Friday, July 31, 2015
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Venice: Gallerie dell’Accademia. The Venice International Foundation Gala Dinner
Venice: Gallerie dell’Accademia. The Venice International Foundation Gala Dinner. This year, The Venice
International Foundation’s annual gala dinner was held in the newly restored
Palladian Wing of the Gallerie dell’Accademia. It was an evening of fundraising
to finance, together with its American "sister" Friends of Venice
Italy Inc., the new project:
Canova mon
Amour
From
Classical to Neo-Classical:
Canova in
the Palladian Wing
The
Palladian Wing at the Gallerie dell’Accademia will house the works of Antonio Canova and his
contemporaries, including Francesco Hayez, in a sort of remote dialogue, but
all "under one roof", between the greatest architect of Classicism -
Andrea Palladio and that of the Neo-Classical sculptor - Antonio Canova. During
the evening, three Cotisso Awards were presented.
Above: The Venice
International Foundation’s president Franca Coin and
its vice-president Francesco Molinari handed over a virtual cheque pledge for
the hefty sum of 232.403,36 Euros to the chief of the Segretariato Regionale del Veneto
del Ministero dei Beni Culturali, Erilde Terenzoni for the renovation of the
Palladian Wing in the Gallerie dell’Accademia. Please help The Venice
International Foundation achieve this goal:
photograph - courtesy Archivio
Fotografico del Polo Museale del Veneto su concessione del Ministero dei Beni e
delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo
Canova mon Amour
Antonio Canova - Apollo
terracotta
Gallerie dell’Accademia –
Venezia
Photograph
by Alessandra Chemollo Studio ORCH – courtesy Soprintendenza per i Beni
Ambientali e Architettonici di Venezia
The Venice International Foundation
– Canova mon Amour. After
the successful reorganization of the Canova Rooms at the Correr Museum in
Piazza San Marco, funded by The Venice International Foundation through the
project Sublime Canova – now the organization tackles its second major project,
Canova mon Amour, with the renovation of the Palladian Wing in the Gallerie dell’Accademia, which until recently housed students from the Academy of Fine
Arts. The monumental complex of the Accademia Galleries is located in the
prestigious center of the Scuola Grande of Santa Maria della Carita, one of the
most ancient lay fraternal orders of the city. The homonymous church of Santa
Maria and the monastery of the Canonici Lateranensi, was built by Andrea
Palladio between 1561 and 1563, and is an integral part of the Gallerie
dell’Accademia.
Tobia and Valeria Scarpa
Like Father Like Son. The Palladian Wing has been renovated
by Venetian architect Tobia Scarpa, whose father Carlo Scarpa,
also a well-known architect, between 1945 and 1959, worked on restoring the Accademia
building and setting the then new exhibition areas.
Pier
Luigi Pizzi, Beatrice and Pierre Rosenberg and Massimo Pizzi Gasparon
Vittorio and
Marina Gregotti
Cotisso Awardee
– Martin Bethenod. Marina Rotondo, Martin Bethenod, Giorgio Mastinu and Fabio
Achilli
Canova mon Amour. The quintessential Venetian, architectural
historian and architect Tonci Foscari, and the dynamic driving force behind The
Venice International Foundation, Franca Coin welcome “on stage” Giovanna Nepi
Scire, emeritus superintendent of the Beni Artistici di Venezia
and director of the Gallerie dell’Accademia (1978-2009), she was responsible
for uniting the Palladian Wing of Accademia di Belle Arti to the Gallerie
dell’Accademia under the title Grandi Gallerie dell’Accademia.
Giordana Naccari and Massoud Besharat
Gallerie dell’Accademia – New
Wing. The Venice International Foundation’s members attending the gala dinner
were lucky enough to have the whole museum open to themselves until midnight,
and were able to roam at leisure wherever they wished. On the other side of the
courtyard of the Palladian Wing are the first five rooms of the new complex of the Gallerie dell’Accademia, sponsored by Samsung and Venetian Heritage, under the
title Grandi Gallerie dell’Accademia. With highly advanced technology, thanks
to Samsung’s involvement, visitors can now enjoy Venetian Art of the Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Century with the simple touch of a tablet or phone.
Above. Giambattista Tiepolo – The Feast of the Cross –
Eighteenth Century – ceiling – oil on canvas.
Gallerie dell’Accademia
– New Wing – Hugues Le Gallais and Toto Bergamo Rossi
Gallerie
dell’Accademia – New Wing – Barbara Foscari
Gallerie dell’Accademia
– New Wing – Fabio Moretti and Umberto Branchini
Gallerie
dell’Accademia – New Wing – Andrea and Paola Tomat and Marco Cappelletto
Gallerie dell’Accademia
– Mario Merz/Citta Irreale
“Homage
to Venice – the unreal city par excellence”
Mario Merz’s exhibition Citta Irreale, until September 20,
was also another popular exhibition destination amongst the members of The
Venice International Foundation, who got free reign over the musuem for the
whole evening. Città Irreale [Unreal
City) pays tribute to the work of Mario Merz.
The present exhibition traces the career of an artist of the Arte Povera
movement who distinguished himself from the beginning for his critical depth and extraordinary poetic scope, and, as
it's very title confirms, the master's ideal homage to Venice – the unreal
city par excellence, a surreal, metaphysical place where nature and culture
come together in perfect synthesis.
Above. In the new spaces
designed to house temporary exhibitions at the Gallerie dell'Accademia and
marking the first occasion on which they opened their doors to the public. Mario Merz - Igloo (di Marisa) -
1972 - Metal structure, wire mesh, cloth bundles, neon in plexiglas box.
Maurizio
Messina, Erilde
Terenzoni and Andrea Bellieni
Franca and Piergiorgio Coin, Marylene and
Carlalberto Corneliani and Inma Cavallucci
Gallerie dell’Accademia
– Mario Merz/Citta Irreale
Mario Merz
Spirale di Cera
- 1970 – 1981
Wax
Kunstmuseum
Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Tomaso and
Eleonora Piva
Orietta Soldo
and Ermes Lazzaro
Gallerie dell’Accademia - Palladian
Courtyard
Caged in by Mario Merz. Cecilia Matteucci Lavarini -
Feather dress designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Fendi S/S 2015 – bag by Aloisia
Rucellai – 1970.
Mario Merz - 74 gradini riappaiono in una
crescita di geometria concentrica – 1992 - stone steps, iron rod and angular structures
8 igloo - Courtesy Galerie
Tschudi, Zuoz.
Giovanni Alliata di Montereale
Marzia Boschi and Cesare Trevisani
The
Gala Dinner
Gallerie
dell’Accademia – The New Un-named Wing. After major restoration work, lasting
some ten years, the newly extended
Gallerie dell'Accademia, part of Grandi Gallerie dell’Accademia project have now doubled in exhibition space
and added to the great wealth of culture they have to offer. It was in the
yet un-named and empty wing, that the gala dinner took place. Three long tables were set up with dramatic
minimal black and white table settings.
The president of The Venice International Foundation, Franca Coin
introduces her favourite subject and ”obsession”
Canova, Canova and Canova forever...!!
“Once again, Antonio Canova
is the fulcrum around which the activities of The Venice International
Foundation concentrates. The five rooms,
all set in the Palladian Wing, which The Venice International Foundation will
finance the restoration for will host the works of Antonio Canova and his
contemporaries, including Francesco Hayez, in a sort of remote dialogue, but
all "under one roof", between the greatest architect of Classicism -
Andrea Palladio and that of the Neo-Classical sculptor - Antonio Canova. Please help The Venice International Foundation achieve this goal of
230,000 Euros needed to complete this restoration.
Lina and Walter Hartsarich, president of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
The Cotisso Venice Foundation 2015 Awards
Martin Bethenod
for his brilliant dedication to the dissemination of culture
Delighted
and grinning like a Cheshire cat, Martin Bethenod, director of Palazzo Grassi
SpA and in charge of Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice, receives
his Cotisso Award from The Venice International Foundation president Franca Coin.
The Cotisso Awards are massive glass sculptures created by the designer Giordana Naccari.
The Cotisso Venice Foundation 2015 Awards
Renzo Rosso
for his enlightened path of patronship for the Cultural Arts
Renzo
Rosso - Video. Unable to attend, Renzo Rosso who is the president of the OTB
(Only the Brave) group, which owns the cult brand Diesel sent a video. Watching
the video Alessandro Diaz de Santillana and Francoise Pams.
The Cotisso Venice Foundation 2015 Awards
In Memory of
Luciano Vistosi
for the
splendid and memorable way he dedicated his life to art
For the
first time, The Venice International Foundation assigned a posthumously special
Cotisso Award to the Murano born glass designer and sculptor, Luciano Vistosi.
As the Cotisso Award designer, Giordana Naccari and Adriana Vistosi look on,
Franca Coin recounts a simpatico anecdote about the great artist.
Guido and Paola Pennisi
The Menu
Summer Garden Vegetable with Asparagus and Melon Balls,
Pea Sauce and Edible Flowers
Mediterranean Spaghetti Timballo with Gazpacho Tomatoes and Basil
Instagramers, Marco Gaggio (Neumarc) and
Luca Tessari (Psychodreaming)
share with
Mara Zanette
The Dessert
Lavender Chocolate Mousse with Vanilla Cream and Mixed Berries
The Vegeterian menu was catered by La Dogaressa Catering - Venezia
Alessandra Vistosi, Piero Venerando and Maria Carla Poggi
Gallerie
dell’Accademia - The
Palladian Courtyard – Roberta Rossi
Photograph
– courtesy - Archivio fotografico del Polo Museale del Veneto su concessione
del Ministero dei Beni e delle Attivita Culturali e del Turismo
Antonio Canova – Annunciazione - gesso for the Metopa of the Temple in Possagno -
1821-1822
Gallerie
dell’Accademia - Venezia