WeArt Projects is an incubator for non-profit art and design projects and initiatives that also offers art advisory and curatorial services.

It was founded by Nicole Saikalis Bay,architect, interior designer, consultant and collector of contemporary art, patron, member of the Commissioning Council of the Whitechapel Gallery and donor of Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2022 and of the Lyon Biennale 2022. WeArt Projects collaborates with leading professionals from the Italian and international art and culture worlds.

Its mission is to develop ideas, planning and practices for the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art and design and for urban regeneration, with the purpose of patronage for culture and charity for social and educational projects.

In the design of the different projects such as WeArt Experience e Art Takes Over as well as in the art advisory and consulting services for art and design collectors, WeArt Projects' starting point is always the same. It is the study of artists, both Italian and international, who represent modern art movements and the most contemporary research, or whose works have a meaning in the context of the current social and socio-political. Their work should tell the tale of the present and have a connection to the future in terms of materials, texture, significances, mediums and practices.

Tulip table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, Leggera chairs by Gio Ponti, and vintage Stilnovo hanging lamp. On the wall, photographic work by Vanessa Beecroft, VB52.01.NT, 2003.

Artwork by Kerstin Bratch during the installation of the exhibition "Unterwegs" curated by Art takes Over.

Works by Kerstin Brätsch, Don't Shape_Shape Shift_Mund der Wahrheit, 2012 – 2016, and Unstable Talismanic Rendering [Poliʻahu's Cure] with gratitude to master marbler Dirk Lange, 2016.

Nicole Saikalis Bay with gallerist Lia Rumma during the installation of Marina Abramovic's exhibition in collaboration with Art Takes Over.

Work by Chen Zhen, Crystal Gazing, 1999.

WeArt Walks at Lia Rumma gallery for Jospeh Kosuth's exhibition in Milan.

WeArt Walks on the road in Naples.

Guest during the viewing of the exhibition "Unterwegs" curated by Art Takes Over.

WeArt Walks at the Invernizzi Art Gallery in Milan.

Work by Brian Rochefort, Comet, 2020.

WeArt Walks on the road in Brescia.

Nicole Saikalis Bay con l’artista Marinella Senatore presso il Museo del Novecento durante il premio Acacia. Il Museo del Novecento espone l'opera vincitrice del Premio Acacia 2021 in occasione di MiArt 2021.

Nicole Saikalis Bay during an evening organized by WeArt Walks at the "Le voci della sera" exhibition at Vistamare Gallery.

Guests during the viewing of the exhibition "Unterwegs" organized by Art Takes Over in collaboration with Gio Marconi Gallery.

Artwork by Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball (Diana), 2013.

Guests during ATO Nights on the occasion of Judith Hopf's exhibition.

Works by Judith Hopf, Openings #2, 2012, and Flock of Sheep, 2017.

WeArt Projects is an incubator for non-profit art and design projects and initiatives which offers art advisory and curatorial services. Founded by Nicole Saikalis Bay,architect, interior designer, consultant and collector of contemporary art, patron, member of the Commissioning Council of the Whitechapel Gallery and donor of Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2022 and of the Lyon Biennale 2022 , WeArt Projects collaborates with leading professionals from the Italian and international art and culture worlds. The mission of WeArt Projects is to develop ideas, planning and practices for the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art and design and for urban regeneration, with the purpose of patronage for culture and charity for social and educational projects. In the design of the different projects such as WeArt Experience e Art Takes Over as well as in the art advisory and consulting services for art and design collectors, WeArt Projects' starting point is always the same. It is the study of artists, both Italian and international, who represent modern art movements and the most contemporary research, or whose works have a meaning in the context of the current social and socio-political. Their work should tell the tale of the present and have a connection to the future in terms of materials, texture, significances, mediums and practices.

Tulip table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, Leggera chairs by Gio Ponti, and vintage Stilnovo hanging lamp. On the wall, photographic work by Vanessa Beecroft, VB52.01.NT, 2003.

WeArt Walks on the road in Naples.

Nicole Saikalis Bay during an evening organized by WeArt Walks at the "Le voci della sera" exhibition at Vistamare Gallery.

Artwork by Kerstin Bratch during the installation of the exhibition "Unterwegs" curated by Art takes Over.

Guest during the viewing of the exhibition "Unterwegs" curated by Art Takes Over.

Guests during the viewing of the exhibition "Unterwegs" organized by Art Takes Over in collaboration with Gio Marconi Gallery.

Works by Kerstin Brätsch, Don't Shape_Shape Shift_Mund der Wahrheit, 2012 – 2016, and Unstable Talismanic Rendering [Poliʻahu's Cure] with gratitude to master marbler Dirk Lange, 2016.

WeArt Walks at the Invernizzi Art Gallery in Milan.

Artwork by Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball (Diana), 2013.

Nicole Saikalis Bay with gallerist Lia Rumma during the installation of Marina Abramovic's exhibition in collaboration with Art Takes Over.

Work by Brian Rochefort, Comet, 2020.

Guests during ATO Nights on the occasion of Judith Hopf's exhibition.

Work by Chen Zhen, Crystal Gazing, 1999.

WeArt Walks on the road in Brescia.

Works by Judith Hopf, Openings #2, 2012, and Flock of Sheep, 2017.

Nicole Saikalis Bay with artist Marinella Senatore at the Museo del Novecento during the Acacia Prize. The Museo del Novecento displays the winning work of the Acacia Prize 2021 during MiArt 2021.

WeArt Walks at Lia Rumma gallery for Jospeh Kosuth's exhibition in Milan.

Architect, interior designer, consultant, collector and patron, Nicole Saikalis Bay was born in Beirut. After living and working between Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Paris and London, she now lives in Milan, together with her husband and their two children.

Over the past 20 years, Nicole Saikalis, together with her husband Matteo Bay, has built an extensive collection of modern and contemporary art. The works that inspire their collection document today's cultural, social and political change, tell the story of the present but also have a strong connection to the future in terms of materials, textures, meaning, media and practices.

Architect, designer, consultant, collector and patron, Nicole Saikalis Bay was born in Beirut. After living and working between Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Paris and London, she now lives in Milan, together with her husband Matteo Bay and their two children.

Over the past 20 years, Nicole Saikalis, together with her husband Matteo Bay, has built an extensive collection of modern and contemporary art. The works that inspire their collection document today's cultural, social and political change, tell the story of the present but also have a strong connection to the future in terms of materials, textures, meaning, media and practices.

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