Designer Dries Van Noten to Launch Foundation in Venice Ahead of the Biennale

Dries Van Noten Opens Up About His Next Chapter: 'We Didn't Stop to Have a Quiet Life'

Almost two years into his retirement and six weeks before the opening of his eponymous craft-focused foundation, Dries Van Noten sits down for a candid conversation about optimism, finding his voice outside of fashion, and his new life in Venice.

Designer Dries Van Noten to Launch Foundation in Venice Ahead of the Biennale

Fashion designer Dries Van Noten and his partner Patrick Vangheluwe will launch next month a new foundation in Venice dedicated to craftsmanship. The new Fondazione Dries Van Noten will be located in the historic Palazzo Pisani Moretta on the Grand Canal in the San Polo neighborhood. Over the course of each year, the foundation will stage a number of presentations, collaborative projects, residencies, special events, and activations for artist…

Beauty as Quiet Revolt: Entering the Fondazione Dries Van Noten

Dear Shaded Viewers, In Venice, where light keeps rewriting the surface of the water, a new kind of palazzo opens—one built as much from memories and gestu