Curated by Dries Van Noten with Geert Bruloot, the Presentation considers craftsmanship as a language of expression and a conduit for emotion. Works from fashion, jewellery, design, art, photography, glass, ceramics, and material experimentation move beyond the boundaries of traditional disciplines, responding to one another to challenge assumptions, unsettle expectations, and reveal the profoundly human dimension of making.
Within the rooms of Palazzo Pisani Moretta, the pieces engage with the building and with each other. As visitors move from the ground floor through the Piano Nobile levels, over two hundred objects resonate with ceilings, frescoes, and ornamental details, forming interactions that unfold with rhythm and intuition. Affinities emerge and contrasts ripple through space, each composition carrying the tension between mastery and discovery, between reflection and provocation. The Palazzo itself becomes an active participant, guiding perception and shaping the relationships between forms, materials, and histories.
Beauty here is not a fixed ideal but a questioning presence. Making becomes a process of discovery, a dialogue that carries the traces of intention and imagination. Visitors move through moments of resonance and disruption, where perception awakens and possibilities unfold, and craft reveals itself as an ongoing process of inquiry and encounter.
The Only True Protest Is Beauty features the works of:
Adeline Halot, Alexander Kirkeby (Uppercut), Ann Carrington, Armand Louis for Wave Murano Glass, Arthur Vandergucht (Uppercut), atelier lachaert dhanis, Audrey Guimard, Ayham Hassan, Bruno Amadi, Bruno Barbon, Chris Fusaro (Uppercut), Christian Lacroix, Codognato, Comme des Garçons, Ettore Sottsass, Guillermo Santomà (Side Gallery), Hubert Duprat (Art : Concept), Isaac Monté (Spazio Nobile), Joris Laarman (Friedman Benda), Joseph Arzoumanov, Joyce J Scott (Goya Contemporary Gallery), Julien d'Ys, Hyeokjin Jung (Side Gallery), Kaori Kurihara, Kate MccGwire, Katsuyo Aoki, Kiko Lopez (Objects With Narratives), Lionel Jadot (Objects With Narratives), Lilla Tabasso (Galleria Caterina Tognon), Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Misha Kahn (Friedman Benda), Monika Rościszewska, Moreno Schweikle (Uppercut), Nifemi Marcus-Bello (Side Gallery), Odile Gilbert, Pao Hui Kao (Spazio Nobile), Peter Buggenhout (Axel Vervoordt Gallery), Rebecca Manson (Josh Lilley), Richard Štipl (Steinhauser Gallery), Ritsue Mishima (Pierre Marie Giraud Gallery), Seongil Choi (Uppercut), Sophie Buhai (Galerie Anne Sophie Duval), Steven Shearer (David Zwirner and Galerie Eva Presenhuber), Takuro Kuwata (Pierre Marie Giraud Gallery), Václav Cigler (Galleria Caterina Tognon), Virginia Leonard (Side Gallery), Vladimir Slavov (Objects With Narratives), Wendy Andreu (Uppercut), Xavier Mañosa (Side Gallery).
@2026 Fondazione Dries Van Noten