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ART / EXHIBITIONS greatest Italian photographers: Gianni Berengo Gardin. --- The most complete anthological exhibi- Gianni Berengo Gardin. Stories of tion of the master. A unique and unmis- Photographer sable exhibition of 130 photos, curated by Casa dei Tre Oci - Giudecca Denis Curti (artistic director of the Casa Until May 12, 2013 dei Tre Oci), who accompanied him on an immense analogical journeyamong the hundreds of black and white photo- graphic prints that make up his immense archive, to reread all his shots, including those unpublished or rediscovered. Gianni Berengo Gardin considers this exhibition the most representative of his career. On display are more than 130 analogue prints that trace his work as a reporter and are the mirror of an artist who has made ethics his banner. 130 photos that retrace the career of the great Italian master who more than any other has been able to recover and renew the visual language of our country:Venice and Milan, the psychiatric institutions and the Basaglia law, the Venice Art Biennale and the gypsies, the fundamental reportage entitled Inside the Homes and New York, Vienna and Great Bri- tain, his extraordinary experience with Following the great success of the Elliott the Touring Club, which inspired him to Erwitt PERSONAL BEST exhibition, discover the most hidden corners of our theCasa dei Tre Oci of Venice presents, country, and the photos that have until from Februrary 1st to May 12th 2013, a now remained unpublished and are being world premier retrospective of one of the presented here for the first time. www.venezia.net Eventi 4

An observant narrator of everyday life, in tes our country. For the first time, a lar- all its multiple aspects and its evolution, ge exhibition and a book document the he is an artist who has immortalised the never-before-seen Grand Tour. history of Italy in more than a million shots. The exhibitive journey sets itself up as an imposing kaleidoscope of images, --- made up of unique, unrepeatable shots Maurizio Galimberti recounting the journeys and digressions PAESAGGIO ITALIA of Maurizio Galimberti, transfiguring Until 12th May 2013 the world through new eyes, communi- Palazzo Franchetti cating to the spectator the experience of transformation and renewal matured by the artist in these twenty years of work on the landscape. Thanks to the wide variety of composi- te possibilities explored, his Polaroids become a treasure box of infinite views, allowing our country to be unexpectedly reread and rediscovered. Architecture, ci- ties and landscapes are all offered up in the form of single Polaroids: “mosaics”, modified Polaroids in a Duchampesque ready-made pop version representing those methods of technique and expression The “PAESAGGIO ITALIA” (Italian that the artist has always preferred. That landscapes) exhibition in Palazzo Fran- artist who, for the occasion, offers us a chetti in Venice will remain open until world premiere – an experiment with the 12th May 2013, promoted by the Veneto new film Impossible, first reproduction in Institute of Sciences, Arts and Humani- black and white. ties and dedicated to the work of Mau- rizio Galimberti: an out-of-the-ordinary --- anthological work on the theme of Italian Fortuny and Wagner. landscape, a portrait expressed throu- Wagnerism in the visual arts in gh the Instants Artist’s Polaroid experi- Italy ments. The retrospective presents over From December 8th 2012 to April 150 images, some of the great Italian 8th 2013 photographer’s most significant shots; a Fortuny Museum synthesis of the research he began in the early 1990s, which rediscovers and narra- This exhibition is the result of a long re- www.venezia.net Eventi 5 search on the iconographic and aesthetic as Antoni Tapies, Bill Viola, and Anselm influence of Richard Wagner and the Kiefer. ‘Wagnerism’ on the visual arts in Italy between the end of the 19th century and --- the early decades of the 20th, a theme AMALRIC WALTER The redisco- that was never before the object of focu- very of the pâte de verre sed studies or exhibitions. 2nd February – 12th May 2013 Wagnerism was a true cultural fashion Glass Museum, Murano that, in its diverse expressions (literary, musical, and painting) enjoyed widespre- ad and profound diffusion. In the field of the visual arts it was one of the most typi- cal manifestations of the aesthetic style at the turn of the eighteenth century, between late Naturalism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau. Mariano Fortuny was one of the leading protagonists in this field, and his entire Wagnerian cycle – comprising 47 paintings owned by the museum –, together with numerous engravings, will be displayed for the first time. His works, some of which were never exhibited before and many restored for the occasion, will be compared to those of other Ita- The secrets and creative innovations asso- lian artists (such as Lionello Balestrieri, ciated with pâte de verre, one of the most Giuseppe Palanti, Cesare Viazzi, Eugenio ancient and unusual ways of working Prati, Gaetano Previati, Alberto Martini, glass, is examined in a major exhibition Adolfo Wildt) who were inspired by the dedicated to the French artist, Amalric characters and scenes in Wagner’s operas, Walter (Sèvres, 1870 – Lury-sur-Arnon, whose bicentenary birth will be celebra- 1959) and his artistic production, with an ted in 2013. unprecedented and comprehensive range The exhibition will be enriched by a wi- of works. de-ranging documentary section and by Already mastered in the past by Egyp- a series of focuses on illustration, carica- tians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, ture and poster design. To round off the and also known to the great glassmakers exhibition and document the influence of of Murano, this technique lived through a Wagner’s work on contemporary artists, new flourishing period in France between there will be an interesting selection of the end of the 19th and start of the 20th visual works by important artists such century, at a time of great change in the www.venezia.net Eventi 7 visual, decorative and plastic arts. It was the 60s, offer an international audience a in this context that after many trials and rich vein of Italian creativity, predicated experiments, based in part on the studies on a new concept of the art of painting, and publications of such predecessors as that proposed the chromatic and symbo- Henry Cros and Albert Dammouse, that lic force of the monochrome as in both Amalric Walter succeeded in finding the visual and conceptual terms. mysterious “binder” that was jealously guarded by the masters. --- There are over 450 objects on show, orga- FRAGILE? nised chronologically, covering the entire Cini Foundation - San Giorgio production of the artist and highlighting Island the various themes tackled with this spe- From April, 8 to July, 28, 2013 cial technique. These are accompanied by paper documents, original photographs, unique pieces and objects with religious symbols, in which emerges the special al- chemy of his work, formed of sweetness, meditation, fantasy and colour.

--- POSTWAR. ITALIAN PROTAGO- NISTS Peggy Guggenheim Collection February 23 – April 15, 2013 After the incredible success of the exhibition dedicated to “Carlo Scarpa Venini”, Five postwar Italian artists, presented in visited by more than 46,000 people, the the exhibition galleries, with an original Cini Foundation continues with its “The selection of works that characterize the rooms of glass” project, designed with the art of Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Piero objective of enhancing twentieth century Dorazio (1927-2005), Enrico Castellani glass art with two new major exhibition (b. 1930), and Paolo Scheggi (1940-1971), events: the first will be “Fragile?” by Ma- and with an additional ‘study’ exhibition rio Codognato, starting on 8 April 2013, of the work of Rodolfo Arico (1930- while in late summer there will be an 2002). An exhibition narrative that looks exhibition dedicated to the creations of afresh at the notion of Italian painting in renowned artist Napoleone Martinuzzi the period of the waning of Art informel, for the Venini glassworks between 1925 evident in the career of a master such as and 1932. Fontana. The other artists, deploying an emerging pictorial language peculiar to In particular, “Fragile?” will feature ap- www.venezia.net Eventi 8 proximately 30 works by some the most 2013 interesting international artists of our Ca’ Pesaro – International Galle- time who have also used the glass as their ry of Modern Art poetic medium – from Marcel Duchamp to Joseph Beuys, up to Ai Weiwei, Da- mien Hirst, Giovanni Anselmo and Jan- nis Kounellis, to name just a few.

The “Fragile?” exhibition takes into ac- count another equally important aspect of the use of glass in the visual arts of the 1900s and the century that has just be- gun: the use of glass as a found object, as a material of particular metaphorical In this Biennale year, Ca’ Pesaro will be and linguistic qualities. Rather than the offering a cycle of exhibitions in Room 10 precision or originality of the design of that focus on the city’s cultural produc- the artefact, what comes into play here tion through some of the major events of is the symbolic potential of the transpa- the late 20th century in Venice. rency, fragility and strength (Fragile?) of It will examine a fundamental group of imprecision and smoothness in the con- works which entered the Gallery’s col- struction of a situation that voluntarily lections in 1948, during the24th Veni- draws on the experience of everyday life ce Biennale. These are Trinité-sur-Mer and language of contemporary art. – Breton port (1947) by Renato Birolli (Verona 1905 – Milan 1959), Homage Among others, “Fragile?” showcases the to Sara (1948) by Mario Deluigi (Trevi- work of Michael Craig-Martin, Ceal so 1901 – Venice 1978), Interior (1947) Floyer, Carsten Nicolai, Lawrence Wei- by Giuseppe Santomaso (Venice 1907 ner, Monica Bonvicini, Keith Sonnier, – 1990) and The ford (1948) by Emilio Giuseppe Penone, Rachel Whiteread, Vedova (Venice 1919 – 2006), which for Luciano Fabro, Mona Hatoum, David the museum represent the start of its most Hammons, Claire Fontaine, Cyril de recent history, coinciding with a broade- Commarque, Barry le Va and Joseph Ko- ning of its identity to include some of the suth. most incisive works of the post-war period, with a focus that was at once inter- --- national, national and local. Birolli, Santomaso, DeLuigi Ve- dova: Works from XXiV Venice Biennale From March 7th to April 28th www.venezia.net www.venezia.net Eventi 9

--- and creative genius of this artist, who Fashion Vocation: Agatha Ruiz combines glamour, fashion and cutting- de la Prada edge design in a wholly original manner. From March 8th to May 5th 2013 The initiative is part of the larger “DoVe – Museo Correr Donne a Venezia Creatività, economia e felicità” event promoted by the Assessora- to, which sees a number of Venetian cultural institutions collectively involved in focusing on the role of women in society.

--- Rudolf Stingel From 7th April to 31st December 2013 Palazzo Grassi – François Pinault Foundation

Organised by the artist himself - with the coordination of Elena Geuna - the exhibition dedicated to Rudolf Stingel, opening 5th April 2013, will extend throughout the building’s entire exhibitive area, in- volving entrance hall and the first and second floors. It will be the first time that the entire museum area is dedicated to a single artist.

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Vene- zia and the Assessorato alla Cittadinan- za delle donne and Assessorato alle At- tività Culturali del Comune di Venezia are celebrating the 8th March with an exceptional representative, fashion desi- gnerAgatha Ruiz de la Prada, who will be displaying a selection of her creations in the Ballroom of the Correr. These garments will enliven a creative, colourful “fête dansante” in which the protagonists will be the forms, colours Rudolf Stingel, born in 1956, lives and www.venezia.net Eventi 10 works between New York and Merano, where he was born. His work has been at the centre of one-man exhibitions in many international institutions.

The project is part of a programme of mo- nographs of great contemporary artists, opened in April 2012 with Urs Fischer (“Madame Fisscher”), and presented in alternative and addition to the thema- tic exhibitions of the François Pinault when he embarked on a career as pain- Foundation collection. ter early in life. These models, which have hitherto referred almost exclusively to The “Rudolf Stingel” exhibition will stay the influence of Spanish painting on his open in Palazzo Grassi until 31st Decem- art, actually included much Italian Re- ber 2013, for the duration of the 55th naissance art, as the Venetian exhibition Biennial of Contemporary Art: for the will show: alongside his masterpieces, occasion, there will also be a new exhi- there will also be a series of exceptional bition in Punta della Dogana from 31st studies inspired by great 16th-century May 2013. Venetian paintings, from Titian to Tin- toretto and Lotto in particular. The Ve- --- netian exhibition will also highlight his Manet. Return to Venice close links with Italy and Venice. From 24th April to 18th August Curated by Stéphane Guégan, with the 2013 scientific direction of Guy Cogeval and Doge’s Palace Gabriella Belli, the exhibition will be a major event. Manet. Return to Venice is the name of The project has been made possible the exhibition the Fondazione Musei Ci- thanks not only to the exceptional loans vici di Venezia will host from 24th April from the Musée d’Orsay, but also from to 18th August 2013 in the monumental many other international institutions. rooms of the Doge’s Palace, planned with the special collaboration of the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, which possesses the lar- gest number of masterpieces by this extraordinary painter. The exhibition arises from a need to un- dertake a critical survey of the cultural models that inspired the young Manet www.venezia.net Eventi 12

--- the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia Venice at the time of Manet, in vast archives and in particular from the photographs of the period Archivio Fotografico Naya, focus on the From April 24th to September experiences and routes Manet followed in 15th 2013 a city by then resigned to its loss of any Palazzo Ducale, Appartamento major political or economic role and alre- dogale e Sala dello Scrutinio ady looking to reconstruct the myth of its historic and artistic past.

--- DISCOVERING VEDOVA From May 18th to October 13th 2013 Museo Correr e Ca’ Rezzonico

An encounter with Vedova’s work always produces new, stimulating critical per- spectives, especially if this occurs within monumental, historically rich spaces like the rooms of the permanent collections of the Museo Correr and of Ca’ Rezzonico, as is the case with the project by the Fon- dazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, curated by Germano Celant.

The project rediscovers and at the same The major exhibition dedicated to Edou- time stresses the work of Emilio Vedova ard Manet in the Doge’s Palace provides and, with some of his most forceful wor- the opportunity to present the history ks, makes possible a comparison with the and atmosphere of Venice in the mid-19th glorious artistic history of Venice within century, experienced by the French artist two of its leading museums: Ca’ Rezzo- during his stays in the city. During these nico with its visionary works by Tiepolo, visits, the Frenchman was fascinated by and the Museo Correr, which conserves the city and the history of its monuments exceptional examples of great Venetian and works of art, which influenced his art dating from the 16th to 18th century. own manner, leaving visible traces in his production. Prints, guides, publications and, especially, photographs of the period drawn from www.venezia.net Eventi 13

--- imagination.” VENICE BIENNALE 55th International Art Exhibition --- Il Palazzo Enciclopedico SEGUSO. Art Glass 1031 - 1973 1st June – 24th November 2013 From May 18th to September 29th 2013 This festival will take place from 1st June Glass Museum, Murano to 24th November 2013 in the Gardens and the Arsenal (preview 29th, 30th and 31st May 2013), as well as in various pla- ces around Venice. It is entitled “Il palazzo enciclopedico” (The Encyclopaedic Pa- lace), after Marino Auriti’s 1955 project that patented an imaginary museum containing all of humanity’s knowledge, bringing together the biggest discoveries of humankind, from the wheel to the sa- tellite.

As Massimiliano Gioni, new curator of the Art Sector of the Biennial, explained, “today, deluged as we are by information, the attempts to structure knowledge into omni-comprehensive systems seems even This exhibition results from long research more necessary and even more despera- by Belgian scholar Marc Heiremans, an te. The 55th International Art Exhibition expert in the history of contemporary will explore these flights of imagination Murano glass, into one of the finest glass in an exhibition that – as Auriti’s Palazzo makers of the 20th century: “Seguso Ve- Enciclopedico –combines works of con- tri d’Arte”. temporary art and historical findings, di- Through a selection of masterpieces, it scovered objects and artefacts.” examines the evolution of a family busi- ness, a ‘dynasty’ specialising in working “Just like in the theatres of the memory glass that made a vital contribution to the designed in the 1500s by the Venetian development of this art during the 20th Giulio Camillo – interior cathedrals in century. The family forge, in whichAn- which to order knowledge into images – tonio Seguso, his son Archimede and his the “Il Palazzo Enciclopedico” exhibition grandchildren work, became a company will try to outline the cartography of an in the early 1930s during a period of great image-world, creating a bestiary of the innovation, experimentation and manu- www.venezia.net Eventi 14 facturing design. lan artist (Barcelona, 1923-2012), a key Covering a chronological period ranging exponent of international informal art, from the creation of the company to the the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia period in which the members of the fa- and Vervoordt Foundation pay tribute mily separate, stimulated to try different, to him through a fascinating exhibition independent roads, the exhibition traces aiming to reveal the profound essence of out the fundamental artistic contribution the art produced by this major figure in made by this famous glass maker. 20th century art. The exhibition will include key works by --- the great artist himself, together with a Tapies. The Gaze of the artist group of works from his own collection From June 1st to November 24th and those of some of the most noted con- 2013 temporary artists, invited specifically to Palazzo Fortuny explore the themes and ideas of Tàpies’ art.

--- Anthony Caro. Sculptures From June 1st to October 27th 2013 Museo Correr, Venezia The splendid rooms of the Museo Correr will be the setting for the first major Ita- lian retrospective dedicated to one of the greatest of living sculptors: Sir Anthony Caro (New Malden, Surrey, 1924). The versatile British artist, who has made an important mark in the history of art since the 1960s, has radically “revolutio- nised” his art. After a strictly figurative beginning, under the influence of his tea- cher, Henry Moore, he drifted away from sculptural tradition to create revolutiona- Antoni Tàpies’ ‘gaze’, his way of percei- ry assemblages, welded and bolted toge- ving things, of looking around himself ther, painted in bright colours and po- without limits of time and space, in a sitioned on the floor within the viewer’s striving for answers about the universe, space; these were abstract works but rich human nature, art, the mystery of life. A in ideal content. This new, fascinating year after the deathof the brilliant Cata- sculptural language established him as www.venezia.net Eventi 16 a key figure in the development of 20th in 1856, the visit recalled in the fourth century sculpture alongside David Smith, episode of the famous film by Ernest Mi- Mark Di Suvero and Richard Serra. rischka. Then, Elisabeth chose Venice to live after the death of her daughter Sofia, --- between October 1861 and May 1862. ROYAL PALACE - Imperial Apartments in St.Mark Square The nine rooms now opened to the pu- Re- open after restoration blic, give back to light decorations by Correr Museum Giuseppe Borsato, ornamentations by Giovanni Rossi, golden stuccos. New tapestries have been collocated in the rooms, close to the original ones, expressly realized and do- nated by Rubelli – Venice. To recall the original atmosphere, precious fittings dated to the Napoleonic period and in Im- perial style have been collocated in the Apartments.

Come back to life the Empress’ Audience Room and the Studio, from April 1st to October 31st the Empress’ bedroom with its delightful 10 am – 7 pm (ticket office 10 am – 6 pm) boudoir and the Antechamber. The Em- press’s Bathroom is personalized by a de- from November 1st to March 31st coration representing “The Goddess pro- 10 am – 5 pm (ticket office 10 am – 4 pm) tecting the Arts“, with a face recalling the beautiful Empress. Also, of great impact Sissi’s myth is commemorated in Venice for richness of decorations, tapestries and with the inauguration and the opening to furnishings, the “public” spaces,as the the public of the rooms reserved to the Dining -room for week-day launches,the Princess Sissi in the Imperial Apartments Lombardy-Venetia Throne Room and the of the Royal Palace in Venice, in S. Oval Room. Mark’s Square, after a restoration of nine estraordinary spaces.

Princess Sissi sojourned for 38 days in the Imperial Apartments in the Royal Pala- ce, in occasion of her first visit in Venice www.venezia.net Eventi 17

MUSIC, THEATRE, DANCE many famous musicians (from Monte- --- verdi and Cavalli, to Handel, Hasse and LE MUSICHE DEI GRIMANI Galuppi). A REVIEW OF RENAISSANCE The twelve music programmes, each an AND BAROQUE MUSIC hour long, are accompanied by an histo- Until June 2013 rical research on the musical environment of the Grimani family and on their con- nection to the various repertoires, which will be presented as an introduction to the concert. The pieces will be performed under the care of the teachers of the Scho- ol of Ancient Music of Venice and guest musicians and played on original instru- ments or exact copies, played how they were in the past. The scores have been taken from facsimiles of the originals or, where unavailable, scientifically accurate In Palazzo Grimani (Venice, Campo San- editions. ta Maria Formosa), an interesting Review of renaissance and baroque music con- certs, organised by the School of Ancient SPORT AND FOLKLORE Music in Venice and entitled LE MUSI- --- CHE DEI GRIMANI (the music of the Vogalonga 2012 Grimani family), started in January of Sunday, May 19th, 2013 this year and will last until June 2013. The Vogalonga is a 30km paddling/ Palazzo Grimani is not only particularly rowing race through the city of Venice suitable for music from the architectural and the lagoon up to Burano. Almost all and acoustic points of view, but it also rowed or paddled boats can participate, played a crucial part in the history of and there’s even a separate category for music in general and of that in Venice in kayaks. There are usually well over one particular. thousands boats in the race, of many In the 1600s, the Grimani family were types. among the first to dedicate a theatre - the All participants are issued a diploma of San Giovanni e Paolo - to public works; participation. The Vogalonga is not a they then built the most sumptuous of competitive race and there are no win- all of Venice’s theatres, the San Giovanni ners. Grisostomo; in the 1700s, they dedicated It’s all about being there. their San Samuele Theatre to melodra- ma. This brought them into contact with --- www.venezia.net Eventi 19

FESTA DELLA SENSA on a boat with gilt sides. To emphasise 11/12th May 2012 the Serenissima Republic’s dominion Every year Venice attracts millions of vi- over the sea, the Festival culminated with sitors to events that are famous the world a kind of propitiatory rite: the Doge sai- over. The Festa della Sensa, is one of the led to the channel between the lagoon city’s best known festivals that bring to and the sea and threw a gold ring into the life its thousand year history and its close water. ties to the sea and the art of “Voga alla Veneta” rowing.

The Sensa (Ascension Day) Festival was celebrated by the Venetian Republic on the day of Christ’s Ascension. Sensa is the Venetian dialect word for ascension. It commemorates two important events in the life of the Republic: one on 9 May in the year 1000, when Doge Pietro Or- seolo II came to the rescue of the inhabitants of Dalmatia, who were under the Slav menace. The second event took place in 1177, when, in the reign of Doge Seba- stiano Ziani, Pope Alexander III and Empe- ror Frederick Barbarossa signed the pe- ace treaty in Venice that put an end to the century-long diatribe between the Papacy and the Empire. The rite of the Wedding with the Sea used to take place on the occasion of the Ascension Day Festival. Every year on that day the Doge on his state barge, the Bucintoro, sailed to Sant’E- lena, at the level of San Pie- tro di Castello Church. The Bishop waited to bless him www.venezia.net Eventi 20 www.venezia.net

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