This mural painting which has accurated details has been hidden for years b a huge rose garden. During the renovation of the Palace the painting came back to light and has been protected by a cover plate in glass.

The work had a first renovation in the 60’s and had been removed and transported on a wooden support.
The Madonnina with her kind face has immediately solicited the curiosity of the cafoscarini and began a real and new research.

From which period is the painting ? Who is the painter ? What kind of evolution has had in the times ? These and other requests have guided the investigation.

The painting exposed outside for a long time is situated in the main hall of Ca’ Giustinian where the façade of the XV century, the well dated of the Renaissance and the uncovered stairs in Gothic style create around the painting a frame which has influenced the researchers inducing them to consider the work from a Tiziano’s follower.

After the renovation of the 60’s cured by Mrs Menin Giuseppina, on May 28th 2010 at 11:00 am, the “Madonnina di ca’ Foscari” went back in the laboratories to then go back in her internal niche in the main courtyard of Palazzo Giustinian.

The curators Giuseppe Barbieri and Silvia Burini propose to “show” you the Story and the stories of Russia in the whole XX century through Art, gathering, for the first time, works coming from two private collections and little known by the public: the collection Morgane and the Sandretti one.

This exposition is about the relation that Art has been able to establish with authority in the History.
From this delicate and complicated balance between representation and historical events in the Russia of the XX century make this exposition a strict testimony of different periods like different Russias:

The radiant and optimist Russia in the Socialist Realism.

The Russia of the N.E.P. (New Economic Politic)

The official Russia that Majakovskij with his own suicide on April 14th 1930, made waver and crack, burying this “civil utopia” of which he was the convinced chorister.

The Stalin death allowed the birth of a non official timid art, a “protest made in URSS” which took back the masterpieces of the begining of the XX century Avant-Garde (Chagall, Kandinskij, Malevic, Konkalovkij), testimonies of this “internal tradition” drown and secret that Stalin attempted many times to cancel but which survived and came back in the 60’s and definitely during the Biennale of 1977.

Information:

«Russie! Memoria, mistificazione, immaginario» Untile July 25th 2010 Università Ca’ Foscari – Palazzo Ca’ Giustinian dei VescoviInfo tel. 041-2346942www.unive.it/cafoscari.fr

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This is mainly addressed to the students of Ca’ Foscari (Venice’s University) and Accademia, but also to any venetian or tourist who want to partecipate. Starting from 18:00 there will be the Happy Hoour at the Museum’s café, until the closing time.

Not every presentation will be at Punta della Dogana, the next one (14th October 2009) will be at Palazzo Grassi.

The aim of this project is to involve the public in the activities of Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana: a new kind of Museum!!!

Punta della dogana