Collateral Events
Collateral Events are admitted by the Curator Carlo Ratti and promoted by non–profit national and international bodies and institutions, and take place in several locations in Venice.
Catalonia in Venice_Water Parliaments: Projective Ecosocial Architectures
Organising Institution: Institut Ramon Llull
Venue: Docks Cantieri Cucchini, Castello 40/A
Opening Period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/ closing days: 11 am - 7 pm from 10 May to 28 September; 10 am - 6 pm from 29 September to 23 November
Closed on Mondays (except for 12 May, 2 June, 21 July, 1 September, 20 October, 17 November)
Email address for inquiries: biennal@llull.cat
Website: www.waterparliaments.llull.cat
Deep Surfaces. Architecture to enhance the visitor experience of UNESCO sites
Organising Institution: UNESCO
Venue: Palazzo Zorzi, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Castello 4930
Opening Period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am - 7 pm from 10 May to 28 September; 10 am - 6 pm from 29 September to 23 November
Closed on Mondays (except for 12 May, 2 June, 21 July, 1 September, 20 October, 17 November)
Email address for inquiries: veniceoffice@unesco.org
Website: https://www.unesco.org/en
Intelligens. Talent
EUmies Awards. Young Talent 2025
Organising Institution: Fundació Mies van der Rohe
Venue: Palazzo Mora, Cannaregio 3659
Opening period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 10 am - 6 pm; closed on Tuesdays
Email address for inquiries: award@miesbcn.com
Website: https://eumiesawards.com/young_talent/about-the-awards/
NON-Belief: Taiwan Intelligens of Precarity
Organising Institution: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Venue: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209
Opening period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am - 7 pm from 10 May to 28 September; 10 am - 6 pm from 29 September to 23 November
Closed on Mondays (except for 12 May, 2 June, 21 July, 1 September, 20 October, 17 November)
Email address for inquiries: liyuchen@art.ntmofa.gov.tw
Website: https://www.ntmofa.gov.tw/
Parallel Worlds, Exhibition from Macao, China
Organising Institution: The Macao Museum of Art, under The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government
Venue: Arsenale, Campo della Tana, Castello 2126/A
Opening period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am - 7 pm from 10 May to 28 September; 10 am - 6 pm from 29 September to 23 November
Closed on Mondays (except for 12 May, 2 June, 21 July, 1 September, 20 October, 17 November)
Email address for inquiries: SFChan@icm.gov.mo; MAM@icm.gov.mo
Website: www.mam.gov.mo
Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive
Organising Institutions: The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation and Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Venue: Arsenale, Campo della Tana, Castello 2126
Opening period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am - 7 pm from 10 May to 28 September; 10 am - 6 pm from 29 September to 23 November
Closed on Mondays (except for 12 May, 2 June, 21 July, 1 September, 20 October, 17 November)
Email address for inquiries: vbhk2025@gmail.com
Website: www.hkia.net; www.hkadc.org.hk
Rooted Transience: AlMusalla Prize 2025
Organising Institution: Diriyah Biennale Foundation
Venue: Abbazia di San Gregorio, Dorsoduro 172
Opening period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am -7 pm; closed on Mondays
Email address for inquiries: AlMusallaPrize@biennale.org.sa
Website: https://biennale.org.sa/en
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain by Jean Nouvel
Organising Institution: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Venue: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
Opening period: 10 May – 14 September, 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am - 7 pm (11 am – 5 pm in August); closed on Wednesdays
Email address for inquiries: info@cini.it
Website: www.fondationcartier.com/en/exhibitions/international/la-fondation-cartier-pour-lart-contemporain-par-jean-nouvel
The Next Earth
Computation, Crisis, Cosmology
Organising Institution: Palazzo Diedo - Berggruen Arts & Culture
Venue: Palazzo Diedo - Berggruen Arts & Culture, Cannaregio 2386
Opening period: 10 May – 23 November 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 10 am - 7pm; closed on Tuesday
Email address for inquiries: info@berggruenarts.org
Website: https://berggruenarts.org/it/
Access arrangementes: Tickets available for purchase online and at the Palazzo Diedo box office (Concessions for Biennale Architettura 2025 ticket holders)
The SKYWALK by Platform Earth
Organising Institution: PLATFORM EARTH
Venue: La Fucina del Futuro, Calle San Lorenzo, Castello 5063/B
Opening period: 10 May – 11 September 2025
Opening hours/closing days: 11 am – 6 pm; closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Email address for inquiries: info@platformearth.org, sebastian@platformearth.org; petroc@platformearth.org
Website: www.platformearth.org
unEarthed / Second Nature / PolliNATION
Organising Institution: The Virginia Tech Honors College
Venue: Giardini della Marinaressa, Riva dei Sette Martiri
Opening period:
10 May – 28 September 2025, opening hours: 11 am - 7 pm
29 September - 23 November, opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
closed on Monday (except 12 May, 2 June, 21 July, 1 September, 20 October, 17 November)
Opening hours/closing days: 10 am - 6 pm
Email address for inquiries: erindeitzel@vt.edu
Website: https://honorscollege.vt.edu/; www.ruiz-geli.com