2019
In a series of event dinners held with Guide MICHELIN in the framework of the Le Bombarde Arsenale restaurant during the six months of the exhibition, the creative dialogue between an artist selected by the 2019 Biennale curator Ralph will be staged from time to time. Rugoff is a Michelin-starred chef. The chef and the artist will give life to a unique experience.
2017
Robert Wilson has designed at the Magazzini del Sale in Venice: “the dish ran away with the spoon everything you can think of is true”, an installation inspired by the collections of coffee cups, in which images, lights and sounds mark a pathway which winds its way through various landscapes inhabited by objects and sculptures.
2015
illy presented the Sebastião Salgadophotography exhibition "Scent of a Dream", a photographic journey through coffee growing countries, beginning in 2002 and ending in 2015 in Venice.
2013
At the 55th International Art Exhibition illy gave a central role to coffee culture. In the under two years before the opening of EXPO 2015 in Milan, illy, which was chosen by the Organizing Committee as Coffee Cluster curator for the themed pavilion, will create a bridge between the Venice festival and the universal exhibition, thus making coffee the official drink of artistic thought.
2011
It was a year of collaboration with Anish Kapoor. Ascension, a site-specific installation, picture a vortex of white smoke emitted from a circular base at the intersection of the transept and nave of the majestic Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. To mark the occasion, the limited edition illy Art Collection of the same name was presented publicly.
2009
Daniel Birnbaum curates an illymind project inspired by the theme Making Worlds. illy introduces an illy Art Collection designed by Tobias Rehberger, who also designed the festival’s new bar in Biennale Gardens. In partnership with Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, illy promotes Anton’s Memory, an exhibition dedicated Yoko Ono, winner of the 2009 Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement.
2007
The illy SustainArt program contributes Push Button House, an illymind project from cutting edge artist and architect Adam Kalkin that challenges us to consider more sustainable living environments. At the touch of a button, a shipping container opens like a flower to reveal a fully furnished space.
2006
illymind debuts as partner at the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice La Biennale. Created to suit the festival’s overall theme, City, this illymind project has a direct webcam connection to Mantua, where illy is simultaneously participating in Festivaletteratura, a major literature event. Two cities, two important cultural happenings, one stimulating idea.
2005
illymind considers the question of restoring and reflecting throughout the sprawling Venice La Biennale. The result: the creation of 1,500 illychairs, portable with a shoulder strap and writing space. The entire Biennale became an illymind space. The designer Andrea Blum create a companion illymind space, Gardens & Fountains, provides a beautiful and stimulating backdrop for social interaction.
2003
Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer. Created in 500 square meters spread across three distinct spaces, the inaugural illymind project is created with the help of Artemis and Moroso. There is also research undertaken in collboratiion with the University Ca 'Foscari themed The ideal paradigm of the exhibition.
