More than 40 countries represented at the 23rd Milan Triennale

More than 40 countries will be represented in the 23rd International Exhibition Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries through projects and works from different disciplinary fields that question what we don’t know we don’t know. It will be a diverse participation in terms of themes, perspectives, contexts and backgrounds that will give rise to exhibitions, installations and special projects in a path that will run through all the spaces of Triennale.

In agreement with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the 23rd International Exposition will run from July 15 to Dec. 11, 2022, to ensure the widest international participation in the event. In keeping with the tradition of International Expositions, the 23rd edition includes the thematic exhibition, curated by Ersilia Vaudo, astrophysicist and Chief Diversity Officer at the European Space Agency, and a section dedicated to international participations, solicited under the auspices of the Bureau International des Expositions through government channels.

Francis Kéré, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2022, the most important international prize for architecture, will curate the exhibits in Triennale’s common spaces and the installation Yesterday’s Tomorrow, which brings together the voices of the African continent and its diaspora. In addition to the thematic exhibition, the 23rd International Exhibition will also host two other exhibitions: one designed together with Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and the other curated by Marco Sammicheli, director of Triennale’s Italian Design Museum. Also on the program will be a series of installations and special projects, involving art historians Giovanni Agosti and Jacopo Stoppa, musician and writer Francesco Bianconi, philosopher Emanuele Coccia curator of the two-volume catalog of the Exposition and the video installation that will welcome the public by introducing the themes of the exhibitions, Romeo Castellucci, artist and Grand Invité of Triennale 2021-2024, Ingrid Paoletti, professor at the Milan Polytechnic. Finally, a film work by Andrea Branzi, a master of architecture and design. Triennale has commissioned projects from these figures that will be an integral part of the event.

The structure of the 23rd International Exhibition is also being developed with the support of the Advisory Board composed of: Hervé Chandès, General Artistic Director of Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain; Emanuele Coccia, philosopher and professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Joseph Grima, curator, architect and author; Sarah Ichioka, urban planner, curator and author; Mariana Siracusa, designer and researcher; and Weng Ling, curator and founder of Arts Innovation.

Statements

“The 23rd Triennale Milano International Exhibition, taking place at a time in history whose future has never been more unpredictable,” declares Dimitri S. Kerkentzes, Secretary General of the BIE, “will be an extraordinary forum that transcends boundaries, in search of unseen mysteries, new perspectives and unthinkable answers. Through a theme that breaks new ground on what lies beyond the limits of our senses and knowledge, this edition of the International Exhibition will bring together countries from around the world in a joint effort to reflect on the unknown.”

“We are very happy with the accessions we have received for the 23rd International Exhibition,” says Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano. “In fact, the decision to move the opening of the Exposition to July allowed us to expand the number of participating countries and ensure a greater presence of foreign visitors. In a dramatic moment like the one we are living through, we believe it is more important than ever to preserve and enhance opportunities for dialogue between different countries, cultures, and peoples. And this is exactly the intent of the 23rd International Exhibition: to open a space for discussion where curators, artists, designers, architects, scientists, schools and collectives from all over the world can meet and freely discuss how to extend the boundaries of our knowledge and reduce the grey areas that still shroud our planet.”

Image: the headquarters of the Milan Triennale

More than 40 countries represented at the 23rd Milan Triennale

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