Between protests, sit-ins and political tensions, the opening of the Venice Biennale shows that contemporary art is still a field of conflict. And it is precisely this that makes it alive, in a present often anesthetized by consensus.
Sound systems have evolved from invisible support tools into the centerpiece of space itself. Across listening bars, micro-clubs, and immersive installations, sound is becoming one of the strongest icons of contemporary design.
In the northern Venetian lagoon, between Murano and Burano, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo reopens the island of San Giacomo after decades of abandonment, transforming a former military site into a cultural ecosystem. We were among the first to visit it.
We met one of the greatest living writers: to mark the Italian release of Kolchoz, Emmanuel Carrère speaks to Domus in an exclusive interview about how houses and urban spaces become the key to understanding his family’s genealogy.
You can share your work through the function by Domus where you can upload your architecture, design, interior, graphics, illustration, photography and art projects.
From the tactical squares born with paint and ping-pong tables to structural construction sites that transform asphalt into permeable surfaces and trees: Milan accelerates its urban metamorphosis, neighborhood by neighborhood.
As small as a Magsafe wallet, with an e-ink screen and up to two weeks of battery life, the Xteink X3 and X4 are creating a minor obsession online: minimalist devices designed for reading without notifications, social networks, or distractions.
Over the weekend of the 2026 Rome Marathon, New Balance transformed the Corsie Sistine into a temple of running, turning it into a place of care, recovery, and community for participants.
From the Giardini and the Arsenale to exhibitions across the city, geopolitics, climate collapse and national identities take centre stage in Venice. There is a huge amount to see, perhaps even too much: here are the essential ones.
Among the most visited installations of the week, Uzbekistan’s project at Palazzo Citterio becomes a temporarily permanent space: a contemporary yurt between memory, landscape, and environmental changes, open to visitors until the summer.
From Lawrence Abu Hamdan to Janis Rafa, by way of the radical installation of 2050+: Canicula transforms Venice’s Ospedaletto into one of the most powerful visual experiences of the 2026 Art Biennale. An exhibition that speaks of images, propaganda, crisis, and attention — asking what it truly means to look today.
In the May editorial for Domus, Ma Yansong challenges the idea of architecture as “frozen music.” Buildings, he argues, are not static forms but ever-changing spaces shaped by moving bodies, light, and human relationships.
From the Esprit Nouveau Pavilion in Bologna to the Villa Baizeau in Tunis, via Marseilles and Berlin, Cristian Chironi has inhabited Le Corbusier's architecture for years: a project that puts it to the test in real life.
RewindPix has surpassed 830,000 euro on Kickstarter: a digital compact camera that doesn’t just imitate the aesthetic of film, but reconstructs its limits, rituals, and timing.
For the 2026 Venice Biennale, Palazzo Manfrin reopens to the public with an exhibition bringing together Anish Kapoor’s architectural models, mirrored sculptures, Vantablack works, and immersive installations that transform space into a perceptual experience.
At the Giardini della Biennale, Labics reinterprets over a century of stratifications, transforming the Central Pavilion into a coherent and accessible system featuring new functions, a café, and social spaces.
With Scout, Konstantin Grcic doesn’t offer a solution to the contemporary office; instead, he stages its crisis: an open, reconfigurable furniture system that reflects a way of working that is still unstable—something to be built rather than designed.
The new David Geffen Galleries redefine the museum through a continuous, non-hierarchical journey immersed in natural light. But in transitioning to the scale of a major global institution, can Zumthor’s sensory architecture still maintain its signature intensity?
Mauricio Cortés, architect of the Tower of Jesus Christ, tells Domus how Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s most important project, has been built and passed on.
The Milano Green Circle 90/91 project transforms the route of the 90/91 into a continuous green corridor: an urban infrastructure that improves air, soil and biodiversity, supported also by the Armani Group.
At the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Transforming Energy stages the artist’s contradiction, through dialogues with Tiziano, rituals of presence, and a digital avatar: an exhibition that works when it forces you to slow down.
The Prix Versailles selects seven new museums around the world: from Abu Dhabi to Japan, projects that transform the museum into a narrative, immersive, and urban space, combining technology, memory, and landscape.
At the Adi Design Museum in Milan, an exhibition traces eight decades of innovation, from the twentieth-century masters to the led revolution. A journey through icons that have redefined the way we design and inhabit light.
For two days during Milan Design Week, a temporary tea house by Cromo opens the terrace of Torre Velasca to the public, transforming the BBPR-designed landmark into a space suspended between ritual, design, and a new urban perspective.
In Albania, Bofill Taller de Arquitectura—known for the Muralla Roja—signs off on a large residential complex that tries to integrate more quietly into the landscape. Change of approach or just a visual strategy?
Just after his passing, Baselitz will be in Venice with his latest works: an opportunity to understand why he changed contemporary painting by constantly putting it into crisis.
Beyond the Biennale, Venice becomes a labyrinth of international art. Here’s our guide to the must-see exhibitions unfolding across the city.
Before leading major fashion houses, many designers trained as architects—a natural shift across scales that still shapes how we think about fashion and space.
From collaborations with scientific laboratories to partnerships with foundations such as LAS Art Foundation, more and more artists are exploring quantum physics: not to illustrate it, but to question a world increasingly shaped by predictive models and artificial intelligence.
Domus’ 2026 guest editor brings to the Milan Polytechnic a reflection on contemporary architecture, between critique of the built environment, nature, and social responsibility.
Through Nigel Green’s photography and Owen Hopkins’s prose, the new Blue Crow Media book Brutalist London explores an era when architecture shaped the city’s future as a collective social project.
As Russia returns and Israel re-enters the 2026 edition, the Venice Biennale reveals a structural paradox: conceived as an open international platform, it has become an institution that cannot exclude.
Tested during Milan Design Week, it’s not an alternative to the smartphone but a device that introduces a different visual language – somewhere between a camera and a drone.
