Apollo”, is part of Fondation Louis Vuitton’s “Hors-les-murs” program, which takes place at Espaces Louis Vuitton in Tokyo, Munich, Venice, Beijing, Seoul and Osaka, fulfilling the Fondation’s commitment to create international projects and make them accessible to a wider audience. Yesterday, we also told you about the French fashion house’s initiative to renovate historic newsstands in the city of Venice.

Let’s close with Bottega Veneta that, in addition to a massive advertising campaign throughout Venice – the first of the new creative director Matthieu Blazy – has decided to accompany Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana in an important cycle of events called Dancing Studies, an unprecedented program of performances inspired by the work of Bruce Nauman. Among the invited choreographers there is also Pam Tanowitz who will be the protagonist of a series of performances for which the maison, founded in Vicenza but based in Milan, has taken care of the costumes.