InVenice

Yamada Hanako & Alex Hai LA GONDOLIERA The exhibition presents an intriguing collaborative venture between an emerging artist and a celebrated but controversial female gondolier, who is also a photographer and film-maker. Both have a passion for Venice and see their roles there as part of a greater adventure and continuing artistic exploration. Expect an original vision of Venice in the guise of an adventuress. In this thought-provoking mixture of fact and fiction, the boundaries are blurred. Is it a…

First conceived in 2002 by Luca Massimo Barbero, this is the third edition of an innovative but tested exhibition formula that offers visitors fresh perceptions of the museum’s collections, whether well-known or less so, by means of a dialogue with works by more contemporary artists from other collections, thus opening up new, multiple possible interpretations. Works from the early 20th century avant-garde connect thematically in a confrontation and comparison with post war and contemporary works, tracing the evolution of forms…

Sebastião Salgado is the most important documentary photographer of our time. After his major exhibitions ( In The Way, 2000 The hand of Man, 1994), he now presents its new photographic work, GENESIS, made during the course of the last ten years. A passionate look tended to emphasize the need to protect our planet, to change our way of life, to take on new behavior more respectful of nature and what surrounds us, to gain a new harmony . A…

Palazzo Mocenigo opens the new year with an exhibition of contemporary textile art. The 23° edition of Miniartextil, organized by Arte & Arte Como and curated by prof. Luciano Caramel, is dedicated to “eros”, saw the participation of 430 artists from 43 different nations. The 54 minitextiles chosen by a jury, composed by Luciano Caramel, Maria Cristina Cedrini and Vito Capone, trace the interpretation of the artists on the theme. In the works it could be noted the dominant use…

The Wilmotte Foundation in Venice, Fondaco degli Angeli, has the pleasure to present: « ISOLA NOVA », photographs from Philippe Calandre « A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, … » Oscar Wilde Following the exhibition “Fiction Factories” in 2012 at the Gallery Esther Woerdehoff in which Philippe Calandre developed the fictional factories, Jean-Michel Wilmotte proposed the artist to create a new series for his Venetian gallery. After many trips to Venice, Philippe Calandre…

This year sees the start of a new and fascinating investigation at Ca’ Rezzonico, the symbol of 18th century Venice, into landscape painting. This important genre developed during the 18th century in Venice, which provided an extraordinary source of inspiration for its exponents. Among the leading figures of the genre, which is at the centre of a necessary re-evaluation, was Pietro Bellotti, Canaletto’s nephew and the younger brother of Bernardo Bellotti. Born in Venice in 1725, he developed a manner…

Canaletto will be back, 270 years later, in the place where he created one of his most fascinating works, ‘L’entrata nel Canal Grande dalla Basilica della Salute.’ The masterpiece of the great landscape painter will be on display in the same place where we like to imagine the artist had conceived and created it.

The Museum of Palazzo Grimani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa hosts La Bella one of the most famous paintings by Titian, masterpiece of absolute importance of Renaissance painting, the portrait of a young lavishly dressed and adorned with jewels.