BAM FAIR PLAY 25/26: Milano's Olympic Cultural Programme

BAM – Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano, a project of Fondazione Riccardo Catella, has launched BAM FAIR PLAY 25/26, a cultural programme for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Curated by Francesca Colombo, the initiative runs from autumn 2025 through the Games, featuring 70 events across Milan. Highlights include Olympic and Paralympic rings drawn on BAM's lawns on February 8, 2026, as part of BAM Performative Land Art in collaboration with NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano. The fifth edition of BAM Circus (May 22-24) will feature French company XY, who performed at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony. BAM Summer Festival on June 21 will unite Lombardy's bands. A podcast series FAIR PLAY, produced with Doppiozero, explores sports values through 11 episodes. Three Olympic and Paralympic champions—Egle Uljas, Alexandra Ianculescu, and Simone Barlaam—who are also artists have already participated. Colombo emphasized the project's network of over 96 partners including Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.