Spazio Nobile - Homo Faber, Villa Spazio Nobile & Bela Silva New Book
01/09/2026
Spazio Nobile presents Didi Ng Wing Yin
Homo Faber, An Island of Light
Art directed by Es Devlin & Curated by the Michelangelo Foundation
Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
1 – 30 September 2026
In partnership with @fondazionecologni and @fondazionecini
Didi Ng Wing Yin, Pleats Vase No.19, 36,5x25x56,5cm, pine wood, Indian ink, shellac (detail)
Spazio Nobile presents Didi Ng Wing Yin at Homo Faber in Venice. The Helsinki-based wood artist originally from Hong Kong has a practice bridging sculpture, furniture, and craft. Working by hand, he creates sculptural furniture and artworks distinguished by his innovative carving techniques. His creative process reveals the innate beauty of wood, balancing the material’s essence with the intuitive nature of craftsmanship and conceptual exploration. His work has gained wide international recognition, being a finalist for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 (Spain), winner of the Rising Star of the Year Award at the Scandinavian Design Awards 2024 (Sweden), and recipient of Dezeen’s Emerging Designer of the Year Award 2024 (UK).
Homo Faber 2026
Inspired by artisans and the islands of Venice, Es Devlin @esdevlin, the Artistic Director of Homo Faber 2026, creates 15 immersive installations at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, uniting craft artists from across the globe. With An Island of Light, her vision gives voice to the makers and shines a light on objects and making – from shadow sculptures and kinetic structures to a moonlit reflecting pool – inviting viewers to shift their perspective, understand the origins of objects and to value the language of the hand.
Fondazione Dries Van Noten
THE ONLY TRUE PROTEST IS BEAUTY
Palazzo Pisani Moretta
San Polo 2766, Venice, Italy
25 April – 4 October 2026
Spazio Nobile is pleased to present Taiwanese artist Pao Hui Kao with her Original Paper Pleats Lounge Chair, made of tracing paper and rice glue and Belgian artist Isaac Monté's extraordinary Crystallized Blue in Green sculptural vase, as part of the Presentation of the Fondazione Dries Van Noten.
Isaac Monté, Crystallized Blue in Green, salt, minerals and oxides
Fondazione Dries Van Noten, Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, Italy
At Spazio Nobile Gallery
Season XL- Mae Engelgeer & Matsubayashi Hosai XVI
Echoes of Wa, Duo Show
Rendez-Vous Brussels Art Week & 160 Years Japan-Belgium
Rue Franz Merjay, 142 - 1050 Brussels
At Spazio Nobile Studiolo
Chisato Yasui, Monad, Solo Show
Rendez-Vous Brussels Art Week & 160 Years Japan-Belgium
Rue Franz Merjay, 169 - 1050 Brussels
Villa Spazio Nobile
Afternoon Open Days 19-20.9.2026, 14-19:00
& Finissage Week End, Conversation & Book signing, 3-4.10.2026
Elisabethlaan 4 3080 Tervuren
Bela Silva New Monograph
Book Signing & Window Display
Galignani Bookstore
224 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
14.10.2026, 18:30-20:30, in the presence of the artist
Homo Faber, An Island of Light
Art directed by Es Devlin & Curated by the Michelangelo Foundation
Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
1 – 30 September 2026
In partnership with @fondazionecologni and @fondazionecini
Didi Ng Wing Yin, Pleats Vase No.19, 36,5x25x56,5cm, pine wood, Indian ink, shellac (detail)
Homo Faber 2026
Inspired by artisans and the islands of Venice, Es Devlin @esdevlin, the Artistic Director of Homo Faber 2026, creates 15 immersive installations at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, uniting craft artists from across the globe. With An Island of Light, her vision gives voice to the makers and shines a light on objects and making – from shadow sculptures and kinetic structures to a moonlit reflecting pool – inviting viewers to shift their perspective, understand the origins of objects and to value the language of the hand.
Fondazione Dries Van Noten
THE ONLY TRUE PROTEST IS BEAUTY
Palazzo Pisani Moretta
San Polo 2766, Venice, Italy
25 April – 4 October 2026
Spazio Nobile is pleased to present Taiwanese artist Pao Hui Kao with her Original Paper Pleats Lounge Chair, made of tracing paper and rice glue and Belgian artist Isaac Monté's extraordinary Crystallized Blue in Green sculptural vase, as part of the Presentation of the Fondazione Dries Van Noten.
Isaac Monté, Crystallized Blue in Green, salt, minerals and oxides
Curated by Dries Van Noten with Geert Bruloot, Fondazione Dries Van Noten presents THE ONLY TRUE PROTEST IS BEAUTY, the Presentation stands as an exploration of beauty as a force of provocation, reflection and transformation. It explores craftsmanship as a language of expression and a conduit for emotion.
Pao Hui Kao, Original Paper Pleats Lounge Chair, made of tracing paper and rice glue
It moves beyond conventional disciplinary borders, gathering fashion, jewellery, art, collectible design, photography, glass, ceramics, and material experimentation within a shared investigation of beauty’s ability to question norms and disrupt dogma. 200 works enter into conversation with the architecture, history, and decorative language of the Palazzo Pisani Moretta. Founded by Dries Van Noten and Patrick Vangheluwe and housed within the historic Palazzo Pisani Moretta overlooking the Canal Grande, Fondazione Dries Van Noten celebrates craftsmanship as a vital language of cultural identity.
Fondazione Dries Van Noten, Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, Italy
At Spazio Nobile Gallery
Season XL- Mae Engelgeer & Matsubayashi Hosai XVI
Echoes of Wa, Duo Show
Rendez-Vous Brussels Art Week & 160 Years Japan-Belgium
Rue Franz Merjay, 142 - 1050 Brussels
At Spazio Nobile Studiolo
Chisato Yasui, Monad, Solo Show
Rendez-Vous Brussels Art Week & 160 Years Japan-Belgium
Rue Franz Merjay, 169 - 1050 Brussels
Villa Spazio Nobile
Afternoon Open Days 19-20.9.2026, 14-19:00
& Finissage Week End, Conversation & Book signing, 3-4.10.2026
Elisabethlaan 4 3080 Tervuren
Bela Silva New Monograph
Book Signing & Window Display
Galignani Bookstore
224 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
14.10.2026, 18:30-20:30, in the presence of the artist
