Events

The Salone Nautico, one of the main international trade fairs in the sector, returns to Venice, in the historic Arsenale, with 250 exhibitors and 300 boats on a 55,000 m2 water basin: come and live an enveloping and immersive experience created for those who love the sea and nautical. The Venice Boat Show is promoted [...]

  Every year millions of visitors are attracted by events of worldwide resonance in Venice. One of these events – perhaps the most significant for the history of Venice – is the “Festa de la Sensa (Ascension)”, which more than any other appointment brings to life the millenary history of the Serenissima, its intimate relationship [...]

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents first, major retrospective held in Italy dedicated to Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), enfant terrible of the 20th century French art scene. Curated by Kenneth E. Silver, an authoritative expert on the artist and art historian at New York University, the exhibition sheds light on the versatility – or juggling dexterity – [...]

  Palazzo Grassi presents a large exhibition project dedicated to the work of the American artist Julie Mehretu (1970, Addis Ababa), curated by Caroline Bourgeois in collaboration with the artist herself. The exhibition brings together over sixty paintings and etchings by Julie Mehretu made during a twenty-five year period, including many of the paintings created [...]

The 60th International Art Exhibition, titled Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, will open to the public from Saturday April 20 to Sunday November 24, 2024, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by Adriano Pedrosa and organised by La Biennale di Venezia. The pre-opening will take place on April 17, 18 and 19; the awards ceremony and inauguration will be held on 20 April 2024. Stranieri [...]

Ca’ Rezzonico reopens its doors after major restoration works that involved large parts of the historic building that houses the Museum of the 18th century Venice. For the first time, more than twenty years after the opening of the Museum, it was necessary to renovate the building, intervening according to new energy saving parameters in [...]

Vogalonga, a spectacular non-competitive rowing event, returns on Sunday 19 May 2024. It will take place along the following route: San Marco basin, Navi canal, Bissa canal, Passaora canal, Crevan canal, Burano, Mazzorbo, S. Giacomo canal, Scomenzera canal, Bisatto canal, Murano, Tessera canal, Cannaregio canal, Grand Canal, Rialto, Punta of health.  The arrival of the [...]

January 1 h 8:00 – december 31 h 17:00 Gran Teatro La Fenice Campo San Fantin, 1965 Venice 30124 La Fenice Theatre, located in the district of San Marco in Campo San Fantin, is now the biggest opera house in Venice. Calendar of events

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From 10.00 am  to 05.00 pm The Palace, which in Venice was the home and atelier of Mariano Fortuny Y Madrazo, reopens with the Panza di Biumo collection of works of international art from the 20th century, on display for the first time to the public. Collection object of a recent donation to the Civic [...]