MILAN — Giorgio Pace, who cofounded itinerant, jetset fair Nomad in 2017, is on to a new project and this time, he wants the design and art curious to stay a while.
Der Pavilion, the new cultural platform, will open Thursday and unfold in Saint Moritz throughout February. The four-week calendar will include performances, experiences and solo exhibitions by bygone names like Italian designers Gio Ponti and Andrea Branzi, as well as living Italian performer Vanessa Beecroft and Greek artist and sculptor Marína Karélla, who is the wife of the late Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.
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Der Pavilion aims to become a cultural pillar in the Engadin mountain region, serving as an enduring event throughout the ski season and beyond, Pace told WWD.
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Throughout the year, Der Pavilion will host a roster of exhibitions, performances, crafts and gastronomy involving local and international communities, artists and artisans, galleries and institutions. Pace stressed that the appetite for collectible art and design continues to grow among Saint Moritz residents and visitors alike.
“Saint Moritz is increasingly becoming a destination for many people who have decided to live and spend more time in a safe and pleasant place. For this reason, not only during the high season but throughout the year, a growing audience is attracted to top-notch cultural programming,” Pace explained. The extended calendar format allows attendees to make private appointments with ease.
Named “Singular Voices,” the event kicks off Thursday and closes March 1 at Hotel Eden.
Nomad’s Saint Moritz edition will run Feb. 12 to Feb. 15 centered inside the town’s 19th-century hotel Villa Beaulieu.
Pace, along with Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, unveiled the first edition of Nomad, the biannual collectible design fair that attracts discerning art collectors, galleries and brands to private luxury settings in Italy, Switzerland and Monaco, in 2017. At the time the event represented an innovative break from traditional trade and fair models.
Since then design pillars have been experimenting with new ways to draw international collectors that transcend traditional paradigms.
Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev told WWD in January that he’s planning a new festival that combines design, dance and other art forms. The event will run May 14 to 20 and will unfold in tandem with NYCxDesign week. “It will include lectures, design competitions and events that unite street culture, pop culture and design. It’s a way to open the conversation to a bigger audience and make design more accessible,” he told WWD.