As if the profusion of
galleries, museums and
picture-stuffed churches
weren't enough, Venice boasts
a phalanx of venues for
special
exhibitions . Listed below
are the places where you'll
find the first-rank shows,
with an indication of the
themes favoured by each venue
- look in
Un Ospite di
Venezia for details of
fringe events, and take note
of advertising posters and
banners.
Archivio di Stato
(San Polo): Venetian history.
Ca' Pésaro (San
Polo): modern art.
Fondazione Cini , on
San Giorgio Maggiore: art
history.
Guggenheim (Dorsoduro):
modern art.
Museo Correr (San
Marco): exhibitions usually
related to Venetian history or
art.
Museo Fortuny (San
Marco): design and
photography.
Palazzo Ducale (San
Marco): art history, ethnology
and archeology.
Palazzo Grassi (San
Marco): major art and cultural
shows, on subjects as diverse
as Celtic civilization and
Futurism.
Querini-Stampalia (Castello):
art history.
Scuola Grande di San
Giovanni Evangelista (San
Polo): photography, video,
technology as applied to the
arts.
Scuola Grande di San
Teodoro (San Marco):
modern and applied art - often
tacky.
Contemporary private
galleries in Venice are
generally timorous affairs,
most of them functioning more
as shops for arty artefacts
than as exhibition spaces;
again, look in Un Ospite
for their latest offerings. A
handful stand out against a
background of dross, all of
them in the sestiere of San
Marco:
Arte Moderna Contini, Calle
Spezier, off Campo S. Stefano.
Bugno & Samueli, Campo
San Fantin.
Santo Stefano ,
Campo S. Stefano.
Traghetto, Campo S. Maria
del Giglio
