Venice - Finestre sull'Arte

Peter della Vecchia's Alchemists: the uncanny allure of the grotesque

Grimaces and disproportionate bodies, exaggerated expressions, protruding noses and gnarled hands: these are the elements that strike the viewer at first glance in the painting depicting the three alchemists at work by Pietro della Vecchia (Vicenza, ...
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New York, at Brooklyn Museum an exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet's Venetian paintings

From Oct. 11, 2025 to Feb. 1, 2026, the Brooklyn Museum in New York is hosting Monet and Venice, an exhibition that brings together a selection of Claude Monet's Venetian paintings, an as yet under-researched chapter of the artist's output. This is t...
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Venice, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection an exhibition entirely dedicated to the ceramics of Lucio Fontana

From October 11, 2025 to March 2, 2026, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice will host Mani-Fattura: the Ceramics of Lucio Fontana, the first monographic exhibition in a museum setting entirely devoted to the ceramic production of Lucio Fontana ...
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La Fenice Theater, state of unrest after Beatrice Venezi's appointment as new music director

Tension at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice after the announcement of the appointment of Beatrice Venezi as the new music director of the famous opera house, among the most prestigious in the world. On Sept. 22, 2025, the Teatro La Fenice Foundation of...
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Neoclassical taste: the Cicognara Album on display at Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

From September 26, 2025 to January 12, 2026, Ca' Rezzonico - Museo del Settecento Veneziano hosts the exhibition Gusto neoclassico. The Cicognara Album, curated by Alberto Craievich. The exhibition presents to the public an exceptional volume preserv...
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Venice, lesser-known heritages at risk of disappearing: new Ca' Foscari University research

Venice enshrines precious fragments of history and culture in every corner, but the already fragile city is undergoing continuous transformations due to bothhuman action and the effects of weathering, increasingly accentuated by climate change. At pa...
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Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, in 2026 a major exhibition dedicated to Marina Abramović

In 2026 Marina Abramović will be the first living woman artist to be featured in a major exhibition at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. The exhibition, titled Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy, will open to the public on May 6, 2026 on th...
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World record for Rosalba Carriera: newly resurfaced portrait sold for £508,000

A new world record enshrines the fame of Rosalba Carriera (Venice, 1673 - 1757), the great Venetian painter who pioneered the pastel technique. Day before yesterday, at the Cheffins auction house in Cambridge, her Portrait of Coulson Fellowes, newly ...
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