For the 75th Venice International Film Festival, at the Hotel Des Bains on the Lido, La Biennale di Venezia will organize an exhibition on the history of the Venice Film Festival, with material from the Historic Archives of the Biennale, titled Il Cinema in Mostra. Volti e immagini dalla Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica 1932 – 2018.
Every year the moment arrives in which Venice’s long history of art transforms into the capital of contemporary art. It happens in spring, in correspondence with the inauguration of the most important art show in the world: the International exhibition of the Biennale of Art. Continue reading
The New Year has just begun, yet in Venice you must always look ahead. As if there weren’t enough reasons to visit this island, here are some interesting events happening in the year 2017. Continue reading
It’s not spring in Venice until the big art inaugurations begin. Often, during the frenetic and exciting period of spring and on, Venice becomes even more than ever the capital city of art. Not only is there the various art shows in every corner of Venice, there is the contemporary art in the grand museums, foundations and galleries. Continue reading
Art and architecture fans are always more and more. What’s better than visiting one of the most important architectural exhibitions in one of the most incredible cities? End of May in fact (Saturday 28th precisely) is the inauguration of the 15th International Show of Architecture “Reporting from the Front”. In this period Venice is full of events, appointments and meetings. Professionals and art/architecture lovers reunite in the city and the whole island is moved by unsuspected vitality. Continue reading
Venice is as we know a museum in itself. For Art and architecture lovers, this city represents the perfect go to place even without having to enter historical museums. In springtime, Venice transforms itself every year in the capital of contemporary art thanks to the exhibitions of the Biennale Art and Architecture and the exhibitions organized in museums Pinault, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana.
With some exception, but there is nothing you can do: In Venice the summer of San Martino (Indian Summer) is (almost) always bound to happen. It’s a small bet, but November offers a lot of different and special sceneries in Venice. We’ve already touched upon water and fog – typical fall atmospheric conditions – but there are days, especially in these days, during this period, that make you think of springtime. Continue reading
The Biennale involves all of Venice, and not just the areas of the Giardini and the Arsenal. Collateral events and numerous national pavilions are scattered about the city like leopard spots in every Venetian quarter. Even better, what’s more are the events spread about the many islands in the lagoon this year. Continue reading