Art and theatre in Venice

Venice artistic itineraries are continuously renewed through exhibits and conferences that promote the most up-and-coming artists and set off their creative geniuses. With a holiday in Venice from 24 July to 8 August you can take advantage of the show at the Cantina Grande di Venissa to admire the works of the painter Andrea Tagliapietra. His oeuvres get the region’s environment back to life and their contemplation is accompanied by a stage narrative that joins in your journey with words and music so as to make it even more authentic and real.

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An evening with the writer Marek Halter in Venice

The spring always brings wind of what’s new to anyone who wants to have a trip to Venice: On April 15, at 18.30, the Cultural Section of the Swiss Institute in Campo S.Agnese will play host to an evening with the French writer and artist, Marek Halter. With his latest book (My Anger) just out, the evening is aimed at highlighting and discussing the author’s point of view on the burning issues of the day and western culture.

The evening has been put on through collaboration between the Municipality of Venice, the Ciphermatic Association of Venice and the Swiss Institute to present a critical and relevant look at major contemporary problems.

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Art between East and West in Venice

From 7th June to 22nd November 2009, the city of Venice has the pleasure of hosting the Divano Orientale-Occidentale, an exhibition that will display the most original works of promising young artists from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. The event will be held at the Scuola Nuova Maria della Misericordia, representing an important occasion for discussing the intercultural links between the two worlds and for trying out, on one hand, their expressive profoundness and, on the other, revealing the consistency of their connections.

It will be open every day from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Entrance is free. If you book a hotel in Venice you will be able to visit an exhibition of great importance, which testifies yet again the complexity of the relationships kept by the city with very different dimensions, over the course of its history. The event represents an opportunity for highlighting not only the differences but also the consolidated meeting points between such distant cultural horizons.

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Jazz Festival in Venice

After the success of the last edition, Venice comes back to be the protagonist of musical entertainment thanks to Jazz Festival, that will take place from 27th of July until 2nd of August.
If you will be on holiday in Venice during that time, this will be an event you cannot miss: many guest stars and famous artists will be performing at La Fenice Theatre and in St. Mark's Square. Among them, there will be Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Richard Galliano with his All Star Band.

This will be a great opportunity for Venice to show its capacity of being a model on a cultural and organizational level, making it an appealing centre for show-business, music and promotion of different art and music trends. This recurring event will allow public to find itself immerse again in the best of contemporary music scene. A big event that no Jazz music lover can miss.

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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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Don't Miss the Vogalonga in Venice

The spring climate embraces and celebrates the traditional displays that Venice is famous for. From 31st May, the Vogalonga is a must, a colourful and picturesque regatta, which draws in thousands of participants. If you have already made a booking in Venice, this is an unmissable event, which has proved enormously popular, and an immediate winner, although it started only relatively recently. Not only an expression of original, charming spectacle, the Vogalonga deserves praise for the way it has stimulated growth in craftwork as well as the world of row boats.

The route unwinds over thirty miles, commencing at the St. Mark's basin and finishing at Punta della Salute, by way of the Grand Canal. There are many foreign competitors, evidence of just how attractive this gathering is, showing the way to build profitable sharing through a common spirit. The race starts at 8.30 am.

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Festa della Sensa in Venice

If you’re on holiday in Venice, the prestigious "Festa della Sensa" will take place on May 24th 2009, an important event that will lead to the opening of the rowing season. The origins of the event involve the historical past of the City on Water: a famous legend ties the "Doge Ziani" to the figures of Emperor "Federico Barbarossa" and Pope Alexander III, because of his role as mediator between the two. The privileges favoured the "Repubblica Marinara" facilitating maritime trade and military domination of the seas. During the celebration, the Doge used to go to the mouth of the port of "San Nicolò" to throw a ring into the sea in order to establish and confirm the link that irremovably bound the fortune of the city to it.

In times gone by the event was extended into a large exhibition in Piazza San Marco, which lasted two weeks. Today, during Ascension Day, costumed oarsmen row from St. Mark’s Square to the Temple of St. Nicholas on the Lido. During the festival you can enjoy a vegetable based menu, typical of the local culinary tradition.

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