This study day is organised in collaboration with the Laboratorio Soldado de Nápoles, directed by Gabriele Frasca of the University of Salerno. The group investigates the intertwining of the First World War and the pandemic as a determining factor in shaping the artistic and cultural climate of the 1920s. The papers offer a series of […]
In conjunction with the Early Music seminar, the Tapestry Room will host a special concert featuring young professional and semi-professional violinists specialising in Baroque repertoire. The seminar is part of an important thematic exhibition dedicated to Giacomo Casanova, through the research and study of scores and other musical material that evokes the possible common Parisian […]
The September meeting of the Accademia Vivaldi, led by Gemma Bertagnolli, is dedicated to the themes of power, justice, and the legitimacy of command, analyzing the figures of sovereigns—just rulers vs. tyrants—in Vivaldi’s works (in particular Tito Manlio, but also Teuzzone, Bajazet, Ottone, Giustino, Motezuma, etc.), in order to highlight the different styles that characterize […]
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Casanova, an emblematic figure of 18th-century Europe, the Fondazione Giorgio Cini is dedicating a major exhibition and cultural project to the celebrated Venetian. The first chapter of the double exhibition opens at Palazzo Cini in San Vio, from September 27, 2025 to March […]
The Venice and Epidemics exhibition set up in the Longhena Library, curated by Egidio Ivetic director of the Institute for the History of the Venetian Society and State, will be closed from August 11 to 17.
On the occasion of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art comtemporain is screening the film “Best Secret Place” by filmmakers Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel every day at 6.00pm from 31 August to 6 September, in the exhibition spaces at Fondazione Giorgio Cini. The film has been commissioned by the […]
Scholarship for the reorganisation and cataloguing of the archival collections of the Glass Study Centre Deadline for applications: 31 August 2025 The Centro Studi del Vetro is promoting a scholarship for the reorganisation, inventorying and cataloguing of its archival funds, with the aim of enhancing and making accessible the rich documentary heritage dedicated to […]
An exhibition dedicated to Paolo Poli, a unique figure in 20th-century Italian theatre, opens, entitled Paolo Poli. Photographs from the archives of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Theatre Institute in Venice. The exhibition pays tribute to his flair, irony and creative freedom that has been able to cross genres, eras and taboos. The exhibition, organised in […]
In August, early closure at 5pm for guided tours and the exhibition “The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain by Jean Nouvel”. Information and times to organise a visit to the Giorgio Cini Foundation and the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. AUGUST TIMETABLES During the week (closed on Wednesdays) 10:00 AM – Labirinto Borges 11:00 AM […]
Open-access and peer-reviewed journal, curated by the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations and Spiritualities at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini. With an interdisciplinary approach, Religiographies fosters dialogue between historians, sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and psychologists on three main themes: mysticism, esotericism, and spirituality. This issue of Religiographies offers an excursus into the legacy of Eranos: the series of encounters […]
