Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice - Photo: Cat Bauer |
#VeniceBooks - Photo: Cat Bauer |
Corridoio Palladiano |
Dottoressa Paola Marini - Photo: Cat Bauer |
The Accademia is open on Mondays from 8:15am to 2pm, and on Tuesdays through Sundays from 8:15am to 7:15pm. Due to new government regulations, you must make a reservation on the weekends. Go to the Accademia website for more information.
V-A-C Foundation
Scholars at work at Palazzo delle Zattare - Photo: Cat Bauer |
Meanwhile, today, April 29th, over on the Zattare, the V-A-C Foundation kicked off its newest project -- Non-Extractive Architecture - On Designing without Depletion, a live exhibition and research program conceived by the architect and curator Joseph Grima, in collaboration with the design studio Space Caviar.
From now until January 31, 2022, the Palazzo delle Zattere -- with its amazing views of the Giudecca Canal -- transforms into a working laboratory thanks to a residence of 10 international scholars. The theme is contemporary architectural production in a more sustainable key from both an environmental and social point of view. How fortunate to be an international scholar working in such a inspiring setting!
Non-Extractive Architecture - On Designing without Depletion |
Palazzo Vendramin Grimani piano nobile - Photo: Cat Bauer |
There's a new palace in town. Actually, it's an old palace with a new name, freshly restored. Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, once the residence of the humanist Doge Pietro Grimani, has come back to life thanks to the Fondazione dell’Albero d'Oro. The non-profit cultural institution was founded in 2019 by a group of French and Venetian entrepreneurs and professionals with strong links to Venice who are passionate about culture, and wanted to return the palace to its natural calling as a cultural landmark.
Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, formerly known as Palazzo Grimani Marcello, was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century. In May 2021 it will open as "a new place for artistic and cultural exchange and dissemination open to all those who love Venice, live there or frequent it – be they residents, students or international travellers – and who still accord the city its role as a starting point and destination of that real or imaginary journey that connects East and West."
Part of the Fondazione dell’Albero d'Oro team - Photo: Cat Bauer Jean-Francois Dubos, Daniela Ferretti, Beatrice de Reynies, Gilles Etrillard |
I was glad to see that Daniela Ferretti, the greatly respected former Director of Palazzo Fortuny (2007 to 2019), is part of Fondazione dell’Albero d'Oro team. The other people in the photo are Jean-François Dubos, the President of JFD Associates, Chairman of the Maison Européenne de la photographie (MEP) in Paris and General Secretary of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Next to Dottoressa Ferretti is Béatrice de Reyniès, an expert in the development and animation of cultural and tourist sites around the world. The Fondazione dell’Albero d’Oro is chaired by Gilles Étrillard, founder of one of Europe’s leading independent financial groups.
Photojournalist Nally Bellati of Contessanally Blog - Photo: Cat Bauer Jean-Francois
Dubos, Beatrice de Reynies, Giovanni Rubin de Cervin Albrizzi More photos & info at Contessanally |
Go to Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro to book your visit to Palazzo Vendramin Grimani.
It's exciting to see that so many people have been working diligently behind the scenes for the reopening of Venice -- especially this year, the year that Venice turns an astonishing 1600-years-old -- and that the World of Art and Culture continues to thrive, even during a pandemic.
It's exciting to see that so many people have been working diligently behind the scenes for the reopening of Venice -- especially this year, the year that Venice turns an astonishing 1600-years-old -- and that the World of Art and Culture continues to thrive, even during a pandemic.
ReplyDeleteVenice will never die. So many people love her that the flame, no matter how dim it flickers, will be kept burning. Thank you for this post. So much to look forward to when I can get back ‘home’
ReplyDeleteVenice will never die. So many people love her that the flame, no matter how dim it flickers, will be kept burning. Thank you for this post. So much to look forward to when I can get back ‘home’
ReplyDeleteVenice will never die. So many people love her that the flame, no matter how dim it flickers, will be kept burning. Thank you for this post. So much to look forward to when I can get back ‘home’
ReplyDeleteVenice will never die. So many people love her that the flame, no matter how dim it flickers, will be kept burning. Thank you for this post. So much to look forward to when I can get back ‘home’
ReplyDeleteI am so looking forward to coming back - next April if all goes to plan. It will be wonderful to see the refreshed Accademia.
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