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ART / EXHIBITIONS staggering 52 drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci which is on show from 29 August --- 2013 at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in LEONARDO DA VINCI. Venice. THE UNIVERSAL MAN Thanks to the exhibition LEONARDO Until December 1st, 2013 DA VINCI. THE UNIVERSAL MAN, the Gallerie dell’Accademia first of its kind for thirty years, the last was back in 1980, the public at the Gal- lerie dell’Accademia in Venice will have the chance to admire an entire collec- tion of exceptionally rare works by the Master which have been preserved in the Cabinet of Drawings at the Gallerie dell’Accademia since 1822, consisting of 25 graphic works which are not usu- ally shown to the public. These will be exhibited alongside another 27 prestig- ious works on loan from Italian muse- ums such as the Royal Library of Turin, the Uffizi in Florence and the National Gallery of Parma, as well as from im- portant European collections: the Royal Collection Trust Windsor Castle, the British Museum in London, the Louvre and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

This is a unique opportunity not to be missed. The drawings must remain A unique chance to see Leonardo’s stored in special air-conditioned cel- drawings at the Gallerie dell’Accademia lars for a long time before and after ex- in Venice posure to the public. This is a rule that must be adhered to in order to preserve This extraordinary exhibition includes a such precious and fragile masterpieces. www.venezia.net Events 4

The works on display include the Vit- works between New York and Merano, ruvian Man, Dancing Women, the Por- where he was born. His work has been trait of a Woman in Profile in Windsor, at the centre of one-man exhibitions in Sketches for The Battle of Anghiari, many international institutions. Studies on Weaponry and preparatory sketches for great masterpieces like the The project is part of a programme of Last Supper, the Nativity and Christ Car- monographs of great contemporary rying the Cross. artists, opened in April 2012 with Urs Fischer (“Madame Fisscher”), and pre- --- sented in alternative and addition to the Rudolf Stingel thematic exhibitions of the François Pin- From 7th April to 31st December ault Foundation collection. 2013 Palazzo Grassi – François Pinault The “Rudolf Stingel” exhibition will stay Foundation open in Palazzo Grassi until 31st De- cember 2013, for the duration of the 55th Biennial of Contemporary Art: for the occasion, there will also be a new exhibition in Punta della Dogana from 31st May 2013.

--- ROY LICHTESTEIN SCULPTOR Until November 23th, 2013 Vedova Founation

Open until 23 November 2013, at the Magazzini del Sale (Salt Warehouses) in Organised by the artist himself - with Zattere in Venice, home of the Vedova the coordination of Elena Geuna - the Foundation, is the exhibition Roy Li- exhibition dedicated to Rudolf Stin- chtenstein – Sculptor. For the first time gel, opening 5th April 2013, will extend in Italy over 45 pieces from one of the throughout the building’s entire exhibi- geniuses of American Pop Art, including tive area, involving entrance hall and drawings, collages, maquettes, models the first and second floors. It will be the and sculptures in bronze. first time that the entire museum area is dedicated to a single artist. Characteristic of Lichtenstein‘s work is its rendering as “two-dimensional” like a Rudolf Stingel, born in 1956, lives and painting, to flatten the volume as would www.venezia.net Events 5 happen in a collage. From this come the This famous woodblock print by Hoku- ceramic figures which, starting from a sai known as the GREAT WAVE will be two-dimensional source, paper, are or- shown for the first time in Venice at the ganised into three-dimensions to form a Ca’ Pesaro Museum of Oriental Art from head or a stack of cups or an explosion. 8 September to 3 November 2013. Similar procedures bring to life his ”pro- file” sculptures from 1976 and up until Copies of this multicoloured woodblock his death in 1997, where the depth and print are in many European collections shadows of the object are put on the of Japanese art and this one, in particu- same plane, as if they were crushed and lar, among the most refined, has been compressed onto a single surface. lent by the Oriental Museum Chiossone in Genoa and will be on display for the Opening Hours first time along with a series of 36 views 10.30 am – 6 pm of Mount Fuji. Closed Tuesdays Alongside the Great Wave the exhibi- Full Ticket 12 € tion also features a plaster model of the Hokusai’s masterpiece from the Anteros --- Tactile Museum of Ancient and Modern HOKUSAI. THE GREAT WAVE Painting, Francesco Cavazza Institute Until November 3, 2013 for the Blind in Bologna, to allow for Museum of Oriental Art tactile exploration of the work by all visi- tors.

This event will also be an occasion to present 24 printed books by Hokusai and his students to the public for the first time in collaboration with the Mu- seum of Oriental Art, the Department of Asian and Mediterranean African Stud- ies at the Università Ca’ Foscari, and the Art Research Center at the Ritsumeikan University of Kyoto, which led to the digi- tal and photographic cataloguing of this The famous colour print The Great Wave collection of 727 woodblock prints- for a Of Kanagawa by Hokusai is on display total of 860 images and 276 books – for a for the first time at the Museum of Ori- grand total of 12,200 images ñ which are ental Art in Venice kept in storage at the Museum of Orien- tal Art in Venice. www.venezia.net Events 7

--- cal beekeepers, hopefully in perpetuity. DENATURED HONEYBEES + MU- The experiences of the beekeepers will RANO by Judi Harvest be documented in photographs, state- Until Novembre 23, 2013 ments, and ephemera. These items are Scola dei Tiraoro e Battioro displayed as a component of the exhibi- The exhibition DENATURED: Honeybees tion. + Murano is committed to raising aware- At the core of DENATURED: Honeybees + ness of a global threat to nature and a Murano is an installation comprising 90 local threat to heritage. The intention hand-made Murano glass vessels. Each is to achieve this goal by foregrounding will be a unique form. Forty-five of the the shared beauty and utility of honey vessels will be filled with honey harvest- and glass. The exhibition will engage ed in the Veneto (and Murano, once the two locations: the exhibition site, which hives are thriving). is the Scola dei Battioro e Tiraoro in the --- VENICE BIENNALE 55th International Art Exhibition Il Palazzo Enciclopedico 1st June – 24th November 2013

This festival will take place from 1st June to 24th November 2013 in the Gar- dens and the Arsenal (preview 29th, 30th and 31st May 2013), as well as in various places around Venice. It is enti- tled “Il palazzo enciclopedico” (The En- cyclopaedic Palace), after Marino Auriti’s 1955 project that patented an imaginary museum containing all of humanity’s knowledge, bringing together the big- gest discoveries of humankind, from the center of Venice on the Grand Canal, and wheel to the satellite. the glass factories and adjacent fields in Murano. In March 2013, beehives and a As Massimiliano Gioni, new curator of bee-friendly garden will be installed in the Art Sector of the Biennial, explained, an existing field of indigenous wildflow- “today, deluged as we are by informa- ers in Murano on the grounds of the Lin- tion, the attempts to structure knowl- ea Ariana glass factory. These hives will edge into omni-comprehensive systems remain in place and be cared for by lo- seems even more necessary and even www.venezia.net Events 8 more desperate. The 55th International Richard Avedon. Art Exhibition will explore these flights of imagination in an exhibition that – as No Seconds Comfort Food and Photog- Auriti’s Palazzo Enciclopedico –com- raphy is an unexpected exhibition jour- bines works of contemporary art and ney that begins with the “Deep Fried historical findings, discovered objects Gadgets” series to culminate, through “ and artefacts.” Band Riders” and the choices of the pop stars, in a reflection on food and impris- --- onment with “ No Seconds”, famous Henry Hargreaves - No Seconds shots dedicated to the last supper of the Comfort food and Photography American sentenced to Death. Until November 24th, 2013 San Servolo Island Free Entry

At the Museum of Madness of San Ser- How to arrive to San Servolo: The island volo Island in the Venice Lagoon is open is easily reached with the public trans- until November 24th, 2013, the first port system of ACTV using line 20 from San Zaccaria, monument stop (it may takes 10 minutes).

--- Venini - Martinuzzi 1925/1931 Until Decembre 1st, 2013 Cini Foundation

In Venice the second exhibition dedicat- ed to the history of the Venini glassware at Cini Foundation European solo exhibit of the New Zea- lander photographer, famous for his re- search on photography and food Henry Hargreaves. He has since established himself as a full time photographer known for fun, creative, provocative and memorable images. Henry found himself modeling for the world’s most prestigious fashion houses and work- ing with such photography icons as Ste- phen Meisel, Mario Testino, and the late www.venezia.net Events 9

--- The exhibition Napoleone Martinuzzi. SEGUSO. Art Glass 1031 - 1973 Venini 1925-1931, curated by Marino From May 18th to September Barovier, will open to the public on the 29th 2013 island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice Glass Museum, Murano on September 8th, 2013. It is the second This exhibition results from long re- exhibition dedicated to the history of search by Belgian scholar Marc Heire- the Venini glassware company promot- mans, an expert in the history of con- ed by Le Stanze del Vetro, a long-term temporary Murano glass, into one of the cultural initiative launched by Fondazi- one Giorgio Cini and Pentagram Stif- tung, devoted to the study and the pro- motion of the art of glassmaking in the twentieth century.

During the period of his collaboration with Paolo Venini, Martinuzzi designed beautiful objects whose shapes are in- spired by classical design, but through the use of innovative techniques and of glass paste. The exhibition Napoleone finest glass makers of the 20th century: Martinuzzi. Venini 1925 – 1931 traces his “Seguso Vetri d’Arte”. whole production chronologically: from Through a selection of masterpieces, it the elegant transparent blown glass examines the evolution of a family busi- to the works with an unprecedented ness, a ‘dynasty’ specialising in work- opaque texture, from the experimen- ing glass that made a vital contribution tations with pulegoso glass (a semi- to the development of this art during opaque or translucent glass with a rough the 20th century. The family forge, in surface due to tiny bubbles that form by whichAntonio Seguso, his son Archime- using special ingredients) to pieces with de and his grandchildren work, became intense and compact colours. a company in the early 1930s during a period of great innovation, experimen- There are about 200 works on display, tation and manufacturing design. covering the most significant glass pro- Covering a chronological period rang- duction of the ingenious sculptor from ing from the creation of the company to Murano. the period in which the members of the family separate, stimulated to try dif- ferent, independent roads, the exhibi- tion traces out the fundamental artistic www.venezia.net Events 10 contribution made by this famous glass maker. As of June 1 2013, the Ca’ Pesaro Mu- seum in Venice will feature works from --- the Ileana Sonnabend Collection. These Tapies. The Gaze of the artist include an extraordinary range of works From June 1st to November 24th representing the various movements of 2013 the early to mid 20th century, including Palazzo Fortuny NeoDada, Pop Art, Minimalism, Arte Po- vera, Conceptualism and Neo Expres- Antoni Tàpies’ ‘gaze’, his way of perceiv- sionism, as well as contemporary pho- ing things, of looking around himself tographic art. without limits of time and space, in a striving for answers about the universe, Ileana Sonnabend was one of the great- human nature, art, the mystery of life. A est and most influential promoters of year after the deathof the brilliant Cata- the arts of the second half of the 20th lan artist (Barcelona, 1923-2012), a key century who, with true pioneering spirit, exponent of international informal art, made American art recognised in Eu- the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia rope and European art in America. and Vervoordt Foundation pay tribute to him through a fascinating exhibition At the exhibition you can admire ac- aiming to reveal the profound essence claimed masterpieces like Figure 8 by of the art produced by this major figure in 20th century art. The exhibition will include key works by the great artist himself, together with a group of works from his own collection and those of some of the most noted contemporary artists, invited specifi- cally to explore the themes and ideas of Tàpies’ art.

--- Ileana Sonnabend Collection at Ca’ Pesaro Museum From June 1st, 2013

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Jasper Johns (1959), and Interior (Com- bine painting) (1956), Payload (1962) and Kite (1963) by Robert Rauschen- berg, an artist that Ileana, together with Leo Castelli and Alan Solomon, brought to the Venice Biennale in 1964.

In addition to these masters are the great exponents of the various forms of Pop Art which Ileana Sonnabend helped bring to the fore well before the current --- classifications: the form associated with Anthony Caro. Sculptures Abstract Expressionism – there are two From June 1st to October 27th stunning works by Jim Dine, and Roast 2013 Beef (1961) by Claes Oldenburg – and Museo Correr, Venezia the current form associated with the The splendid rooms of the Museo Cor- culture of the media, with various works rer will be the setting for the first major by Roy Lichtenstein, including Little Italian retrospective dedicated to one of Aloha (1962), as well as Balcony (1961) the greatest of living sculptors: Sir An- by James Rosenquist, Still life #45 and thony Caro (New Malden, Surrey, 1924). Seascape #4 by Tom Wesselmann and, The versatile British artist, who has above all, an incredible core of eight made an important mark in the history works by Andy Warhol, not least Nine of art since the 1960s, has radically “rev- Jackies (1964) and Triple Rauschenberg olutionised” his art. After a strictly figu- and Campbell’s Soup Can (Turkey Noo- rative beginning, under the influence dle), both of 1962. of his teacher, Henry Moore, he drifted away from sculptural tradition to create Opening hours: from 10 am to 6 pm (tick- revolutionary assemblages, welded and et office 10am–5pm). Closed on Monday bolted together, painted in bright col- ours and positioned on the floor within TICKETS - Entrance with museum ticket: the viewer’s space; these were abstract Full price: 10 euro works but rich in ideal content. This new, fascinating sculptural language established him as a key figure in the development of 20th century sculpture alongside David Smith, Mark Di Suvero and Richard Serra. www.venezia.net Events 13

--- lotton, and Odilon Redon. THE AVANT-GARDES OF FIN-DE- SIÈCLE PARIS: Signac, Bonnard, --- Redon ROYAL PALACE - Imperial Apart- September 28, 2013 – January 6, ments in St.Mark Square 2014 Re- open after restoration Guggenheim Collection Correr Museum

The exhibition The Avant-gardes of Fin- from April 1st to October 31st de-Siècle Paris: Signac, Bonnard, Re- 10 am – 7 pm (ticket office 10 am – 6 pm) don, and their Contemporaries focuses on the avant-gardes of the late nine- from November 1st to March 31st teenth century, with special attention paid to the Neo-Impressionist, Nabi, and Symbolist movements. Curated by Vivien Greene, Curator, 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art, Solomon R. Guggen- heim Museum, New York, the exhibition includes approximately 100 paintings, drawings, and prints.

The fin de siècle in Paris was a time of political upheaval and cultural transfor- 10 am – 5 pm (ticket office 10 am – 4 pm) mation. Mirroring the many facets of an anxious, unsettled era, this period saw Sissi’s myth is commemorated in Venice a spectrum of artistic movements. By with the inauguration and the opening the late 1880s, a generation of artists to the public of the rooms reserved to had emerged that included Neo-Im- the Princess Sissi in the Imperial Apart- pressionists, the Nabis, and Symbolists. ments of the Royal Palace in Venice, in S. Their subject matter remained largely Mark’s Square, after a restoration of nine that of their still-active Impressionist an- estraordinary spaces. tecedents: landscapes, the modern city, leisure-time activities, although these Princess Sissi sojourned for 38 days in were joined by introspective scenes the Imperial Apartments in the Royal and fantastical visions. Concentrating Palace, in occasion of her first visit in on the activities of these movements, Venice in 1856, the visit recalled in the the exhibition explores certain artists fourth episode of the famous film by in depth: Paul Signac, Maximilien Luce, Ernest Mirischka. Then, Elisabeth chose Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Félix Val- Venice to live after the death of her www.venezia.net Events 14 daughter Sofia, between October 1861 Venice Biennale gets underway. and May 1862. The 57th International Festival of Con- The nine rooms now opened to the temporary Music, organised by the public, give back to light decorations Biennale, will be held in Venice from 4 by Giuseppe Borsato, ornamentations to 13 October 2013. There will be two by Giovanni Rossi, golden stuccos. New spectacular long-awaited performanc- tapestries have been collocated in the es: Stockhausen’s Helicopter String rooms, close to the original ones, ex- pressly realized and donated by Ru- belli – Venice. To recall the original at- mosphere, precious fittings dated to the Napoleonic period and in Imperial style have been collocated in the Apart- ments. Quartet, performed by Arditti at 1500 meters above sea level amid the propel- Come back to life the Empress’ Audi- ler rollers of 4 helicopters, and Glorious ence Room and the Studio, the Empress’ Percussion by Sofija Gubaidulina with bedroom with its delightful boudoir and the Orchestra of Teatro la Fenice and the Antechamber. The Empress’s Bath- Percussions de Strasbourg. room is personalized by a decoration representing “The Goddess protecting On schedule also are interesting events the Arts“, with a face recalling the beau- dedicated to space and voice: you will tiful Empress. Also, of great impact for hear 3D sound thanks to WFS technol- richness of decorations, tapestries and ogy, “musica della materia” (music of furnishings, the “public” spaces,as the material) with tools created by Luca Dining -room for week-day launches,the Congedo, and the vocal acrobatics of Lombardy-Venetia Throne Room and David Moss, Le Cris de Paris, and Neue the Oval Room. Vocalsolisten.

The programme also includes great so- MUSIC, THEATRE, DANCE loists, including Christophe Desjardins, --- Francesco D’Orazio, and the younger 57th International Festival of Marco Fusi, Michele Marelli, Daniele Contemporary Music Roccato. There will be orchestras, both From 4 to 13 October 2013 prestigious and recently-acclaimed en- sembles; concerts theatrically integrat- On 4 October 2013, the International ing electronics, voice and video with the Festival of Contemporary Music of the /nu/thing group whose playlist includes www.venezia.net Events 16 the animated shorts by Usavich, which SPORT AND FOLKLORE demonstrate – alongside mainstays --- Stockhausen and Berio – how many VENICEMARATHON new names there are from younger gen- October 27, 2013 erations that testify to the vitality of to- day’s music. The Venice Marathon is an all-round sporting event. Besides the 42 km race For the Music Festival show schedule, from Stra to Venice, important exhibi- go to the official website here tions are also being organised, as well as other interesting events, which will take TICKETS place alongside the marathon, such as Ticket pre-sales are already open: spec- Exposport and Animalamaratona. tators from all over Italy can reserve a place at the Festival dates by calling the THE COURSE of the Venicemarathon call centre on (+39 899 666 805 / 892 424) or by visiting one of the Vivaticket out- The race starts in Stra (a small town ap- lets spread throughout Italy. Prices from proximately 25 km west of Venice), at € 5 to € 20. the beginning of the Riviera del Brenta, a beautiful area close to the canal where the rich and noble Venetians built their holiday homes in the eighteenth cen- tury. www.venezia.net Events 17

The finish line is located in the historical Mary. centre of Venice, in Riva Sette Martiri. The first part of the course, along the Even today, thousands of inhabitants Riviera del Brenta, runs through a set- cross the votive bridge and reach the ting rich in history, culture and land- majestic Salute Church to visit the main scapes, characterised by numerous altar of the imposing Salute Church on Venetian residential houses on the riv- November 21 and to give thanks. erside. The marathon goes through the centre of Marghera and Mestre, and then runs for a further 2 km inside the San Giuliano Park, reaching Venice via the Ponte della Libertà (a flat straight road nearly 4 km long). The athletes run alongside the Giudec- ca Canal to Punta della Dogana, where they cross the Grand Canal on a pon- toon bridge, built specifically for the marathon. After passing through St. Mark’s square (high water permitting ...), by the Cam- panile and Palazzo Ducale, the mara- thon reaches its finish line located in Riva Sette Martiri.

--- FEAST OF MADONNA DELL SA- LUTE Basilica della Salute The Festa della Salute is probably the least “touristy” of the Venetian festivi- ties and evokes strong religious feelings among the city’s inhabitants.

The holiday is, like the Redentore, in memory of another bout of pestilence, which lasted for two years from 1630-31, and the subsequent vow by the Doge to obtain the intercession of the Virgin

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