Zegna has announced that it will be the Main Sponsor of the Italian Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
The Italian Pavilion, presenting Con te con tutto by Chiara Camoni, curated by Cecilia Canziani, is a project that reflects on how people inhabit the world through practices of sharing, a non-hierarchical relationship among forms of life, and a renewed attention to matter, time, and processes of transformation.
Zegna expressed in a release that its support for the exhibition is rooted in “a cultural vision deeply embedded in the family’s history and in the enduring relationship between art, nature, and territory.”
“Sponsoring the Italian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2026 means continuing a commitment that is part of our history,” said Gildo Zegna, Executive Chairman of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group. “For over a century, we have invested in territory, craftsmanship, and Italian culture, fostering an ongoing dialogue between business and art. Oasi Zegna represents its most authentic expression: a project born from the Founder’s vision that continues to generate value over time. With Chiara Camoni, we share a dialogue that has lasted for more than ten years. Her work reflects this attention to material, landscape, and evolving tradition. Seeing her today, together with Cecilia Canziani, at the Italian Pavilion represents an important recognition of their journey and the coherence of their research—one we are proud to support.”
Over the years, ZEGNART, the platform for contemporary art initiatives launched by Ermenegildo Zegna, has fostered long-term relationships with artists and curators—not as episodic support, but as a shared practice that evolves over time. Under this mission, the relationship with Chiara Camoni and Cecilia Canziani began in 2014 and has developed over a decade of projects and collaborations, now finding a natural expression in the Italian Pavilion.
Through this partnership, Zegna reaffirms its role as an active cultural actor, contributing to the production and promotion of contemporary Italian art within one of the most authoritative international contexts.