Cultural
Olympiad
Time left until the Olympic Paralympic
Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
Sport is history, art and culture
A multidisciplinary and widespread programme to promote Olympic and Paralympic values through culture, heritage and sportsThe Milano Cortina 2026 Cultural Olympiad aims to involve the cultural community in an open, participatory project that focuses on artists, entities and organisations, enhancing the cultural and artistic excellence of Italy under the mark of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. This calendar of artistic and cultural initiatives will enliven Italy on the road to the Games, culminating in 2026 in an exciting and captivating programme.
Objectives
Inspire
Enhance
Promote
Culture and movement!
- Olympic and Paralympic Movement
- Physical movement
- Cultural movement
- Transformative movement
- Movement of people
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News from the Cultural Olympiad
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Olympics and Design: A Bond of Excellence
At Milano Design Week, we review some instances when Made in Italy design was a leading player in the Games.
Cultural Olympiad: ‘Cézanne – Renoir’ in Milano
This exhibition, open at the Royal Palace until 30 June, forms part of the initiatives in the Milano Cortina 2026 Cultural Programme in the run-up to the Games.
The Cultural Olympiad Celebrates Women in Sport
The Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan hosting the event "Donne e Sport". (Women and Sport) L’emancipazione femminile attraverso la pratica sportiva" (Female emancipation through the practice of sport) as part of the Straordinarie exhibition.
The Cultural Olympiad Starts with Mountain Heroes
A meeting with the legendary American photographer Jim Herrington at ‘Una Montagna di Libri’ in Cortina d’Ampezzo kicked off the Cultural Olympiad programme.
Cultural Olympiad: For Accessible Culture
Inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility: values that the BASE Milano cultural centre used to present its Manifesto for the Plural Cultural Institution.
Work Begins on the Murals for the Games in Milan
The works painted by 20 Italian street artists on the walls of the next Olympic and Paralympic village represent the universal values of the Games.
The Winter Olympics with more athletes than ever
Eight new events have been added to the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, continuing along the path to gender equality.
Milano Cortina 2026: Sport and Culture Together
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Ministry of Culture: music, theatre, film and art form the centre of the path to the 2026 Winter Games.
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