"Fondazione Dries Van Noten is set to open in April 2026 inside Venice's Palazzo Pisani Moretta, positioning craftsmanship as a material, bodily, and imaginative act at the core of a new cultural platform. Overlooking the Grand Canal and located between the Rialto Bridge and Ca' Foscari, the foundation is situated within a historic palazzo, proposing a framework that frames making as the common ground through which culture is formed, transmitted, and renewed."
"Built in the late 15th century in the Venetian Gothic Fiorito style, Palazzo Pisani Moretta later became the residence of the Pisani Moretta family and underwent an extensive Rococo redecoration between 1735 and 1750 under Chiara Pisani (find designboom's previous coverage here). Restored in the late 20th century, the building still preserves original furnishings and artworks, including paintings by Giambattista Tiepolo, Jacopo Guarana, Gaspare Diziani, and Giuseppe Angeli."
"At the heart of the Fondazione Dries Van Noten's mission is an expanded understanding of craftsmanship, one that goes beyond traditional craft categories to include the gestures, skills, and time-based processes through which ideas take physical form. This perspective allows historical techniques and contemporary experimentation to be considered part of the same continuum, rather than opposing forces. The program is structured around exchange rather than hierarchy."
Fondazione Dries Van Noten will open in April 2026 inside Palazzo Pisani Moretta on Venice's Grand Canal, between the Rialto Bridge and Ca' Foscari. The foundation activates historic interiors as part of its programming, allowing Venetian history to coexist with contemporary cultural production. Palazzo Pisani Moretta dates to the late 15th century, features Rococo redecoration from 1735–1750, and preserves original furnishings and paintings by artists such as Giambattista Tiepolo and Jacopo Guarana. The foundation centers an expanded notion of craftsmanship that includes gestures, skills, and time-based processes, and structures programs around exchange between established and emerging voices.
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