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Art with a capital A is in Venice from April 19 to 23. With the Biennale Arte preview, there are many openings of major exhibitions and events in Venice <\/b>
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Major exhibitions and world-class events from April 19 to 23, 2022 <\/strong>in Venice: exhibitions dedicated to the great masters of the twentieth century such as Louise Nevelson, Lucio Fontana, Antony Gormley <\/strong>and the Korean Ha Chong-Hyun<\/strong>; performances such as the one at the Alberta Pane Gallery <\/strong>by Marcos Lutyens <\/strong>and in the atrium of Palazzo Grassi<\/strong> with Dancing Studies: Sonatas and Interludes<\/em> by Lenio Kaklea<\/strong>; the opening of new contemporary art foundations such as the new Anish Kapoor<\/strong> Foundation and the Foundation at Palazzo Diedo<\/strong>, which hosts the site-specific project by artist Sterling Ruby<\/strong>. Furthermore, there are 31 collateral events<\/strong>, national participations of The Biennale Arte 2022<\/strong>, and much more. <\/p>\n

Participations from all over the world and creative ideas will enrich the pluralism of the most anticipated exhibition of the Venetian Spring<\/a><\/strong>: the 59th International Art Exhibition<\/strong><\/a>, led by one of the most influential women in the world of contemporary art curation, Cecilia Alemani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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At the Biennale<\/h3>\n

The Milk of Dreams<\/em> is the title of the Biennale Arte, taken from the book of the same name by Leonora Carrington<\/strong>, a surrealist artist to whom an entire room (with bright red walls) is dedicated at the exhibition Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity<\/em>, curated by Gra\u017eina Subelyt\u0117<\/strong>, Associate Curator at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection<\/a><\/strong>, until September 26, 2022.<\/p>\n

An artist who describes a dreamlike world in which life is constantly reimagined through the prism of imagination. A world where everything can change, transform, and become something or someone else: free and full of possibilities. A thought in reaction to an era of pressures and uncertainties similar to today’s. <\/p>\n

\u00abIn these moments, as the history of the Venice Biennale teaches us, art and artists help us imagine new forms of coexistence and new, infinite possibilities for transformation<\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Among the national participations, the most beautiful of titles is History of Night and Destiny of Comets<\/em>, the Italian Pavilion<\/strong> curated by Eugenio Viola<\/strong>, which features a single artist: Gian Maria Tosatti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A large-scale installation occupying the entire surface of the Tese delle Vergini at the Arsenale<\/strong> in Venice, structured as a journey through the history and modernity of the Bel Paese: a theatrical set that articulates the narrative into a prologue and two acts, coinciding with the History of Night<\/em>\u2014the symbolic tale of the rise and decline of the Italian industrial dream\u2014and the Destiny of Comets<\/em>: a message of hope regarding the destiny of humanity, crossed by a great trail of light.<\/p>\n

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Among the Collateral Events<\/h3>\n

Among the 31 collateral events<\/strong><\/a> admitted by the curator of the Biennale Arte 2022, the exhibition at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia<\/strong><\/a> is noteworthy; it was realized in collaboration with White Cube<\/strong><\/a> and curated by the artist Danh Vo<\/strong> together with Chiara Bertola<\/strong>. An exhibition in dialogue between the curator’s artistic practice and the work of great artists of the last century: Park Seo-Bo<\/strong>, Dansaekhwa<\/strong>, and Isamu Noguchi<\/strong>, an important Japanese sculptor, architect, designer, and set designer, whose granite work Two is One<\/em><\/a> can be seen at the Peggy Guggenheim house-museum in Venice. <\/p>\n

In Calle della Regina is the headquarters of the Fondazione Prada<\/strong><\/a>, which during the Venice Biennale preview presents the exhibition Human<\/em> Brains<\/em>: a multidisciplinary journey dedicated to brain studies and the result of complex research developed in collaboration with a scientific committee, chaired by Giancarlo Comi<\/strong> and composed of researchers, scholars, popularizers, and curators such as Jubin Abutalebi, Massimo Cacciari, Viviana Kasam, Udo Kittelmann, Letizia Leocani, Andrea Moro <\/strong>and Daniela Perani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the same street, in the new space of the Salone Verde<\/strong><\/a>, Take your Time<\/em> by artist Francesca Leone <\/strong>opens, curated by Danilo Eccher<\/strong>, one of the most important Italian art critics and curators who conceived Love, Dream, Enjoy<\/strong> and the currently ongoing Crazy<\/strong>, the spectacular as well as Instagrammable exhibitions at the Chiostro del Bramante<\/strong><\/a> in Rome.<\/p>\n

Wim Wenders is in Venice on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 April 2022 <\/strong>thanks to Palazzo Grassi<\/strong><\/a> – which hosts the exhibition Open-end<\/em> curated by the artist Marlene Dumas<\/strong> herself with Caroline Bourgeois<\/strong>. At the Cinema Multisala Rossini<\/strong> in Venice, the world premiere of the new video installation Pr\u00e9sence<\/em> is signed by the great master of contemporary cinema, Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1982 for The State of Things.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Wim Wenders<\/strong>, a director no stranger to speaking about art, creates a 38-minute film on the expressive universe of the French artist Claudine Drai<\/strong>, whose production is simultaneously visible in Venice at ACP \u2013 Palazzo Franchetti<\/strong><\/a> with a solo exhibition of the same name.<\/p>\n

A collateral event of the Biennale, promoted and realized by Ass. Arte Continua<\/a>, in collaboration with Fondazione Lucio Fontana<\/a> and FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano<\/a> and with the support of Galleria Continua<\/b><\/a>, two great masters of sculpture: Lucio Fontana <\/strong>and Antony Gormley<\/strong> will meet for the first time inside the iconic Olivetti Shop designed by Carlo Scarpa<\/strong><\/a> in Piazza San Marco and owned by Generali<\/a>, which will simultaneously inaugurate the solo exhibition of Louise Nevelson<\/strong><\/a> at the Procuratie Vecchie<\/b>, curated by Julia Bryan-Wilson.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Special visits<\/h3>\n

During the Biennale openings, it is an opportunity to find time and book special visits:<\/p>\n