September 4, 2010–January 9, 2011Peggy Guggenheim CollectionThe exhibition surveys the art of the American artist Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974): from his initial paintings of Surrealist influence, to his expressionist and abstract works…. read more here
The excellent programme featuring the best of national and international jazz as well as the magnificence of the locations place the Venice Jazz Vestival among the best musical events in Italy.
The line-up consists of a series of concerts performed by artists of international fame as well as emerging talents in the prestigious La Fenice Theatre, in Piazza San Marco and in other charming areas around the city.
Location:
Saint Mark Square – La Fenice Theatre – Malibran Theatre – Goldoni Theatre – Peggy Guggenheim Collection – Campo dell’Erbaria, Rialto – Venice Casino – Island of San Servolo – Fondamente Nuove Theatre – Arsenale – Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Venice’s newest art gallery, the Museo Vedova, by celebrity architect Renzo Piano has put a 21st century twist on the art of picture hanging.
Dedicated entirely to the work of the Venetian abstract art pioneer Emilio Vedova (1919-1996), paintings at the Museo Vedova don’t hang at all – they float.
Suspended in the air by a fleet of robotic shuttles moving along a track fixed to the ceiling, the paintings glide through the exhibition space at various heights, periodically coming to rest at strategic points under the lights before floating away to a different position.
The paintings are brought out together in series according to their chronological or thematic contexts and then whisked away to a storage space at the back of the museum to be replaced by others.
The public can view the paintings from the floor or from an elevated wooden mezzanine along the wall.
Set to open on June 3 for the 53rd Venice Biennial art exhibition, the Museo Vedova is located in the artist’s former studio, a renovated warehouse at the historic Venetian salt docks.
Explaining how he came by the idea for the museum, Renzo Piano explained, ”the warehouses are narrow and long and so it made sense to imagine that down at the far end, a bit hidden in the shadow, would be the storage facility, and out of this, as if by magic, the works would appear in a certain order. From this came the idea of mobility, whereby it’s not the spectator who goes to the artwork, but the artwork that comes to the spectator”.
Piano was introduced to Vedova in the 1980s by the composer Luigi Nono, with whom the two collaborated in designing the set for the premiere of Nono’s opera ”Prometheus” at the 41st Venice Biennial in 1984.
A frequent visitor to Vedova’s studio, Piano said, ”there was always the feeling that one day that imposing warehouse, a rather magical place or kind of cavern, could be the home for his works. He had always imagined this…and it was obvious that it wasn’t a question of hanging works the way one normally does”.
Emilio Vedova was a seminal figure of the post-war avant garde, emerging from the anti-fascist art group ”Corrente” in Milan to co-found the ”Fronte Nuovo delle arti” in 1947, a short-lived but prominent movement which looked to the neocubism of Pablo Picasso as the model for a modern new aesthetic.
His career exploded in the 1950s with a solo show in the prestigious Catherine Viviano Gallery in New York followed by his inclusion in the landmark exhibition ”Gruppo degli otto pittori italiani” at the 26th Venice Biennial in 1952, which established him among the foremost abstract artists in Italy.
Vedova would return to the Biennial eight years later to claim the Grand Prize for painting.
From the dark geometries of his experiments with cubism, Vedova’s work from 1950 onward grew increasingly abstract, placing him in league with the European ”Art Informel” movement that paralleled the work of abstract expressionists in America like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
”My [works] are not creations, but earthquakes,” Vedova once said.
”They are not paintings, but breaths”.
Vedova’s experimenting would eventually carry his work off the canvas altogether into the groundbreaking new terrain of artificial light play and installation art, for which he was featured in the Italian pavilion at the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal.
Vedova died in 1996 at the age of 87.
In addition to the cutting edge new Museo Vedova, his works are also on display at the nearby Peggy Guggenheim collection as well scores of other galleries and museums around the world.
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Biennale Art
The 53rd International Art Exhibition
The 53rd International Art Exhibition, titled Making Worlds // Fare Mondi // Bantin Duniyan / Weltenmachen // Construire des Mondes // Fazer Mundos…, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, will open to the public from June 7th to November 22nd 2009 in the Giardini and the Arsenale exhibition venues, as well as in various other locations around the city. (The press preview will take place on June 4th, 5th and 6th 2009).
Two Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to Yoko Ono and John Baldessari – two of the most important artists of our time. 53rd International Art Exhibition
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53rd International Art Exhibition
The 53rd International Art Exhibition will run June 7th to November 22nd, 2009.
A renewal project will be in place on the occasion of the 53rd Exhibition: the Arsenale area will be linked to the city via a new bridge; in addition, the former Italian Pavilion in the Arsenale will become the “Padiglione Italia”, and the former Padiglione Italia in the Giardini will become the “Palazzo delle Esposizioni” of the Venice Biennale.
The history of the Venice Biennale began in 1895, when the first Art Exhibition took place. Accreditation for the Preview days
In order to get press accreditation to the Preview of the 53rd International Art Exhibition (June 4th, 5th, and 6th 2009), Press crews (newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, television networks, and Internet-based media) should follow the regulations for press accreditation. Deadline: May 16th 2009.
Professionals (Chairmen, Directors and Curators of museums, Heads of cultural organizations and other professionals involved in the Contemporary Arts area) should request invitations for the Preview (Deadline: May 2nd 2009; for further information please contact the Organizational Secretariat, Tel. +39 041 2753311).
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The 53rd International Art Exhibition opens on 7th June 2009 The 53rd International Art Exhibition, entitled Fare Mondi // Making Worlds, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, will open to the public from 7th June to 22nd November 2009 in the Giardini and the Arsenale, as well as in various other locations around the city. The press preview will take place on 4th, 5th, and 6th June 2009. |
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Yoko Ono and John Baldessari Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement The 53rd International Art Exhibition’s Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to Yoko Ono and John Baldessari – two of the most important artists of our time. As decided by the Board of the Venice Biennale, the award will be officially presented to the two artists on 6th June 2009 during the opening of the 53rd International Art Exhibition. |
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Main outline of the 53rd International Art Exhibition The meeting with the representatives of the countries participating in the 53rd International Art Exhibition (7th June to 22nd November 2009) took place in Venice on 31st October 2008. Director Daniel Birnbaum outlined the main features of the next Exhibition. |
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53rd International Art Exhibition to run from 7th June to 22nd November 2009 The Venice Biennale’s 53rd International Art Exhibition, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, will run from 7th June to 22nd November 2009 in the traditional venues of the Giardini and the Arsenale. |
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The Board nominates Daniel Birnbaum as Director The Board of Directors of the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, held a meeting on 7th April 2008 in which it nominated Daniel Birnbaum as Director of the Visual Arts Sector, with specific responsibility as curator of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, to be held in 2009. |
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Vogalonga is a boat race that was first organised in 1974 by a group of rowing enthusiasts and has since grown into a hugely popular occasion.
The Vogalonga competition takes part in Venice history since its birth it is one on the main events, especially spring. Vogalonga’s birth is due to a few Venetians and has always been supported only by the participants.
The race course that was laid out has remained virtually unchanged over the years. It covers about 30 kilometers by way of canals and through the most beloved and picturesque parts of the Lagoon of Venice. The boats gather in St. Mark’s Basin in front of the Ducal Palace. 500 boats with nearly 1500 participants meet on the fated day and after singing hymns to San Marco and to Venice, the “start” is given. At the finish line each participant receives a commemorative medal and a certificate of participation, a souvenir of the day. Prizes were also awarded (which in later years were drawn by lots).
More Informations
Website: www.vogalonga.com
Address and phone:
Comitato Organizzatore Vogalonga
S.Marco, 951 – 30124 Venezia
tel. 0415210544 – fax 0415200771
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09 April 2009 · All venice events, Events in Venice, Music, Theatre, Dance, Cinema
Ca’ Rezzonico – Museum of the Venetian Eighth century,
Dance Hall h. 6.30 p.m.
28th March – 9th May 2009
After the music review dedicated to Beethoven, proposed in relation to the Musical Autumn 2008 and to the review dedicated to the musical tradition of the Veneto which finished last 14th March, Ca’ Rezzonico is welcoming the concerts curated by the director Riccardo Parravicini, with the SPRING CONCERT SEASON 2009, Haydn: in the heart of the European Culture. It is a series of events not to be missed, on Saturdays, from 28th March to 9th May 2009 at 6.30 p.m.. This review, which has reached its fifteenth edition, is dedicated, this year, to Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 -1809) on the occasion of the bicentenary of his death. TD
PROGRAMME
Saturday 4th April: Music and Word
(Music by R. Schumann, C. Wieck, F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Maria Pia Colonnello recitino voice, Roberta Paroletti at the piano.
Saturday 11th April: The popular element in the refined music.
(Musiche by F.J. Haydn, L. van Beethoven, C.M. Bellman, J.B. Vanhal) Swedish Feminine Chorus “Magpies” from Töreboda
Lars Forslund mandolin, Riccardo Alfaré violin,
Lorenzo Parravicini cello, Mario Parravicini harpsichord
Saturday 18th April: Piano Music and European dimension
(Music by F.J. Haydn, M. Clementi, W. A. Mozart) Alessandro Maffei, piano.
Saturday 25th APRIL: The quartet (Music by W.A. Mozart, F. J. Haydn) Carlo Lazari, violin, Paola Carraro, violin, Francesca Levorato, viola, Alessandro Menegardi, cello.
Saturday 2nd May: From the corteous style to Classicism
(Music by G. Ph. Telemann, F. J. Haydn) Collegium Pro Musica: Stefano Bagliano flute, Werner Neugebauer violin, Erich Oskar Huetter cello, Andrea Cohen harpsichord
Saturday 9th May: Extraordinary Concert – International Year of Astronomy
(Music by F. J. Haydn, N. Rimskij-Korsakoff, C. Debussy, G. Rossigni, L.M. Gottschalk, M. Musorgskji, F. Liszt) Piano Duo Giovanna Rita Buratti, Vincenzo Cerutti
Tickets: Full € 20; Residents in Venice Town € 15; Cheap ticket for the young (up to 25 years old) € 10; Full subscription € 70; Cheap Subscription for the young (up to 25 years old) € 40 -
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