MILAN — MILAN (AP) — The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic organizing committee on Wednesday unveiled two official posters for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Video games — daring graphic depictions that officers mentioned have been meant to signify “the character of the locations.”
Posters have been commissioned for the Olympics for the reason that early twentieth century, turning into a chunk of Olympic historical past. This 12 months’s designs are the work of Italian artists Olimpia Zagnoli and Carolina Altavilla.
Zagnoli’s “Olympic Imaginative and prescient,” a brightly coloured poster for the Feb. 6-22 Video games, incorporates a central determine trying by way of glasses long-established as Olympic rings towards the backdrop of white mountain caps. Zagnoli mentioned her poster captures each her hometown Milan’s sense of favor and Cortina’s mountain location, whereas celebrating spectators and athletes alike.
Altavilla’s untitled poster for the Paralympic Video games (March 6-15) depicts all six Paralympic Winter sports activities pulsing with motion and in a conflict of pinks, blues and chartreuse. A picture of Milan’s Duomo cathedral sits in foreground, and the athletes are topped by three curved, comma-like symbols dubbed “Agitos,” Latin for “I transfer.”
Giant variations of the posters will likely be on show together with the official torches at Milan’s Triennale design museum and different websites in the course of the Winter Video games. Smaller variations promote for 35 euros (practically $41.)
The Milan-Cortina organizers beforehand launched 10 inventive posters by 5 feminine and 5 male artists over the summer time, additionally on show on the Triennale.
