PreviewExhibitions
Star curators take on Henri Cartier-Bresson in Venice
Wim Wenders and Annie Leibovitz among those showing their unique interpretations of the French photographer’s own master collection at the Palazzo Grassi
InterviewLuc Tuymans
Luc Tuymans: ‘People are becoming more and more stupid, insanely stupid’
As a major new exhibition of his work opens in Venice, the Belgian painter explains how painting can help us confront our own ignorance
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Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable: Details emerge about Damien Hirst’s secretive Venice show
Finished just in time for the Venice Biennale, this project has been 10 years in the making
ArchiveRudolf Stingel
Stingel prettifies Pinault’s Venice palazzo
The Italian artist has selected his own works to fill the entire space
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinault appoints curator for first Palazzo Grassi show..
The French billionaire chooses Alison Gingeras from the Guggenheim
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Roll-over rate at Pinault's Venice exhibition spaces is too slow for many
Exhibitions at the Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi rotate after two years
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Knives out for Pinault over resignation of Palazzo Grassi director
After director quits, billionaire accused of grandstanding his private collection
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France finally gets to see Pinault’s art in new exhibition
The owner of Christie's to show works from his personal collection for the first time
ArchiveTakashi Murakami
News from New York: Crumbs for Zwirner while Murakami pulls out all stops for Gagosian Exhibition
But the Japanese artist keeps French billionaire François Pinault waiting for his 13-panel painting
ArchiveSigmar Polke
Pinault procures Polke paintings
Billionaire is set to open new Venice museum in 2009
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinault commissions remake of Chapman piece
The original work burned in a fire 2004
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinault brings new life to Palazzo Grassi
French billionaire François Pinault finally reveals his art
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinault eyes up second site in Venice....
Following recent purchase of Palazzo Grassi
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Philadelphia Dalí exhibition generates $55 million
Every available ticket sold for this blockbuster show
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Loss of Pinault collection is “catastrophe” for Paris
A top museum director and a dealer react to the billionaire’s decision to show his contemporary art collection in Venice
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Seen at ArtBasel: François Pinault
The French billionaire is the new owner of the Palazzo Grassi
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François Pinault to buy Palazzo Grassi
Sale to Guido Angelo Terruzzi has been abandoned
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
The $2.6 million Dalí circus comes to town: No-holds-barred promotion of exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A credit card company has spearheaded the massive publicity campaign for the centennial retrospective
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Dalí must be re-assessed is the message of the Palazzo Grassi’s huge exhibition
Curator Ades aims to rehabilitate the artist as one of the great epic painters and thinkers of his generation
ArchiveJuly 2003
Fiat ends sponsorship of exhibitions at Palazzo Grassi
After 17 years and 15 shows, the Italian car manufacturer has withdrawn funding from major kunsthalle in Venice
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Hollywood actor Richard Gere in conversation with Balthus: Art, acting, life, and Captain Haddock
French-born painter Balthus, who died in February, rarely gave interviews and maintained that he delighted in being anonymous. His friend of 20 years, the actor Richard Gere, spent a few days at his Swiss home in December last year, where they enjoyed a long discussion, full of twists and turns
ArchiveArtist interview
French-born painter Balthus, who died in February, rarely gave interviews and maintained that he delighted in being anonymous. His friend of 20 years, the actor Richard Gere, spent a few days at his Swiss home in December last year, where they enjoyed a long discussion, full of twists and turns
Art, acting, life, and Captain Haddock
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinault pulls the plug on planned Paris museum
The French billionaire has ditched plans for a contemporary art museum on the Ile Seguin and has instead bought the Palazzo Grassi in Venice
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The Greeks on display in Venice and hidden war booty at the Hermitage
Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors
ArchiveAmedeo Modigliani
Modigliani drawings in Venice's Palazzo Grassi
Newly discovered drawings now on show
ArchiveMarcel Duchamp
Life is a game; life is art
From 4 April to 18 July the Palazzo Grassi is showing a 300- work exhibition by Pontus Hulten of the work of Marcel Duchamp,the artist whose ideas have pricked through the whole history of twentieth-century art. Here we publish one of his last interviews, made in 1966
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo e Venezia show is beautiful but misses the mark
Fiat’s cultural showplace, the Palazzo Grassi, collaborates for the first time ever with a Venetian museum
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo and Venetian painting at Palazzo Grassi
Highlights include the “Vitruvian Man”
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Leonardo da Vinci next at the next Palazzo Grassi
Leonardo the artist and the scientist will be on show