“The Sublime Essence of Light and Darkness. Concepts of Dualism and Unity in Contemporary Art and Design”

The theme of the 15th edition of the Florence Biennale, which will be held from 18 to 26 October 2025, is dedicated to the primordial, eternal union between light and darkness, which has always been at the centre of artistic, as well as scientific, philosophical and literary research. Object of study and reflection by many of the most brilliant minds in the history of humanity, from Heraclitus, Pythagoras and Aristotle to Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei, up to Newton, Maxwell and Einstein, light has always represented not only a physical phenomenon, but also a concept which is at the basis of life itself and which connects the macrocosm and the microcosm, pushing us to meditate on the connections between what happens in our limited and fragile terrestrial world and what is inherent in the immensity of universe.

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Title and text of the theme by Giovanni Cordoni
Video by The Factory Production s.n.c.
Featured artists: Viola Panik, Lyn Guo, Valeria Cipolli, Zahra Imanzadeh, Tommaso Lucarelli, Leonardo Bandinelli, Manuel Capaccioli, Vittoria Colonna

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