Carla Fendi Award
It is an award established in 2012 by Carla Fendi herself and is conferred on the final day of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi to outstanding personalities from the worlds of music, dance, theatre and cinema who are actively engaged in the promotion of culture. Under the chairmanship of Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi, the prize has become a cash contribution that has been extended to those active in the social sphere and, in the special STEAM editions (Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) to eminent personalities from the world of science and technology, along with the arts.
2026 CARLA FENDI STEAM AWARD
TO THE WATERMILL CENTER
SPOLETO69 FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI
On Sunday 12 July in Piazza Duomo, the 2026 Carla Fendi STEAM award was presented to Charles Chemin by Isabella Rossellini—a close friend and longstanding artistic collaborator of Robert Wilson—alongside Daniele Cipriani and Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi.