Milan-Cortina 2026 unveils official Olympic and Paralympic posters

The MilanCortina 2026 organizing committee on Wednesday unveiled the two official posters for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, presenting bold graphic designs intended to reflect the character of the host territories and the spirit of the events. The posters, created by Italian artists Olimpia Zagnoli and Carolina Altavilla, were revealed roughly three months before the Games and will be displayed at Milan’s Triennale design museum and other sites during the competitions.

Zagnoli’s Olympic poster, titled Vision, is a brightly colored image centered on a figure looking through glasses shaped like the Olympic rings against a backdrop of white mountain caps. Zagnoli said her design “captures both her hometown Milan’s sense of style and Cortina’s mountain location, while celebrating spectators and athletes alike.” Altavilla’s untitled Paralympic poster depicts the six Paralympic Winter sports in dynamic motion, rendered in a palette of pinks, blues and chartreuse, with an image of Milan’s Duomo in the foreground. The athletes in Altavilla’s composition are topped by three curved, comma like symbols known as Agitos, Latin for I move, a motif associated with the Paralympic...