Venice
America’s Cup World Series in Venice
From 12 to 20 May 2012 The stars of the world’s longest running sporting tournament, the America’s Cup World Series will be sailing the waters of the Venice Lagoon from 12 to 20 May 2012. The general program for the event was presented this morning at the Borsa Italiana del Turismo (BIT tourism trade fair) in Milan. [...]
MyDetour – Moleskin Travel Notebooks on display at Palazzetto Tito
February 2nd to 26th, 2012 Palazzetto Tito A collection of creative reworkings of legendary Moleskine notebooks by artists, architects, designers, illustrators and writers active on the international scene can be seen at Palazzetto Tito of Venice until February 26, 2012. The Show MyDetour – Travel Notebooks is part of an international Moleskin project dedicated to [...]
VENICE CARNIVAL – FLIGHTS FROM THE BELL TOWER OF SAINT MARK
Until 21th, February 2012 The 2012 Venice Carnival was inaugurated by the opening in Saint Mark’s Square of the “Wine Fountain” stage machinery designed by the chief designer of La Scala of Milan, Angelo Lodi. The fountain, which will remain open until February 21, 2012, was created in honour of an old custom: taverners used [...]
The 13th edition of the International Architecture Exhibition, Common Ground
From August 29 to November 25, 2012 Giardini and Arsenale Several days ago, during a meeting with representatives of the 41 countries participating in the 13th edition of the International Architecture Exhibition, David Chipperfield, the new Director of the Architecture Section of the Venice Biennale, personally announced the theme for this year’s Biennale, which runs [...]
A huge bull in the Basin of San Marco
Until 21th, February 2012 Since February 4th, a massive 9-meter-high wooden has been positioned on a floating barge in Venice for Carnival 2012. This new symbol of the carnival festival, a spectacular giant machine designed by renowned artist, sculptor and Venetian mask maker Guerrino Lovato, is intended to resurrect one of the oldest Venetian traditions [...]
GENNARO FAVAI. VISIONS AND HORIZONS
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 [...]
“A Tribute to Lorenzo Lotto” at Academy Galleries
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 [...]
CARNIVAL 2012. THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
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. [...]
EXHIBITION PROGRAMME of the BEVILACQUA LA MASA FOUNDATION
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; [...]
“Eleonora Duse Room” at the Cini Foundation
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 [...]
