SAILING into La Serenissima for this year’s edition of the Venice Art Biennale, Bottega Veneta are set to sponsor a thought-provoking moving image exhibition with the Pier Luigi Nervi Foundation, titled “If All Time Is Eternally Present.
Featuring exclusive video projections by Tai Shani, Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki, and Kandis Williams, the immersive installation will be set in the Campo Manin public piazza from the 9 May to 7 June 2026. There, under the cloak of night, the Palazzo Nervi Scattolin’s facade will serve as a screen for dynamic moving images curated by Venetians Marta Barina and Chiara Carrera.
Cleverly, the 20th-century Palazzo and its surrounding historic piazza will anchor the artwork’s connection to Venice and its inhabitants, while also acting as an important site of cross-cultural exchange.
Kandis Williams, A Travel Guide: Black Gothic in South Korean Horror, 2025. Video collage, 50 min. Courtesy the Artist. © Kandis Williams
Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki, 2 Lizards, 2020. Eight episodes video, 23 min 02 s. Courtesy artists © Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki
Through this endorsement, Bottega Veneta and its Creative Director, Louise Trotter, build upon a long-standing connection to the floating city. Its ties to If All Time Is Eternally Present not only affirm its uncompromising cultural advocacy but also seek to promote Venice’s contemporary creative virality.
Exhibiting works such as Meriem Bennani & Orian Barki’s 2 Lizards (2020) and Tai Shani’s My Bodily Remains, If All Time Is Eternally Present taps into a strong sense of ‘energy, openness, and optimism’ for this year’s Biennale, uniting powerful past and present perspectives and inviting diverse artistic viewpoints through its unique public staging.
With press days held on the 7 and 8 May, the exhibition officially commences on the 9 May, running through to the 7 June, with projections screened from 8:30 to 11:00 pm each night. You won’t want to miss this.
by Ella O’Gorman