September Exhibitions

From September 10 to November 2, the exhibition TDC2008 New Graphic Design Japan will open to the public in the new exhibition centre of the Giorgio Cini Foundation named Le Sale del Convitto. Curated by Gian Carlo Calza, the exhibiton is organised by the Giorgio Cini Foundation “Venice and the East” Institute and StudioArte, in collaboration with Dai Nippon Printing, Type Directors Club and Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo. Free entrance.

From September 13 to October 12, as part of the initiatives accompanying the 11th Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, the Giorgio Cini Foundation has organised the exhibition Fratelli d’Italia (“Brothers of Italy” – the title of the Italian national anthem). This show is the outcome of a project by the German artist Matthias Schaller, conceptually based on the analogy between political ideology and architecture. The project involved photographing 150 opera houses throughout the Italian regions from 2005 to 2008. Free entrance.