More and more tourists are choosing Venice as their holiday destination. Here is a small guide to the main events that take place in Venice this summer.
The events, concerts and exhibitions are really very numerous. In the first place we have to mention the famous Art Biennale. Now in its 53rd edition, however, it is always the most anticipated by all lovers of modern and contemporary art. This year’s title is “Making Worlds” and refers to the artist’s creation according to his “Weltanschauung”: a work of art is the realization of the “world view” of the person who makes it. There are many Italian and international artists who exhibit his works in this wonderful setting.
Other scheduled exhibitions, always very interesting, are that of the masterpieces of the Futurists at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, which contains masterpieces by the greatest Futurist artists, that is, Balla, Boccioni, Carrà, Russolo and Severini, together with the from other associated artists. to the movement, during the anniversary of the publication of Marinetti’s Manifesto of Futurism. Always at the Guggenheim Museum we can admire the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, with a selection of 40 sculptures from institutions and private collections.
In the 1980s Rauschenberg concentrated his artistic vision on exploring the properties of metal. Assembling objects, especially waste materials collected at gas stations, abandoned car parts, industrial waste and other waste harmful to the environment, the Texan artist has created sculptures that recall his first Combines, from which the Gluts series, exhibited here, was born. .
Organized by the Civic Museums Foundation of Venice and the Vervoordt Foundation, In-finitum scheduled in Venice, Palazzo Fortuny from June 6 to November 15, 2009, explores the category of infinity in its various meanings, from the unfinished to the unlimited. with a multidisciplinary approach in which art, science and philosophy from different times and civilizations meet and compare.
In addition, there are many other events not to be missed, such as the great concert in Piazza San Marco by Leonard Cohen on August 3, the only Italian date of this infallible event, where the famous Canadian poet, writer and composer will present the songs . that have made him famous during his forty-year career.
A unique artist with an inimitable class that will captivate the public singing the most famous passages of his ultra forty-year career, during which he sold more than 21 million records worldwide.
To be noted are also the concerts at Carlo Goldoni’s house, with the title “Italian Serenade”, on Sundays in July, with the music of two Venetian composers Barbara Strozzi and Anna Bon. And certainly not to be missed are Fridays at the Conservatory, at the Pisani Palace, with the Ensemble Klavierimba of the Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory in Venice.
Throughout the summer there will also be an antique market at the fishmonger near the Rialto Bridge, every second Sunday and Monday of the month.
We cannot forget one of the oldest and most evocative traditions in Venice, the Festa del Redentore on July 18 and 19. One of the most traditional festivals dates back to 1576, when, due to a terrible plague that furiously hit the city, the Senate voted to build a temple in honor of Christ the Redeemer, on the island of Giudecca.
The famous architects Andrea Palladio and Antonio Da Ponte are linked to this temple.
On the afternoon of the third Saturday in July, hundreds of boats, decorated with foliage and multicolored balloons, gather on the Giudecca Canal and the Bacino di San Marco. From the illuminated benches and on the balconies a large crowd gathers to attend this party that triumphed with a great show. Then the boats, between songs and sounds, will radiate to the city’s canals to meet only when dawn arrives at the Lido to wait for the sunrise.
Sunday is dedicated to the pilgrimage to the Church of the Redeemer, crossing the bridge of boats.
