Installations, immersive experiences, workshops and meetings proposed to learn how to ask questions and construct answers: these, in short, will be the activities that will characterize the new edition of The Garden of Ideas, scheduled from April 8 to 13 at the Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini in Corso di Porta Ticinese 95 in Milan. The event, which will take place during Milan Design Week, returns after last year's success, again tagged Vanity Fair. "How long will it stay with me? How much will it impact nature? How much will it impact those around me? How much has it impacted the lives of those who created it? How much does it contribute to my true happiness? These are the questions-read in the dedicated article-at the center of the second edition of The Garden of Ideas. The common thread of the 2025 edition is what we have called ‘The Theory of How Much,’ which prompts us to ask ourselves how much our purchasing and behavioral decisions impact the planet, others and ourselves." For the organizers, therefore, it will be a participatory experience enriched by the presence of start-ups and large realities that will propose visions, projects and solutions “for a more livable future,” the note stresses, "more responsible and aware.

Among the protagonists of the review is Cittadellarte, which, with the Unidee Academy and the University of Milan, will offer moments of discussion-moderated from time to time by a Vanity Fair journalist-with the public on contemporary issues, also with reference to the offices that make up the Foundation. Let's find out which Cittadellarte speakers will take part in the appointments together with other guests: Tuesday, April 8, for the theme nourishment, Armona Pistoletto, president of Let Eat Bi, will speak; Wednesday, April 9, for art, Michele Cerruti But, academic coordinator of Accademia Unidee; Thursday, April 10, for the theme work, Maria Canella, director of Accademia Unidee; Friday, April 11, for ecology, Clara Pogliani, in the dual capacities of head of educational coordination Accademia Unideee and spokesperson for Ci sarà un bel clima; Saturday, April 12, for fashion, Olga Pirazzi, head of Cittadellarte Fashion B. E.S.T.; on Sunday, April 13, for education, the curtain will symbolically come down with the exceptional participation of Paolo Naldini, director of Cittadellarte.

Cittadellarte's participation is not limited to talks, but also includes the exhibition of one of Michelangelo Pistoletto's most iconic works: in fact, a version of the work Porte-Uffizi will be present, which is articulated in frames of rooms and wooden doors bearing the names of the various Cittadellarte Offices, created to produce ethical and sustainable change, acting on both a global and local scale. The path leading to the birth of Porte-Uffizi began back in 1995 with the exhibition The Doors of Palazzo Fabroni and continued to the 2005 Venice Biennale with the installation on the island of San Servolo. “Today, seeing the Doors in Milan, during such special days, invites us to reflect,” reads the dedicated Vanity Fair article, "on particular themes that Pistoletto's artistic philosophy inspires. During the days when the Garden is open, visitors can see the work up close and touch the individual projects related to each door." Specifically, the Uffizi and the themes in the spotlight will be - in six rooms - Nourishment, Art, Work, Fashion, Ecology and Education.