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9 January 2012
Ca’ Pesaro - International Gallery of Modern Art
December 17th 2011 – March 11th 2012
A major retrospective was inaugurated on Saturday, December 17th, in Venice, at the Museum of Ca’ Pesaro, aimed at discovering, tracing back and documenting, through more than two hundred works - including paintings, drawings, watercolours and etchings - the creative career of Gennaro Favai (Venice 1879-1958), a Venetian artist who succeeded
4 January 2012
From November 24th 2011 to February 26th 2012
Academy Galleries
The exhibition “A Tribute to Lorenzo Lotto. Paintings from the Hermitage at the Academy Galleries” was opened in November 24th 2011 in Venice. It was made possible by the exceptional loan granted by the Museum of St. Petersburg to the Venetian galleries of two paintings rarely - if ever – seen before in Italy, namely: "the Portrait of Spouses" and the "Madonna delle Grazie".
3 January 2012
From February 4th to 21st 2012
THE GRAN THEATRE IN ST. MARK’S SQUARE
From 11 to 21 February 2012
This year too, on the occasion of Carnival 2012, a big Stage will be set up in St. Mark’s Square. The “Grand Theatre” will be the heart of one of the most famous events in the world. Besides the traditional shows, such as the “Angel Flight”, the “Festa delle Marie” (or “Feast of Marie”) and the “More Beautiful Mask”, it will also host performances of the most innovative companies, including
2 January 2012
From January 2012
The Bevilacqua - La Masa Foundation is planning for 2012 an intense calendar of very interesting exhibition events.
It will start on February 2nd 2012, with two exhibitions: the one to be opened at the Gallery in St. Mark’s Square, a collective end-of-stay exhibition of the young artists currently assignees of studies; and the other, to be presented in Palazzetto Tito, a collection of
29 December 2011
From November 16th 2011
Cini Foundation
On November 16th 2011, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on the Island of San Giorgio (Venice), at 11.30 am, the new ELONORA DUSE ROOM was officially presented to the public, a new permanent space dedicated to the memory of the great Italian actress.
The project stems from the desire to turning the Eleonora Duse Archives of the Giorgio Cini Foundation into a “place” open to the public
29 December 2011
From December 17th 2011 to April 1st 2012
Venetian Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts, Palazzo Franchetti
At Palazzo Franchetti, the seat of the Venetian Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Venice, an exhibition entitled “Photography in Japan (1860-1910) is being held since Saturday, December 17th 2011. Masterpieces”. It is the first retrospective ever organized in Italy dedicated to the great Japanese and European
27 December 2011
From 26th December 2011 to 6th January 2012
A thick programme of theatre shows for everybody will entertain old and young, locals and tourists during the Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve in Venice and Mestre.
The underlying theme will be the circus and clowns.
13 December 2011
Until 30th April 2012
Murano Island, Venice
On 9th December 2011, on the Island of Murano, in the Museum of Glass, the exhibition “1861-2011: UN’ISOLA, UN’ARTE, UN MUSEO” [one island, one art, one museum] was inaugurated. It is a great retrospective exhibition on the art of glass-making, which allows visitors to learn about the history and life of this Venetian island, famous all over the world for its glass works of art. In 1861 an archive that held information on the long history of glass making in Murano was created. The
12 December 2011
Open until 21st February 2012
Campo San Polo
On Wednesday 9th December, in Campo San Polo, the largest ice skating rink ever set up in Venice was inaugurated. It will be open to the public until Venice Carnival end, 21st February 2012.
There is a 450 square metre egg-shaped rink, surrounded by a ‘village of stalls’, a traditional Christmas market, with locally made arts-and-
5 December 2011
Until 1st January 2012
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Until 1st January 2012 the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice is the venue of the third edition of Massimo Barbero’s curated project “Themes&Variations”. It will be held in the halls of the Gallery dedicated to temporary exhibitions. The masterpieces of the museum are thematically and scientifically compared to pieces of art created by more modern artists from other collections. The aim is to guide visitors and help them fully understand the work of the
