The 55th International Art Exhibition will take place in Venice from June 1st to November 24th, 2013 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale (preview: May 29th, 30th and 31st 2013), as well as in various venues the city. 88 National Participations will be exhibiting in the historical Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. Among these 10 countries are participating in the Exhibition for the first time: Angola, Bahamas, ...

Over 200 photographs protagonists of White Women, Sleepless Nights, Big Nudes, an exhibition that brings Helmut Newton at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome Wednesday, March 6 after the initial stages in America (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) and Germany (Museum for Photography in Berlin). Shots originally appeared in the earlier volumes of the photographer, from the book White Women (1976), who sees a fifty Newton struggling with his first monograph that will get the prestigious Kodak ...

At the Triennale in Milan until March 24, 2013 they will focus on the lord of the night par excellence, the protagonist of the show "Dracula and the vampire myth" created, produced and organized by Alef-cultural project management in partnership with La Triennale di Milano and in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Among the works on display also a beautiful portrait of the famous Valentina of Crepax, seduced by the charming and bloodthirsty count, ...

Carnival is one of the most overwhelming venetian appointments that gives a colourful and joyful atmosphere to the city. It allows to live again an ancient popular event. When Vitale Falier was doge, in 1094, we have the first written proof referring to some public entertainments which have been made official in 1296. By the way only in the XVIII century this event became renowned all over the world. People were waiting for Carnival all the year long ...

Not many people know that the young Andy Warhol was a tireless draftsman. Constantly striving to describe in a few lines the American reality of the '50s, the artist in the beginning shows a keen desire to reproduce his contemporaries, laying the foundations of a process that will give birth to great critical works of Pop Art. But one of the questions that revolve around the major exhibition of 300 drawings, open until February 21 at the ...

Arte Boccanera is pleased to present white of Christian Fogarolli, following the worldwide recognition of dOCUMENTA (13). The artist shows in the exhibition space the projects lost identities, worthy of the international scene in Kassel, and blackout. In the work lost identities, Christian Fogarolli - interested from the very beginning of his career in questions challenging the essence of the identity dimension – explores the archive of an Italian psychiatric institution. Working with the examined documentation allowed the establishment of a close dialogue, ...

E-lite Studio Gallery in Lecce, in collaboration with Famiglia Margini (Milan) and in partnership with Vestas Hotels & Resort, presents the solo exhibition of the Milanese artist Anna Caruso "C’ero, una volta” (I was there, once), curated by Giovanna Lacedra, Claudia Pellegrino & Grace Zanotto. The exhibition is open until October, 8th at the gallery spaces, which host the pictorial section, and at the Jane Ross hall of the Risorgimento Resort, where it is on ...

The other Venice organized, for the Carnival 2013, a treasure hunt in Venice. Discover in the middle of the Carnival noise Venice’s unknown sites and have a special fun: a serene treasure hunt through ancient streets and hidden places, in search of riddles and secrets that want to be unveiled. We welcome all ages, also costumes and masks. Participation in groups, couples or individuals. Introduction and explanation will be held in English, German, French and Italian. The treasure hunt takes about ...

Nuovo Spazio Gallery, Venice-Mestre, via Piraghetto 41: December 8th at 6p.m. opening of the personal exhibition of Elisa Bortolussi, until December 21st. "Thea Kuta" has originated from the need to experience yarn as an alternative tool for painting. A catalogue will be published by Nuovospazio Edizioni: Thea Kuta. Elisa Bortolussi The choice of drawing geometric subjects relies on the power of geometry to create an optical illusion giving the spectator an active role in the picture. The threads annd ...

Arte Laguna Prize widens the opportunities for artists and launches 2 new art residencies, one in China and one dedicated to marble! Therefore the deadline is postponed to November 27th by mail and to December 5th directly on-line on the website www.artelagunaprize.com 2 NEW ART RESIDENCIES by submitting two artworks in the same section NEW – “Loft Miramarmi”: Art residency in Vicenza, in the marble district for 1 month for 2 artists + realization of a project ...