Anteguerra / Things to Come is the title of the issue 2/25 the historic Magazine published by La Biennale di Venezia which is reborn after fifty-three years of editorial silence.

The cover is illustrated with a work by Mino Maccari: t is the image of the stage panel with a reflected face for the final parade of Bohuslav Martinů’s opera Commedia sul Ponte at the Biennale Musica 1951 (tempera on plywood)..

The contributions in issue 2/25 are by Christine Macel, Germaine Acogny, Roberto Cremascoli, Gianni Forte, Mazen Khaled, Luigi Gallo, Luca Francesconi, Antonio Marras, Darco Pellos e Wael Shawky, Josep Oriol Esteve, Claudio Magris, Robert Jan van Pelt, Mizue Hasegawa, Annarita Colombo, Jon Padfield, Javier Cercas, Gohar Dashti, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Anita Likmeta, Valentina Tanni, Silvano Tagliagambe, Felix Azhimov, Giovanni Caprara, Cinzia Zuffada, Pier Luigi Sacco, Matt Leacock, Krystian Lupa, Stefania Vitulli, Alexander Sokurov, Denis Brotto, Mark Salvatus.

The issue is illustrated with photographic images from: Biennale Archive; Fototeca Cinema; Sfeir-Semler Gallery; Lisson Gallery; Lia Rumma; Barakat Contemporary; Museo Nacional del Prado; Scala, Firenze; New Picture Library; Summerfield Press; Carlo Valsecchi; Collezione Maramotti; Elvert Bañares; National Commission for Culture and the Arts NCCA – Philippine Arts in Venice PAVB. Sono presenti, inoltre, le fotografie di Stefano Graziani, Junpei Katayama e Jon Padfield, Carlo Valsecchi, Gohar Dashti, Luca Capuano, Lorenzo Pesce, Gabrielle Traversat, Toni Fabris, Joan Fontcuberta, Jason Larkin, Masahisa Fukase,

The graphic design and layout is by Studio Tomo Tomo, Milan.