Art Nouveau Week 2026 in Venice
Every July, for one week, doors that stay shut the rest of the year swing open across the Liberty city. Art Nouveau Week is the annual festival of the floral style, and its 2026 edition — the eighth — ran from 8 to 14 July.
What is Art Nouveau Week?
Art Nouveau Week is run by the Italia Liberty association and has been held every year from 8 to 14 July since 2019. Across the seven days, buildings that normally stay closed open for guided tours, alongside exhibitions, walks, concerts and conferences — around 750 activities spread over more than 300 cities worldwide. The curator, art historian Andrea Speziali, chose the dates to fall on the birthdays of Giuseppe Sommaruga and Gustav Klimt.
The 2026 edition: “The Sea”
The 2026 edition took “The Sea” as its theme — the waves, water and marine life that ran through Liberty stained glass, wrought iron and applied arts at the turn of the century. It opened around a first for Italy: a national postage stamp dedicated to the Liberty style, designed by Speziali and released on 6 July.
Art Nouveau Week in Venice
Venice keeps its Liberty on the Lido. Giovanni Sardi finished the Hotel Excelsior in 1908 as a beach palace that reads Moorish from the lagoon and Liberty from the boardwalk, and the seafront around it carries the same floral-era hand. It is a fitting stage for the 2026 theme, “The Sea”: the marine motifs the movement loved are built into the architecture here.
How to take part
Most activities are organised through the Italia Liberty association, and the full programme is published city by city on the official Art Nouveau Week site ahead of July each year. Guided visits are often small and book out early, so it pays to plan the week in advance. The next edition follows the same 8–14 July window.
Frequently asked questions
When is Art Nouveau Week? Every year from 8 to 14 July. The 2026 edition ran on those dates; future editions keep the same July week.
What happens in Venice? Guided visits along the Lido’s Liberty seafront and other floral-era sites, opened for the week.
How do I take part? Through the Italia Liberty association. The full programme is published each year on the official Art Nouveau Week website.
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