In occasion of the meeting with Takashi Murakami, one of the most significant artists present in the François Pinault collection, Palazzo Grassi is organising "Murakami World", three days dedicated to Japanese art.
From the bookshop to the cafeteria, from the St_art workshop activities for children to the public lecture in the L'Opera parla series, all activities and services will have a Japanese flavour.
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On Wednesday, June 2nd on the occasion of Italian Republic Day, Palazzo Grassi, in collaboration with the Associazione Guide Turistiche di Venezia, organize free guided tours dedicated to the residents of the city of Venice for the exhibition "Mapping the Studio. Artists from the François Pinault Collection". The meeting is also the occasion to celebrate the first year of Punta della Dogana reopening.
On Wednesday, May 19th took place the first Happy Hour with live music in the magic atmosphere of Punta della Dogana. At the end of the conference L’ Opera Parla, curated by the professor Nico Stringa about Maurizio Cattelan work, dozens of young people remained to enjoy the typical Venetian aperitive and the live jazz music on Punta della Dogana dock.
Stories of Art, the cycle of meetings with leading writers who, within the context of the exhibition Mapping the Studio, talk on themes relating to art, continues Monday, March 29 2010 at 5 pm in the atrium of Palazzo Grassi with Edoardo Boncinelli, author of numerous books including the bestseller Perché non possiamo non dirci darwinisti , published by Rizzoli and his last book I miei lirici greci, published by San Raffaele.
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Wednesday, February 17, Giandomenico Romanelli presented his book Dogana da Mar: Art Point dedicated to the history of Punta della Dogana.