Bvlgari will serve as Exclusive Partner of the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia for the next three editions through 2030. Bvlgari will present a major new commission by artist Lotus L. Kang. The installation will be exhibited at the Bvlgari Pavilion at Spazio Esedra, located within the Giardini della Biennale.
The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh – will run from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 (preview 6, 7, 8 May) at the Giardini and the Arsenale venues, and in various locations around Venice.
Lotus L. Kang Installation
Known for creating complexly layered environments that meld organic, structural and metabolic languages, Lotus L. Kang’s works give poetic form to reflections on themes spanning inheritance, impermanence, memory, and translation. Working fluidly between sculpture, photography and site-responsive installation, Kang’s practice often draws on unfixed, unstable materials and forms, such as the use of photographic films that remain continuously sensitive to their environment and sedimentary sculptures that refuse rootedness and resolution, ever in a state of in-between
Kang is known for creating layered environments that combine sculpture, photography and installation, exploring themes including inheritance, impermanence, memory and translation. Her work often employs unstable or evolving materials, such as photographic film that remains sensitive to its surroundings and sedimentary sculptural forms that resist fixed structure.
For Biennale Arte 2026, Kang will develop a new site-specific installation produced specifically for the Bvlgari Pavilion at Spazio Esedra, continuing her exploration of non-linear time, transformation and processes of becoming.
Bvlgari and Cultural Patronage
Bvlgari’s partnership with the Biennale reflects Maison’s long-standing engagement with the arts, supporting both heritage preservation and contemporary artistic practice.
Among the cultural projects supported by Bvlgari are:
- participation in the restoration the Scala d’Oro at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice
- restoration of paintings by Paolo Veronese from the Church of San Pietro Martire in Murano
- restoration of the Spanish Steps at Trinità dei Monti in Rome
- restoration of the polychrome floor mosaics of the Baths of Caracalla
- restoration of the marbles of the Torlonia Collection
An equally important dialogue with contemporary creation has also led to a collaboration with MAXXI – the National Museum of 21st Century Arts – for the MAXXI Bvlgari Prize, at its 10th edition in 2027, to a partnership with the Whitney Biennial, both under the aegis of Fondazione Bvlgari since 2024, up to the exclusive partnership with the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Laura Burdese, Deputy CEO of Bvlgari, said, “Bvlgari is honored to be the Exclusive Partner for the next three editions of Biennale Arte. This partnership represents the renewal of a tangible commitment to supporting art, embraced as dialogue, innovation, and the pursuit of a universal language that conveys beauty. It is an opportunity to celebrate the power of creativity and to reaffirm the Maison’s dedication to artistic excellence, where inspiration meets mastery”
