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GEORGE BARBIER 1882-1932 - The Birth of Art Deco. Open through 5 January 2009
GEORGE BARBIER 1882-1932.
The Birth of Art Deco. Open through 5 January 2009.
First ever exhibition dedicated to the illustrator, decorator, theater costume and fashion designer, and famous exponent of French Art Deco. Over two hundred
works, including paintings, drawings, articles, p ...
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EDUARD ANGELI - VENICE - Correr Museum - Through December 8th
EDUARD ANGELI - VENICE.
Open to the public through 8 December.
On view are the latest works of the Austrian artist, a leading figure in the contemporary art world and a resident of Venice since 2001.
The solo show offers paintings on rough jute fabrics or on paper, created with coal, ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo Celebrates Peggy Guggenheim in Venice
VENICE.- 2008 marks both the sixtieth anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the eightieth year of the Salvatore Ferragamo fashion label.
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Genuine, Fake and Recovered: 60 years of activity of the Italian Customs Corps protecting culture and art in the Veneto - Ca' Foscari until 7 September
Genuine, Fake and Recovered: 60 years of activity of the Italian Customs Corps protecting culture and art in the Veneto - Ca' Foscari until 7 SeptemberPALAZZO GIUSTINIAN DEI VESCOVI
Organized by the Venetian university in collaboration with the Venetian branch of the customs and revenue po ...
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Serenity Of Venice
Art, Architecture Among The Wonders To Explore The paved square -- or "campo" -- around the Church of Santa Maria Formosa is one of dozens hidden among the tangled streets of Venice. Each campo is a hub that supplies all the necessities of life.
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Coming of Age. American Art From 1850 to 1950, June 28th through Oct 12th 2008 - Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Coming of Age. American Art From 1850 to 1950.
Open to the public, Sat. 28 June through 12 October 2008.
Shown already in the United States and Britain, this exhibition of over seventy paintings and sculptures examines a century of American art and illustrates the evolution of American art as ...
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A World of Paper: Isabelle de Borchgrave meets Mariano Fortuny - through July 21st 2008
Isabelle de Borchgrave meets Mariano Fortuny. Open to the public until 21 July 2008.
More than eighty dresses, unique for being made of paper, as well as accessories and trompe-doeil, are on display in Venice at the charming residence-atelier of Mariano Fortuny, demonstrating the skill and talen ...
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FAREVETRO. Creativity and Technique in a hundred works. Opening, Wednesday 28 May.
FAREVETRO. Creativity and Technique in a hundred works. Opening, Wednesday 28 May.
Open to the public 29 May through 30 September.
First exhibition produced by VETROVETRO, a new association of eleven important Murano glassworks founded with the aim of supporting and spreading the
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The Macchiaioli: masterpieces from the Mario Taragoni Collection
THE MACCHIAIOLI: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MARIO TARAGONI COLLECTION.
Opening to 27 July.
The exhibition puts on display for the first time the prestigious collection of 19th-century Tuscan paintings, assembled thanks to the passion and critical spirit of the famous Genovese collector Mario Tar ...
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LAWRENCE CARROLL - Open through 4 May 2008.
A series of site-specific installations specially created for the nine rooms on the museums second floor where they are on display offer a look at the latest artistic quests of the Australian-born artist who has been living and working for a while now in California and lately also in Venice. Vi ...
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ROME AND THE BARBARIANS: THE BIRTH OF A NEW WORLD - Palazzo Grassi through July 2008
Open to the public to 20 July 2008.
Over 1,700 exhibits including manuscripts, military and funerary objects, and paintings in a huge show on view on the three floors of the palazzo, covering the centuries of combative coexistence of Rome and the Barbarian nations, documenting over a thousand y ...
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Venice takes flight
Arts & entertainment: In a special report from the world's biggest arts jamboree, Adrian Searle reveals what the Venice Biennale has to teach us.
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Venice Biennale opens to public
The 52nd Venice Biennale, the world's oldest art exhibition, opens to the public in northern Italy.
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Venice To Get New Modern Art Center
Christie's owner FranąĀ§ois Pinault has signed a deal with the city of Venice "to create a contemporary-art center in an unused customs house called Punta della Dogana, at the entrance to the Grand Canal.
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