Venice: Ca Rezzonico – The Venice International
Foundation Gala dinner. “Seeing Double"
…Yes, this year’s annual dinner of the members of The Venice International Foundation, was not only to raise money for the Sublime Canova project, but
also to consign two cheques for funding of two separate projects and two
Cotisso awards. The dinner was held in
the gardens of the Ca Rezzonico, the Museum of Eighteenth Century Art. The
organization, together with its sister company Friends of Venice Italy Inc. promotes cultural and research activities, with particular reference to the Venetian Civic Museums, and raises funds to finance their activities for specific
projects.
Above. The administrative council of The Venice
International Foundation; Giustina Destro, Angela Vettese, Paolo Cantarella,
president Franca Coin and Guido Venturini.
“Seeing
Double” - Two Cheques. One for the Sublime Canova project at the Museo Correr
and the other for the exhibition catalog of the porcelains of the Marino Nani
Mocenigo Collection now on exhibition at Ca Rezzonico, until November 30.
photograph courtesy Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
Double - Take: # 1. Sublime Canova Project. Antonio Canova – Venere Italica – Gesso, 1811. The
Sublime Canova project will help finance the three-room wing display of Antonio
Canova’s works: sketches, models, plaster and marble statues in the Correr Museum located in Saint Mark’s Square. Sublime Canova is a
fundraising initiative benefiting Venice’s Civic Museums, promoted by The Venice International Foundation and Friends of Venice, Italy, Inc., with the widespread patronage and involvement of UNESCO and international private committees.
photograph courtesy Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
Double - Take: # 2. Meissen (model by Johann Joachim Kandler) - The Polish Kiss - Venezia Nani
Mocenigo Collection – Le Gallais. The catalog of the porcelains in the Marino
Nani Mocenigo Collection was financed by The Venice International Foundation.
The Venetian, count Marino Nani Mocenigo, an emblematic collector dedicated his
existence to forming a collection of porcelain. Such was his obsession that he
was given the affectionate nickname of “count cup” by his fellow citizens.
The exhibition at Ca Rezzonico, until
November 30, presents 338 pieces produced by the most important manufactories
of Europe, with a predominant focus on 100 Venetian articles, including some
splendid examples by Vezzi, two very rare coffee-pots by Hewelcke, almost all
the figural groups made by Pasquale Antonibon at Nove and Geminiano Cozzi in
Venice, constituting the most conspicuous and important part of the exhibition.
Perhaps the most famous work in the collection is a delightful Geographer by
Geminiano Cozzi. Visitors can also
admire some of the most famous works to have been produced by the Meissen
factory, modeled by Johann Joachim Kandler and by Peter Reinicke, such as The
Polish Kiss, The Chinese Girl, The Hunter, together with some astonishing dinner
services, also from Meissen, dating from the early 18th century; one of these
with gold decorations, and another in white porcelain with still lives of
fruit.
Christian
Prearo, Franca Coin and Montblanc Italia’s CEO Jens Henning Koch
Giustina Destro and Walter Hartsarich
Alessandra Mancino, Piergiorgio Coin and Paola Forni
Angela Vettese and Paolo Cantarella
Mina Baggio, Giusi Conti and Clara Cantarella
Tatiana and Vittorio
Tabacchi with Nereo Destro
Flavio Caggiula and
Patrizia Impresa
Massimo Scolari, Gabriella Belli
and Laura Silvestrini
Suomi and Nadia
La Valle
Ladies in white. Laura de Santillana, Daniela Ferretti and
Barbara Foscari
Montblanc - Annual Edition 2003.
The Venetian Carnival Coviello Fountain Pen. The cap is in Meissen porcelain
and is hand painted, the nib is in 18-carat gold.
Maurizio and Barbara Sammartini
Giuliana Dall’Ora, Mita De Benedetti, Liliana
Moscheri and Rossana Sacchi Zei
Valquiria
Diorato and Daniele D’Este
Francesco
Coin takes a photograph of Cecilia Matteucci wearing Miu Miu, the 1960s snake
watch bracelet is by Bulgari.
Paola Forni and
Cecilia Matteucci
Angela Vettese, Laura de Santillana, Adele Re Rebaudengo,
Fabio Moretti and Daniela Ferretti
Giordana Naccari and Pierre Rosenberg
Jean-Ghislain Lepic and Eleonore De Boysson
The Marino
Nani Mocenigo Collection. The director of the Correr Museum, Andrea Bellieni
and Alberto Craievich, curator of the exhibition conducted a special
pre-pre-view of the Marino Nani Mocenigo Collection before the porcelains went
on show in the museum.
The Marino
Nani Mocenigo Collection. Part of the large selection of cups and saucers by
the imperial manufacture of Vienna dating from the Sorgenthal period, all
characterized by an astonishing use of color and bold combination of ornamental
motifs. The exhibition is on show at the Ca Rezzonico museum until November 30
and is curated by Marcella Ansaldi and Alberto Craievich.
Mita
De Benedetti and Hugues Le Gallais
Paola Tommasini, Alberto Craievich and Giuseppe Pavanello
The
al fresco gala dinner was held in the gardens of Ca Rezzonico.
“Seeing
Double” - The Cotisso Venice Foundation 2014 Awards. For
the first time in eight years the Cotisso Award was given to two recipients,
Marina Cavazzana and Aldo Cazzullo.
Above. Giustina Destro, Angela Vettese, Paolo Cantarella,
Marina Cavazzana, Aldo Cazzullo, Franca Coin and Guido Venturini.
“Seeing
Double” - The Corisso Venice Foundation 2014 Awards # 1. As the president of The Venice International Foundation, Franca Coin looks on, Paolo Cantarella
gives the first Cotisso award to Marina Cavazzana. “The Venetian pediatrician,
Marina Cavazzana is the, director of the department of bio therapeutics in the
Necker Hospital, Paris, where for more than twenty years she has successfully
applied gene therapy as a cure for childhood leukemia and severe deficiency of
the immune system that targets the so-called "baby-bulles" forced to
live in a kind of completely sterile bubble. Marina represents abroad the best
of Italy, as well as her elegant Venetian-ness: this is the reason for the
award.” Franca writes.
“Seeing
Double” - The Cotisso Venice Foundation 2014 Awards # 2. The
recipients of the 2014 Cotisso Venice Foundation Awards, Marina Cavazzana and
Aldo Cazzullo. “The second award goes to
Corriere della Sera journalist Aldo Cazzullo, a keen observer of our society,
the author of numerous essays and a novel. He receives the award for his deep
and abiding commitment to the preservation of Italian heritage and Venice in
particular. In his book, L’Italia s’è Ridesta. Viaggio nel Paese che Resiste e Rinasce (Italy hath been awakened. Travels in the
country that resists and is reborn), he writes about Italian cities, including
Venice, and cites, as a positive example, the restoration of the mosaics of the
Dome of Creation which was funded by The Venice International Foundation."
“Seeing
Double” – The Cotisso Venice Foundation Award. The two awardees received the Cotisso award, a glass sculpture created by the young designer
Giordana Naccari, a Montblanc Meisterstuck 90th Anniversary fountain pen
and Giulia Foscari's book Elements of Venice, forwarded by Rem Koolhaas.
Montblanc is a partner with The Venice International Foundation for the Sublime
Canova project.
“Seeing
Double” – The Cheques # 1. The first cheque for 260 thousand Euro was given to
the director of the Correr Museum, Andrea Bellieni as a commitment and
guarantee to finance the Sublime Canova project with the hope that
it will only be the first portion of a total investment of two million Euro in
order to establish a Great Correr in a few years time.
“Seeing
Double” – The Cheques # 2. Of lesser entities, but also of great significance,
the second cheque presented during the dinner, for ten thousand Euro, was given
for the exhibition catalog of the Marino Nani Mocenigo Collection, it was
collected by art historian, head of the Ca Rezzonico Museum and
co-curator of the exhibition Alberto Craievich, here with Franca Coin.
The
table Setting and The menu
Tagliatina di Tonno con Pistacchio, Spinacetti e Asparagi
Raviolo di Spigola con Melanzane e Pomodorini
Filetto d’Orata con Olive Taggiasche e Capperi di Sicilia
Gran Buffet de “I dolci di Pompeo”
Caffe con Biscottini Fatti in Casa
Victoria
and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
Adele
Re Rebaudengo sheds light, with her iPhone, for Franca Coin as she reads a piece by
Theodore Roosevelt title: "To all those who have had the courage to
conceive a great idea and devote themselves to implement it, at any cost."
The Dinner
Guido and Giulia Venturini with Tonci Foscari
Caterina Tognon
The Gran Buffet - I Dolci di Pompeo
Maria Egizia
Fiaschetti, Paola Angoletta and Umberto Branchini
Mara Zanette and Claudio Franzini
Franca
Coin with the Montblanc goodie bag given to all the guests together with a The Venice
International Foundation magazine edited by Cinzia Boscolo.
The
Sublime Canova Project
The Venice International Foundation
http://www.venicefoundation.org/
Friends of Venice, Italy Inc.
http://friendsofvenice.us/