Casa Italia at the Triennale di Milano

On the occasion of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, Casa Italia takes shape as a public cultural project, choosing Triennale Milano as its Milanese hub within a broader exhibition system that also includes Cortina d’Ampezzo and Livigno. Far from being a traditional hospitality venue, Casa Italia becomes an exhibition platform that explores the deep connection between sport, art and design through the theme MUSA, conceived as a metaphor for Italy’s enduring ability to inspire.


Casa Italia Milano Cortina 2026_installation view MUSA_Triennale Milano_ph_Pietro Savorelli © CONI

At Triennale Milano, MUSA unfolds as a curated journey through a series of rooms, each dedicated to a different Muse and cultural domain. The exhibition reads sport as a form of technique and discipline, closely related to design and architecture, where performance is the result of research, materials, ergonomics and vision. Olympic memorabilia from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne coexist with artworks, installations and design pieces, creating a dialogue between athletic gesture and creative practice, body and space, memory and innovation.


Casa Italia Milano Cortina 2026_installation view MUSA_Triennale Milano_ph_Pietro Savorelli © CONI

The exhibition features works by international artists including Matteo Attruia, Brian Hunt, Claudio Abate, Joseph Kosuth, Ugo Rondinone, Sol LeWitt, JR, Ai Weiwei, Daniel Spoerri and Jannis Kounellis, alongside iconic design objects by figures such as Mario Bellini, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Patricia Urquiola, Formafantasma, Philippe Starck and Jasper Morrison. Together, these elements reinforce the idea of design as a cultural language capable of translating values such as precision, balance and performance - the same principles that underpin high-level sport.


Casa Italia Milano Cortina 2026_installation view MUSA_Triennale Milano_ph_Pietro Savorelli © CONI

The project extends beyond Milan to Cortina d’Ampezzo, at Farsettiarte, where art engages with the alpine landscape, and to Livigno, inside the Aquagranda Olympic Preparation Centre, where the relationship between body, training and space becomes tangible. Across its three locations, Casa Italia MUSA shares a coherent architectural and design vision inspired by mountain environments, lightness and modularity.


Casa Italia Milano Cortina 2026_installation view MUSA_Triennale Milano_ph_Pietro Savorelli © CONI

Open to the public throughout the Olympic Games, Casa Italia at Triennale Milano offers visitors an immersive cultural experience that positions design at the heart of sport. MUSA invites audiences to read the Olympics not only as a sporting event, but as a broader cultural moment, where project, technique and creativity converge to tell a contemporary story of Italy.