From September 5 to 27, the historic spaces of Palazzetto Tito, home of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in Venice, will host *All Creatures Inhabit the Border*, a two-person exhibition that brings together the works of Henri Beaufour ( 1965–2025) and Chiara Calore (1994). Curated by Luca Berta and Francesca Giubilei, the exhibition is conceived as a visual and conceptual dialogue between two artists from different generations, united by their interest in unstable subjects, suspended in a phase of transformation between human and animal, earthly and otherworldly, everyday and mythological.
The project, conceived to explore the points of convergence between two formally distinct artistic languages, unfolds on the first floor of Palazzetto Tito through a narrative based on the juxtaposition of opposing elements, whose boundaries are progressively called into question. The images and forms of the works thus open up an ambiguous and suspended space, where the identity of the represented elements remains in a state of constant redefinition.
Chiara Calore’s paintings feature figures emerging from a complex ensemble of beings, objects, and small events that animate the pictorial surfaces, while Henri Beaufour’s sculptures—through heads, animals, and portraits—take the form of unstable surfaces, capable of conveying inner tensions through the creative gesture of the imprint.
The exhibition takes on further significance in light of Henri Beaufour’s untimely passing in November 2025, while the project was still in its early stages. An event that could have interrupted the exhibition’s trajectory but instead brought into sharper focus the core of the research shared by the two artists: their relationship with mortality and the theme of death, present in their understanding of art.
Beaufour’s works thus continue to engage in a dialogue with Calore’s within the spaces of Palazzetto Tito, taking on new meanings through the artist’s absence. This dialogue extends to an intersection of artistic languages and techniques, with the juxtaposition of two self-portraits: a ceramic sculpture by Calore and a painting on wood by Beaufour. The initiative is also part of the mission of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, which has a long-standing commitment to supporting and promoting contemporary artistic research by young artists. Chiara Calore had previously been a fellow at the Venetian institution in 2018.
“Works of art always say something more and something different than what their creator may ever have intended,” say the exhibition’s curators. “It’s true, Beaufour won’t be able to respond directly to this ongoing conversation. But his works may reveal something they’ve never said before, re-establishing their enigmatic presence through contact with another enigma.”
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| In Venice, the posthumous dialogue between Henri Beaufour and Chiara Calore at the Palazzetto Tito |
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