24th International Exhibition

Until November 9 2025

Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes

Since 1923, we’ve hosted the International Exhibitions every three years, inviting designers, architects, and artists from around the world to explore key themes of contemporary life. The 24th edition, Inequalities, examines the issue of disparities through 10 exhibitions, 8 special projects, 20 international participations, installations, and events that share global visions, urgencies, and perspectives.

Photo by Alessandro Saletta and Agnese Bedini, DSL Studio

Photo by Delfino Sisto Legnani, DSL Studio

Exhibition

Cities

Until November 9 2025

The thematic exhibition builds a choral reflection on the new dialectic between wealth and poverty, society and community, ecologies and cities, and the surprising forms in which they can manifest today in the territories inhabited by our species

Photo by Alessandro Saletta and Agnese Bedini, DSL Studio

Exhibition

We the Bacteria Notes Toward Biotic Architecture

Until November 9 2025

The exhibition curated by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley explores the intersection of bacteria and buildings, emphasizing how they have been deeply intertwined from Neolithic times to today.

Exhibition

A Journey Into Biodiversity Eight Forays on Planet Earth

Until November 9 2025

The exhibition curated by Telmo Pievani addresses inequalities from an evolutionary perspective.

Exhibition

The Republic of Longevity In Health Equality We Trust

Until November 9 2025

The irreversibility of the contemporary demographic phenomenon, driven by the collapse in birth rates and the lengthening of life expectancy, serves as the starting point for an in depth analysis of the society of longevity.

Exhibition

The Space of Inequalities Environment, Mobility, Citizenship

Until November 9 2025

At the introduction of the pavilions, the contribution of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at Politecnico di Milano structures three thematic insights to create a collective narrative and interpretation from a territorial perspective.

Photo by Alessandro Saletta and Piercarlo Quecchia, DSL Studio

Exhibition

Towards a More Equal Future

Until November 9 2025

A thematic exhibition curated by the Norman Foster Foundation addresses the housing crisis in emergency contexts.

Installation

Radio Ballads

Until November 9 2025

The special project curated by Serpentine aims at creating contemporary ballads that highlight how artistic collaboration can create spaces to reflect on, and process, experiences of mental health, domestic abuse, terminal illness, grief, care, healing, inequalities.

Exhibition

Milan Paradoxes and Opportunities

Until November 9 2025

The project reflects on the paradoxes that define Milan, reconsidering seemingly irreversible scenarios and uncovering latent resources made visible by viewing diversity as dynamic, adaptable, and evolving values.

Installation

Shapes of Inequalities

Until November 9 2025

llustrated by information designer Federica Fragapane, ten large data visualization depict different shapes of inequalities.

Installation

471 days

Until November 9 2025

An installation on Triennale's Scalone d'Onore, curated by Filippo Teoldi and designed by Midori Hasuike.

Installation

NOT FOR HER AI Revealing the Unseen

Until November 9 2025

An installation created with artificial intelligence invites visitors to immerse themselves in the theme through the simulation of different biopolitical conditions.

Installation

Clay Corpus

Until November 9 2025

The special project curated by Theaster Gates in Casa Lana tackles inequalities from the standpoint of lost and found craftsmanship.

Exhibition

Portraits of Inequalities Pittura di classe

Until November 9 2025

The exhibition narrates the extraordinary story of the Milanese Ca' Granda institution by displaying a gallery featuring artist portraits of its principal benefactors.

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The Fragility of the Future

Until November 9 2025

The series of monumental papier-mâché animals created by Jacopo Allegrucci conveys an urgent reﬂection on the fragility of our ecological reality and on the inequalities that characterize our relationship with the natural world.