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Venice Trip 2022 – on the occasion of the 59th International Art Exhibition (Venice Biennale)

The AIMIG and International Friends trip to Venice took place from 8 to 11 September, on the occasion of the 59th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani.The three-and-a-half-day program was rich in activities and delighted all 36 participants, who came from six different countries (Italy, the USA, Israel, France, Switzerland, and Canada).





Thursday, Sep. 8th

  • Starting the afternoon with: Hotel registration desk at Santa Chiara and Bauer

  • FONDAZIONE BERENGO ART SPACE, an old abandoned furnace that was transformed into an evocative exhibition space a few years ago. The seventh edition of Glasstress exhibition displays works by artists who have already collaborated with Berengo Studio, such as Ai Weiwei, Jimmie Durham, Tony Cragg as well as first-time participants Vanessa Beecroft, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, and Paloma Varga Weisz, among others. https://www.fondazioneberengo.org/about-glasstress/

  • Welcome Dinner at La Busa Alla Torre restaurant in Murano island

Friday, Sep. 9th

  • GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA: Anish Kapoor exhibition (part 1) –


    https://www.gallerieaccademia.it/en/anish-kapoor-0

  • Contemporary Art Biennale “The Milk of Dreams” – guided tour of the Giardini Area

  • Lunch at the restaurant “In Paradiso”, a fashionable Venetian Cafè on the canal, just outside the exhibition but inside the Giardini area.

  • PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION. Exhibition Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/it/mostre-eventi/mostre/surrealismo-e-magia-la-modernita-incantata/

  • PALAZZO FRANCHETTI. Various exhibitions:


    – Vampires in space (Biennale Portugal pavilion: https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022/portugal)


    – Antoni Clavé: The Spirit of the Warrior curated by: Aude Hendgen (Director Archives Antoni Clavé)and Sitor Senghor (independent curator)


    – Invitation for a light cocktail and visit to the exhibition – guided by Emmanuel Clavé, grandson of the artist and head of ACP Palazzo Franchetti, with his son Antoine Clavé https://www.acp-palazzofranchetti.com

  • Shabbat Dinner and visit of the private art collection hosted by Maria Camilla and Alfredo Bianchini in their residence on Campo San Polo. Mr. Bianchini is also the President of Fondazione Vedova, which we will visit on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday, Sep. 10th




 
 
 

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