Posts Tagged ‘exposition’

Venice and the Egypt: two millenniums of History

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

pd+v&gFrom Oct. 1st to Jan 22nd The Dogi Palace will host the exhibition “ Venice and Egypt“ : 300 rare works about the cultural and trade connection between Venice and the mysterious land of the Pharaohs.
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Punta della Dogana – A new François Pinault’s collection

Monday, April 18th, 2011

fda9493c9bTheir common denominator is art. Their distinguishing factor is belonging to Venice’s most famous European collection. If the Biennial, which upholds the Lagoon City as the capital of contemporary art, is in a full vortex of preparations, at the Pinault Foundation, too, people are working round the clock.
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Lee Yong-baek for Korea at the 54th Venice Arts Biennale

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Lee Yong-baekArtist Lee Yong-Baek has been chosen to hold a solo presentation in the Korean Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale next year, announced by the Arts Council Korea.
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BBCC Expo of Venice

Friday, November 26th, 2010

e2422646_venezia_bbcc_expoWith 14 years of dedication to culture, the bbcc Expo of Venice is an ideal and prominent showcase for presenting excellence in the valorisation of the great legacy of cultural estate and activities in Italy and worldwide. For 14 years, the Expo’s showroom has hosted exchanges with some of the most dynamic contributors, helping to  encourage collaboration for the development of distinguished excellence.
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Tony Cragg at Ca’ Pesaro

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

tony-cragg-450x359With an itinerary through the three floors of Ca’ Pesaro – from the entrance hall and small room on the ground floor, to the monumental staircase, second floor and façade overlooking the Grand Canal – the exhibition offers forty works of art, in glass, bronze, steel, plastic, wood and stone, but also drawings, preparatory sketches and watercolours, spanning thirty years activity, from the 80s to nowadays, most of which have never been on show in Italy before.
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Marco Tirelli at Fortuny’s Palace

Friday, November 5th, 2010

N6T4X2V5W2B7V1A9E9W2X8U6V0G0Z4Already anticipated by some of the artist’s works on display or “scattered” around the first floor, the exhibition covers all the vast space of the Museum’s second and shows large-sized canvases together with sculptures and other smaller sized works conceived by Marco Tirelli (Rome, 1956) especially for the museum.
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GIORGIO MORANDI Silence

Friday, November 5th, 2010

rev95272(1)Twentyone still lifes by Giorgio Morandi (Bologna, 1890 – 1964), some of which are from private collections and are on public display for the very first time. “Silent and humble” paintings in which the colours “vibrate with a slightly subdued brilliance that seems to come from within … a style of painting that belongs perfectly in the perceptive and mental space between the visible and invisible” (Francesco Poli, from the exhibition catalogue).
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Exposition of Giorgione now until November 01st!!!

Monday, October 25th, 2010

la tempestaThree of Giorgione most famous works, The Old Lady (1506), The Naked (1508) and his most famous masterpiece, The Tempest (1507-08), will be on display for over an other month in one of Venice most unique buildings, Palazzo Grimani near Campo Santa Maria Formosa.

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Alla Deriva – Sculptures by Justin Peyser

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Justin Peyser Venezia Venice Ca' ZenobioThe sculptures of Justin Peyser can be admired at the XVII century palace Ca’ Zenobio, close to Campo Santa Margherita in Venice. Justin lives and works in New york city. He studied Visual & Environmental Studies at Harvard College and Painting in Bologna and New York. (more…)

Giacomo Favretto at Museo Correr in Venice

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Giacomo Favretto - Museo CorrerThe opearas of the venetian painter Giacomo Favretto (1849 – 1887) are finally back in town, after more than 100 year from the last exposition. With more than 80 operas the exibithion explain his artistical life and the relation with the oter artists of the ‘800.
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