From 29th August to 21st November 2010

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, which will take place in Venice, at the Giardini the Arsenale from 29th August to 21st November 2010, has been awarded to the Dutch architect, Rem Koolhaas. The decision was taken by the Board of the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta. in Time in 2008 as

Until 19th September 2010
Foundation Emilio and Annabianca Vedova, Zattere

Until 19th September 2010 the Fondazione ‘Emilio e Annabianca Vedova’ inaugurated last year and whose machinery of display has been designed by Renzo Piano, will expand its area by adding to the Magazzino del Sale Emilio Vedova’s

30th August,
Arena Campo San Polo,
screening of ‘Vittorio tells Gassman’

The 67th International Film Festival of Venice will pay homage to Vittorio Gassman, one of the most extraordinary personalities of Italian cinema, on the tenth anniversary of his death, with a special programme consisting in a world premiere screening on the 1st September (Gassman’s birthdate) in the Sala Perla, of ‘Vittorio tells Gassman’, Una Vita Da Mattatore (80’) a ‘confession-film by Vittorio Gassman’ full of unknown sequences, realized by Giancarlo Scarchilli with the collaboration of

1st July – 20th November 2010

From Thursday 1st July 2010  the great sculptures by Justin Peyser have been on show in the enchanting setting of Ca’ Zenobio, a few steps away from Campo Santa Margherita, in the exhibition devoted to the artist from New York, entitled “Adrift, sculptures”, which will end on 21st November 2010. The show consists of seven flat sculptures witnessing the first period of Peyser’s artistic work and ten characters/symbols in the round, covered with

From 19th June to 29th August
Palazzo Mocenigo

For the fifth time since 2006 the Fiber Art is back to the Palazzo Mocenigo: it is a contemporary form of expression which use all achievable materials – yarn, fiber, fabric, with a completely new autonomy which today is updated by means of structures and iconographies continuously evolving.

The exhibition will offer, under the portico on the first floor of the museum, 54 mini artextil (small size fiber art works, 20×20x20 cm) by artists from 40 Countries and six

29th August – 21st November 2010
Giardini and Arsenale

Last May an early program of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition was presented: it will be opened to the public from Sunday 29th August to Sunday 21st November 2010 at the Giardini of Biennale and at the Arsenale. For the first time this year a woman will direct the Architecture Sector: Kazuyo Sejima who has recently been awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize 2010 (together with Ryue

From 23 july to 1 august 2010

The  jewel in the crown of the Veneto Jazz calendar is the  Venice Jazz Festival in its third season scheduled for  July 23 – August 1, 2010.
The line-up includes a series of concerts in the prestigious  Teatro La Fenice, in Piazza San Marco and in other significant areas around the city, with a carnet of collateral events that will take place in locations  and in the public “campi”  around Venice, using a formula of audience involvement  in varying hours of the day and night.

September 2010

This year the 2010 Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, created by the Biennale of Venice (International Film Festival), organized in partnership with Jaeger-LeCoultre and dedicated to a personality who has been a great innovator in contemporary cinema, will be given to the great Indian

15th May – 30th November 2010
Archaeological National Museum, Altino

A new exhibition has been held since Saturday 15th May at the Archaeological Museum, Altino, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Museum on 29th May 1960: “Altino. Glass of the Venetian Lagoon” collects more than 400 glass finds which testify

10th July 2010
Parco San Giuliano

This summer the Park will turn into an ideal stage for two Music Festivals. From 3rd to 6th July there will be the Heineken Jammin’ Festival, the long-awaited event which has come to its third Edition in Venice, whereas at the following week-end, precisely on 10th July, for its first time in Italy, there will