“[Magic is] the means of approaching the unknown by other ways than those of science or religion.” Max Ernst, 1946 “From April 9 through September 26, 2022 the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity, curated by Gražina Subelytė, Associate Curator, Peggy Guggenheim… Read More
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Stop Painting, an exhibition by Peter Fischl at Fondazione Prada, Palazzo of Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice, May 22 – November 21, 2021
“Described by Peter Fischli as ‘a kaleidoscope of repudiated gestures’, the project explores a series of specific ruptures within the history of painting in the last 150 years, intertwined with the emergence of new social factors and cultural values. The exhibition also projects itself into… Read More
Migrating Objects: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, through June 14, 2020*
“The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Migrating Objects: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Peggy Guggenheim challenged boundaries as a patron and collector and is celebrated for her groundbreaking European and American modern art collection. This exhibition focuses on a… Read More
Joana Vasconcelos: ‘What are you hiding? May you find what you are looking for’ at San Clemente Palace Kempinski, Venice, through November 1, 2019
“Continuing MGM’s mission to support art and culture, new and recent works by internationally renowned Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos are on show for the first time in Venice. The exhibition, curated by Nina Moaddel, takes place on Isola di San Clemente where the works are… Read More
Martin Puryear: Liberty/Libertà at United States Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, Venice, May 11 – November 24, 2019
“The United States Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, presents new and recent work by Martin Puryear, an artist recognized for a fiercely independent sculptural language ascending from his long-term scrutiny of national and international sources and for an exacting… Read More
The Nature of Arp at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, April 13 – September 2, 2019
“The Nature of Arp, curated by Catherine Craft and organized by the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, first venue of the show, provides a long-overdue look at the achievements of Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966), one of the most important and multifaceted artists of the modern era.… Read More
Arshile Gorky: 1904 – 1948 at Ca’ Pesaro, International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, May 8 – September 22, 2019
“Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia presents the first retrospective survey of the American artist Arshile Gorky in Italy, entitled ‘Arshile Gorky: 1904 – 1948’, at Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art. Bringing together over 80 works, this major exhibition explores the full breadth of Gorky’s oeuvre.… Read More
Jannis Kounellis at Ca’ Corner della Regina, Fondazione Prada’s Venetian venue, May 11 – November 24, 2019
“Fondazione Prada presents Jannis Kounellis, curated by Germano Celant, the major retrospective dedicated to the artist following his death in 2017. Developed in collaboration with Archivio Kounellis, the project brings together more than 60 works from 1959 to 2015, from both Italian and international art institutions and museums,… Read More
Osvaldo Licini: Let Sheer Folly Sweep Me Away at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, September 22, 2018 – January 14, 2019
“The exhibition will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Osvaldo Licini’s death (1894–1958). In 1958 Licini exhibited 53 works, dating from 1925 to 1958, at the 29th Venice Biennale, in a gallery designed by Carlo Scarpa. Supported by Peggy Guggenheim’s friend and art critic, Giuseppe Marchiori,… Read More
Machines à penser at Fondazione Prada, Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice, through November 25, 2018
“This exhibition explores the correlation between conditions of exile, escape and retreat and physical or mental places which favor reflection, thought and intellectual production. “Machines à penser” focuses on three major philosophers of the 20th century: Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). The latter… Read More
Marino Marini. Visual Passions at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, January 27 – May 1, 2018
“The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents the exhibition Marino Marini. Visual Passions, curated by Barbara Cinelli and Flavio Fergonzi with the collaboration of Chiara Fabi. This is the first retrospective dedicated to Marino Marini. The show intends to contextualize Marini’s work in a broader art historical… Read More
The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied. at Ca’ Corner della Regina, Fondazione Prada, May 13 – November 26, 2017
“The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied. — a project developed by Udo Kittelmann with Thomas Demand, Alexander Kluge and Anna Viebrock — fills the spaces of Ca’ Corner della Regina, Fondazione Prada’s venue in Venice, with artworks, movies and theater sceneries whose cross-pollination and mutual inspiration attest an… Read More
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