Opening Wednesday May 6th, 2026
h 6.00pm - 8.00pm

This exhibition brings together sculptures, works on paper, and the large embroidered NEST (2004), spanning Paul Noble’s career and his sustained engagement with one of Britain’s defining artistic legacies: Henry Moore.

We are happy to announce the participation of Lilla Tabasso and Václav Cigler in the Presentation of Fondazione Dries Van Noten: The Only True Protest is Beauty.

The Presentation stands as a journey into beauty understood not as resolution but as tension, an intensity that unsettles the familiar and opens space for the unexpected. With a title inspired by the words of singer and activist Phil Ochs, the Presentation invites us to consider beauty not as simple prettiness but as a form of inquiry and a catalyst for reflection, provocation, and transformation.

Set within Palazzo Pisani Moretta, more than two hundred works spanning fashion, jewellery, design, art, photography, glass, ceramics, and material experimentation enter into dialogue with frescoes, ceilings, and the building’s layered histories.

The unique interplay between flowers and art will be brought into focus in its own right through the exhibition In Bloom - Art & Botany.

The exhibition will include works and objects in a variety of media and techniques – including paintings, prints, drawings, illustrated books, sculpture, textile art, installations, photography, film, crafts and design from the 16th century to the present day.