Exploring Art in Venice

Take a trip to Venice and lose yourself in its exciting atmosphere, linked to the area's history and traditions. Make the most of the numerous opportunities to absorb art and culture. From Friday, 5th June to Sunday, 4th October 2009, the Correr Museum will play host to 'Astrazioni', an event seeking to re-examine the relationship between the artistic avant-garde of the early 19th century, and its various cultural expressions, pausing to consider the real meaning behind these movements.

The exhibition takes place within the framework of a wider programme, aimed at praising the artistic creativity of Futurism, and celebrating its centenary. This is a unique opportunity to analyse the images and works of major Italian and European artists, comparing style, form, meaning and expressive leanings. Taking centre-stage is the search for the essential, irony, provocative images and the move away from traditional rules.

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The Tale of Genji in the Collection of Venice Oriental Museum

Is about to conclude the exhibition on Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji), the work considered the first novel in the history of world literature, written in Japan exactly a thousand years ago by an aristocratic lady known as Murasaki Shikibu.

Until Nov. 9 at the Museum of Oriental Art in Ca' Pesaro, one of countless fascinating palaces of Venice, you can admire an exhibition of over 40 works characterized by considerable refinement and linked to the figure of Genji, gallant prince which the novel tells the life filled with numerous and intricate sentimental stories.

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International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale

The eleventh edition of the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale is about to take off, with the title "Out There: Beyond Architecture Building", and also this year it promises to give strong emotions to art-lovers and all those who consider architecture as something more than mere construction of buildings.

From September 14 to November 23, at the exhibition areas of Arsenale and Giardini venues, it will be possible to move among works of great beauty, between artistic tradition and technological innovation: an unmissable opportunity among the exciting Venice routes.

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Spheres of the Heavens, Spheres of the Earth

Until 29 February 2008, in Museo Correr, is possible to visit an interesting exhibition dedicated entirely to celestial and terrestrial globes (from 16th to 20th Century). “Spheres of the Heavens, Spheres of the Earth” is an event organized by Marica Milanesi and Rudolf Schmidt, and allows to esteem deeply more than 140 works coming from the Museo Correr itself, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana and several private collections. The exhibition is focused particularly on globes realized by Venetian friar Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), one of the most renowned cartographers and globemakers of seventeenth century.

If you are on holiday in Venice, don't miss this opportunity!

Get more information on www.museiciviciveneziani.it

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