Lisbon's MAAT opened a large-scale fashion-and-art crossover on 2 October 2026. "VENUS – Valentino Garavani Through the Eyes of Joana Vasconcelos" runs in the museum's Galleries 1 and 2 until 22 February 2027, and forms part of the programme marking ten years since the museum opened. The concept was first developed at PM23 in Rome and has been reworked for the Lisbon venue. Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos designed a site-specific route through the two galleries, placing roughly thirty haute couture and prêt-à-porter garments by Valentino Garavani alongside her own sculptures. The centrepiece is a newly made textile work, Valkyrie Venus, belonging to her long-running Valkyries series of vast, hand-crafted hanging forms. The exhibition also includes new pieces such as the Crochet Paintings and Sacro Cuore, shown together with earlier large-scale works including Marilyn, Garden of Eden and Independent Heart #3. The pairing leans on a shared language of ornament, craft and the female body. Vasconcelos builds her sculptures from accumulated textiles, embroidery and found objects, and the exhibition frames Garavani's garments as sculptural objects in their own right, re-read through her accumulative, baroque sensibility. The concept travelled from Rome, where it was first developed at the PM23 venue, before being expanded and re-staged for MAAT's much larger gallery spaces. For MAAT, the show is the flagship of its anniversary season and continues the museum's taste for high-profile cross-disciplinary projects. The institution opened in 2016 on the Tagus riverfront, and its tenth year has been programmed around large, audience-friendly statements. Bringing together Italy's most famous living couturier and Portugal's best-known contemporary artist gives the museum an internationally legible winter attraction, and the fashion audience it draws is one museums have learned to court. With the exhibition running through late February, it is positioned to carry the museum's visitor numbers across the quieter winter months.