Canadian artist Lotus L. Kang has opened an exhibition titled "The Face of Desire Is Loss" at the new Bvlgari Pavilion in Venice. The show features her fluid, changeable works that explore themes of desire, loss, absence, and impermanence, with the artist describing the experience as a charged, chaotic, yet focused pursuit of something elusive.
The exhibition matters because it marks the debut of Bvlgari's glass pavilion in Venice, a city synonymous with art and luxury, and positions Kang—a contemporary artist known for process-based, ephemeral practices—within a high-profile institutional context. The show's philosophical engagement with transience and materiality resonates with broader conversations in contemporary art about impermanence and the emotional weight of objects.