Palazzo Grimani
Until November 27th 2011
The exhibition Fausto Pirandello – The Nudes, a special initiative sponsored by the Italy Pavilion at 54, continues with great success. International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, currently held at the Palazzo Grimani in Venice until November 27th 2011.
A theme of great fascination, cultivated by Fausto Pirandello throughout his production, is the female body nude. The exhibition describes, with more than twenty
From June 4th, 2011
The work of the Venetian painter, Tintoretto, will play an important symbolic role in the 54th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art entitled ILLUMinations, which will be held in Venice from June 4th, 2011. Many, in fact, are the contemporary artists who, such as Tintoretto – suggests Bice Curiger, director of the Art Sector for the Venice Biennale this year – try to establish an intense dialogue with those who see a work of art and defy convention.
June 4th – November 27th, 2011
Giardini and Arsenale
The 54th International Art Exhibition, one of the world’s most important forums for the dissemination and illumination of current developments in international art, with the title of ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations, directed by Bice Curiger, an art historian, critic and curator of international exhibitions, and organized by la Biennale di Venezia, will be opening on Friday, June 3rd, and will be accessible to the public from Saturday, June 4th
3rd September 2010
On September 3rd 2010 the Great Hall of Palazzo del Cinema host the ceremony to John Woo’s for Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement at the 67th International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art in Venice.
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
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
29th August – 21st November 2010
Giardini, Arsenale
Last 22nd January 2010 the new Director of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Kazuyo Sejima, with the President of the Biennale, Paolo Baratta, met, at Ca’ Giustinian, the representatives of the 54 Countiries participating in the next Biennale which will take place from 29th August
From June 7th , 2009
Completed the artist selection of Making Worlds: 6 New Exhibitions in the Collateral Events section.
The Padiglione Venezia dedicated to Murano Glassware
Biennale art 2009 Roberto Cuoghi, Sunil Gawde, Gilbert & Gorge, Sherrie Levine complete the list of artists (this year more than 90, groups included) of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, entitled Making Worlds / Banting Duniyan / Weltenmachen/ Construire des Mondes / Fazer Mundos, opened to the public in Venice (Giardini and Arsenale) from 7th June to 22nd November 2009.
The exhibition which will be held at the Padiglione Venezia will be dedicated to the artistic Venetian glassware; it is organized by the Regione Veneto in combination with the 53rd Exhibition entitled ‘Fa come natura face in foco’ and curated by Ferruccio Franzoia.
The list of the Collateral Events of the Art Biennale has been enriched with six new exhibitions too, reaching the total number of 44 Collateral Events organized throughout Venice and on
6th and 7th September 2009
Venice Lido
Several world previews from the animation cinema universe will enrich the 66th Venice Film Festival on the occasion of the presentation of John Lasseter and the Pixar Animation Studios directors with the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement .
The world premiere screenings of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D as well as of some sequences of the new Christmas feature film by the Disney–Pixar, The Princess and the Frog, will be on 6th and 7th September 2009. The latter, directed by Ron Clemens and John Musker, is the new transposition of the
20th September – 19th October 2008
Lagoon Park in Venice – Thetis Space – Biennal
From 20th September to 19th October 2008 it is possible to visit the Lagoon in a definitely original way. As a matter of fact the Lagoon Park Institution, in scope of the event Lagoon Park Shelter, namely a series of floating emplacements (which have been defined ‘ shells as shelters’ by those who created them in scope of the Architecture Biennal) located in strategic and panoramic points of the lagoon, organises guided tours on some small very picturesque boats, namely the ‘bragozzi’, among the scenic wonders of the urban archipelago of Venice. The tour starts from the Certosa Island, then it reaches the Vignole, Forte St. Andrea, St. Erasmo, while the morning tour reaches the Lazzareto Nuovo, St. Francesco del Deserto and St. Giacomo
