Renzo Piano inaugurates Vedova’s foundation at “Magazzini del Sale delle Zattere” in Venice, and its objective is to focus over main themes of Piano’s works: history, space, time, painting.

Timetable: everyday from 11.30 to 16.00 (close on Monday)

Info: info@fondazionevedova.org or +39 041 5226626

In Saint Giorgio Maggiore you can now see some of Laurent Royer’s production (c/o Cini’s foundation), which has been donated to the foundation from young artist’s family after is death when he only was 26 years old.

Info: +39 041 2710402

Timetables: all days from 9.00 to 16.30; saturdays and sundays from 10.00 to 16.00

In 2010 Peggy Guggenheim collection celebrates its 30th birthday, at its historical site of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni: there’re been scheduled many interesting events and promotions all over this 2010, in order to celebrate this unique woman who first open her own house every summer to those who were modern art lovers as she was.

When? Every day, from 10.00 to 18.00 (except on December 25th)

info: info@guggenheim-venice.it

This year, on September 2010, Regata sotorica takes place. It’s the most important flucial competition of Venice, which goes all over the Grand Canal and it’s more than 1000 years old. Many people come here every year for assist this amazing event.

Once again, Venice becomes an amazing show of fires and colours in this never ending night, the so called “Redentore” night, which falls this year on July the the 17th. It’s a tribute to Christ, who was able to make the pest end so many years ago. For Venecian people and for tourist it’s now a good opportunity for eating alltogether in big ships and assit at this immpressive pirotechnical show.

The Ascension day in Venice is called “Sensa” and represents the recall of once happened once when the Serenissima republic was a strenght all over the mediterran sea: it reminds on one side when our venecian ships saved dalmatian populations (led by Doge Pietro Orseolo) from Slavonian people, and from the other the so called “wedding with the sea”, which consists in the throw of the dogal ring towards the seas itself. Nowaday, the event is a serie of competitions all over the grand canal.

An amazing exposition of paintings of venecian painters upcoming from the 19th century takes place at Museo Correr, from Caffi to Guardi, Pividor, Moro and Bosa: it’s underlined a particular Venice portraits, decadent from one side, shining from the other one

Timetables: from 10.00 to 17.00 every day

Info: info@fmcvenezia.it