The first appointment, a sort of restitution to the city, the Foundation presented the exhibition Uno spazio ritrovato. Opere storiche e contemporanee nella Nuova Sant’Agnese (A rediscovered space. Historical and contemporary works in the New Saint Agnes) curated by Riccardo Caldura, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.
This first set up told about the history of this place, and the future link to contemporary arts, the dialogue between past and present that involved ancient paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries, an altarpiece by Giandomenico Tiepolo and works by Jannis Kounellis, Tapies, Dubuffet, Manzoni, Fontana, Vedova, Nitsch and others.
Exhibition view
Credits and acknowledgement
Kounellis Archive
Gladstone Gallery, New York e Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, Rome
Diocesan Museum of Padua
Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l’Area Metropolitana di Venezia e le Province di Belluno, Padova e Treviso
Foto di Marco Furio Magliani