“Imago Mundi is a cultural, democratic and global project that looks to the new frontiers of art – personalities, countries, emerging languages and different cultures – to foster openness towards the world and new horizons, and the coexistence of expressive diversity”, explains Luciano Benetton.

“Our aim is to take the collection on a journey, in order to show it – through exhibitions, catalogues and a portal on the web dedicated to art – to the widest possible number of people around the world, in collaboration with private institutions and public museums.”

The first stop on Imago Mundi’s journey will be the exhibition in Venice, at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, as a collateral event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.

There are over 200 artworks from each country, grouped according to nationality, regions and continents, so as to present the collection – in addition to the intrinsic significance of the works themselves – as an account of the journeys of Luciano Benetton around the world, through the filter of art.

The Imago Mundi exhibition was designed by the architect Tobia Scarpa as a welcoming space that aids comprehension of the richness of the exhibit: the structure provides clear visibility of the small canvasses and, thanks to the display stands that close like the leaves of a book, is easy to transport and install, facilitating the itinerant aims of the collection, destined to travel without frontiers.