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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Macchiaioli in Venice

Art lovers visiting Venice have the opportunity to admire the extraordinary Tuscan masterpieces of nineteenth century, thank to the exhibition that Veneto Institute of Science, Literature and Arts (in collaboration with Arthemisia) dedicates to the famous collection of Mario Taragoni, art collector and philanthropist from Genoa.

A vast number of paintings from the pictorial movement of the Macchiaioli, collected since the First Postwar period, a collection that has been enriched over the years with the works of Silvestro Lega, Giovanni Fattori, Telemaco Signorini, Armando Spadini, Mario Puccini and other great Tuscan artists of the nineteenth century.

Info: www.istitutoveneto.it

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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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