Gallerie dell'Accademia
Affinita' Elettive
The exhibition - Affinita Elettive - Elective Affinities - until June 23 - at the Gallerie dell’Accademia and Casa Dei Tre Oci on the island of Giudecca, bring together a selection of paintings and drawings from Museum Berggruen - Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which are on display in Italy for the first time. These forty extraordinary works by Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Gia
Pablo Picasso - Le Chandail Jaune - 1939
The title of the exhibition - Affinita Elettive - was chosen to evoke and underline the potential dialogue that arises from the meeting of these two important collections from similarities in iconography to subject matter. The title is inspired by the famous novel of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a writer who spent time in Venice during his travels to Italy.
Pablo Picasso - Coupe de Fruits avec Poires et Pommes - 1908
in dialogue with
Nicolaes Van Verendael - Allegory of Vanity - 1679
The exhibition is curated by Giulio Manieri Elia and Michele Tavola, Director and Curator of the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice, and Gabriel Montua and Veronika Rudorfer, Head of and Curator of Museum Berggruen in Berlin, one of the most important European state institutes of modern art, named after the Paris-based art dealer and collector Heinz Berggruen - 1914-2007. In the year 2000, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz - Prussian Cultural Heritage - managed to purchase Berggruen’s collection for the Nationalgalerie with funding from the German government and the state of Berlin.
Henrie Matisse - Sauteuse de Corde - 1952
in dialogue with
Giorgione - Giorgio da Castelfranco - La Nuda - 1508c.
Seen at the Gallerie dell'Accademia
Veronika Rudorfer - Curator of the Museum Berggruen
Picasso's portrait of Dora Maar with Green Fingernails is shown alongside Giorgione's La Vecchia - very different works linked by an intimate relationship with the sitter.
Pablo Picasso - Dora Maar aux Ongles Verts - 1936
in dialogue with
Giorgione - Giorgio da Castelfranco - La Vecchia - 1502-1503c.
Seen at the Gallerie dell'Accademia
Gabriel Montua - Head of the Museum Berggruen in Berlin
Hana Streicher
Pablo Picasso - Dora Maar aux Ongles Verts - 1936
in dialogue with
Paul Cesanne - Juenne Fille aux Cheveux Denoues - 1873-1874
Paul Klee - Rot-Stufung - 1921
Seen at the Gallerie dell'Accademia
Barbara Klem and Petra Schaefer
Cristina Beltrami
Pietro Longhi and the Mise-en-Scene of Domestic Life in Venice - 1741-1752
in dialogue with
Pablo Picasso - Arlequin Assis - 1905
Seen at the Gallerie dell'Accademia
Fabrizio Plessi and Mario Codognato
Ziva Kraus and Andrea Avezzu
photo - Massimo Pistrore - courtesy Gallerie dell'Accademia - Museum Breggruen - Neue Nationalgalerie
Alberto Giacometti - Femme de Venise IV - 1956
in dialogue with
Antonio Canova - sculptures - 1804-1807
Elective Affinities - Works on Paper
The Elective Affinities exhibition continues at the Casa dei Tre Oci - until June 23 - on the island of Giudecca with works on paper from the graphic collection of the - Gallerie dell'Accademia - in dialogue with works from the - Museum Breggruen - which include works by Klee, Picasso, Cezanne and Matisse. This neo-Gothic palace, designed as a home and studio by the artist Mario de Maria was built in 1913, has recently been reopened to the public after major restoration works to become the new headquarters of the - Berggruen Institute Europe - a place of study and international discussion, hosting exhibitions, workshops and symposiums.
Casa dei Tre Oci - Breggruen Institute Europe
Paul Klee -Kl. Schloss gelb/rot/braun - 1922
Giacomo Quadrenghi - Fantastica Architettonica - first quarter 19th Century
Paul Klee - Tempel-Wandmalerei I - 1920
Seen at Casa dei Tre Oci
Lorenzo Marsili - Director Breggruen Institute Europe
Silvio Fassi, Nicola Bombassei, Luca De Michelis and Paolo Lucchetta
Seen at Casa dei Tre Oci
Annie Cohen-Solal - Academic, Historian and Curator - with Marc Mezard
We Drank
Harry's Bar's famous Bellini
Seen at Casa dei Tre Oci
Mario Codognato and Barbara Foscari
Pablo Picasso - Le Dormeur - 1942
in dialogue with
Simone Cantarini - Gruppo di Figure Virili Sdraiati - 1640
We Nibbled
Harry's Bar's - Tramezzini
Michele Tavola - Curator Gallerie dell'Accademia
Casa dei Tre Oci - Breggruen Institute Europe
Seen at Casa dei Tre Oci
Francois Xavier Saint Pierre and Laurel Saint Pierre
Elena Casadoro Kopp, Chiara Carraro and Francesca Fungher
Cat Bauer and Fabio Marzari
We Ate
Harry's Bar's - Risotto Primavera
The Spectacular View from the Casa dei Tre Oci
Canale della Giudecca
Bacino di San Marco
The Bell Tower of the Basilica di San Marco
Palazzo Ducale
