Eight editions plus another in the pipeline

Word and deed, theatre and workshop. Each edition of Olio Officina Festival has had an area dedicated to meditating and theorizing, with of course the inevitable appointments with art exhibitions, performances, shows, conferences, talk shows, seminars, dedicated postmarks, innovative packaging and visual design, video projections; as well as a parallel space located in a specific section known as “Saggi Assaggi” (“Wise Tastings”), where raw materials can be looked into through a series of guided tastings of olive oils and other seasonings, neat or in combination with other foods.

OOF 2012

First Edition, 27 – 29 January 2012

Milan, Palazzo dei Giureconsulti

Central theme: A new form of expression for Olive Oil

Illustrations: Angelo Ruta

OOF 2013

Second Edition, 24 – 26 January 2013

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme: The feminine side of olive oil

Illustrations: Angelo Ruta

OOF 2014

Third Edition, 23 – 25 January 2014

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme: The social heart of olive oil

Illustrations: Angelo Ruta

OOF 2015

Fourth Edition, 22 – 24 January 2015

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme:Olive Oil feeds our eros

Illustrations: Riccardo Stefanelli

OOF 2016

Fifth Edition, 21 – 23 January 2016

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme: Avant-garde.The olive oil of the future

Illustrations: Valerio Marini

OOF 2017

Sixth Edition, 2 – 4 February 2017

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme:Energy! Olive oil in motion

Illustrations: Valerio Marini

OOF 2018

Seventh Edition, 1 – 3 February 2018

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme: I’m a tree

Illustrations: Doriano Strologo

OOF 2019

Eighth Edition, 31 January – 2 February 2019

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme: Our Lady of Advertising

Illustrations: Nebula

OOF 2020

Ninth Edition, 6 – 8 February 2020

Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline

Central theme: Oil of the Peoples

Illustrations: Pax Paloscia

The opening photo is by Gianfranco Maggio