In the Marais Wednesday night, Mytheresa and Zegna celebrated Filipino-Dutch artist Martha Atienza, the recipient of Zegna’s 2026 VISIBLE Situated Fellowship with a poetic dinner. Held at Galerie Joseph, the elegant affair gathered a smart mix of artists, curators, designers, and other creatives for a special evening during a packed Paris Art Week.
The Locale: Cocktails came first at Galerie Joseph, with guests mingling between Atienza’s video installations and kinetic sculptures, presented under the title of “Learning to Breathe in a Changing World.” Then came the reveal: a white door opened onto a serpentine-style dinner table punctuated with pink, orange, and green blooms. The setting was suitably theatrical for the multi-course Italian feast, courtesy of conceptual culinary studio We Are Ona.
The Occasion: The evening toasted Atienza and GOODLand, the community initiative she co-founded six years ago on Bantayan Island in the Philippines. The program addresses environmental challenges and cultural preservation through art and won Atienza Zegna’s 2026 VISIBLE Situated Fellowship, which offers structural and financial support to artists’ endeavors.
The Crowd: Spotted amongst the throng were Atienza; Zegna co-CEO Angelo Zegna and artistic director Alessandro Sartori; Mytheresa CEO Francis Belin; athletes Ousmane Dembélé, Younes Bendjima, and Erwan Konaté; rapper Disiz; entrepreneur Sarah Andelman; curator Dan Thawley; composer Thomas Roussel; and actors Nicolas Maury, Damien Bonnard, and Jérémie Laheurte.
The Entertainment: French-Cuban sister duo Ibeyi brought a rousing live performance to the event. With a gallery full of Atienza’s work, and a dining room well-dressed for the occasion, the evening was hardly short on spectacle. The sisters ensured it had the soundtrack to match.
Parting Gift: Guests departed with antipara, traditional diving goggles handcrafted from acacia auri wood by a local artisan on Bantayan Island, stored in a limited-edition handmade box fashioned from recycled glass; and a copy of VISIBLE: Art as Policies for Care by curators Martina Angelotti, Matteo Lucchetti, and Judith Wielander.
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