The Fondazione Lucio Fontana and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini announce the publication of the proceedings of the international conference Lucio Fontana. Origins and Imagination, held on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore on 5 and 6 December 2024. The volume, available for download in open access, is published in two separate editions, Italian and […]
Lucio Fontana. Origins and Imagination brings together the outcomes of the study days promoted by the Institute of Art History of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, held on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore on 5 and 6 December 2024. Edited by Silvia Ardemagni, Luca Massimo Barbero, and Maria Villa, the […]
Deadline 30 August 2026 CALL FOR ARTICLES Religiographies | Special Issue vol.7 no.1 (2028) “The Architecture of Transnationalism: The Pioneers and the Formation of the Global Bahá’í Community” Dedicated to the study of religious phenomena, Religiographies promotes interdisciplinary dialogue between history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and psychology. The journal, which is open-access and peer-reviewed, is curated […]
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini engages with themes of particular global significance in cultural, scientific, and political debate. The conference Global Health in the Age of AI (7–9 November 2024) examined the social implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The conference Democracy and Pandemics (13–15 November 2025) focused on the medical, international, and political dimensions of […]
Out of Willaert’s extensive body of work, the Seminar will examine a group of madrigals published in his collection Musica nova (Venice: Gargano, 1559), which set sonnets from Petrarch’s Canzoniere, comparing them with two examples of his liturgical polyphony. These are the Kyrie settings of the masses Mente tota (1512-17) and Mittit ad Virginem (ca. […]
As part of the 54th edition of the International Theatre Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, the Fondazione Giorgio Cini is hosting two performances at the Teatro Verde, built beginning in 1952 and inaugurated in July 1954, based on a design by architect Luigi Vietti. For its time, the theatre represented a major technological challenge: […]
From 3 to 8 June 2026, Venice will host the second edition of Venice Climate Week, an international event dedicated to ecological regeneration, climate diplomacy and sustainable innovation. This year’s theme is “Planet Aqua, Planet Peace”, an invitation to rethink the future of our cities and the planet, taking water as a strategic resource for […]
On 17 June 2026, the 19th International Summit of the three COTEC organisations from Italy, Portugal and Spain will be held on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. This year’s theme will be “Rethinking work in the age of AI: Transformation, Opportunity, Governance.” The event is organised by COTEC Italia and will be […]
As part of the partnership between the Istituto per la Musica and the Ottorino Respighi Festival in Bologna, aimed at promoting the composer’s work and legacy, “Lo Squero” Auditorium hosts a concert to honour the 90th anniversary of his death. The initiative aims to pay tribute to the Bolognese composer, whose memory is preserved by […]
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini would like to inform you that the Library will be closed on Wednesday 17 June.
