Venice Pavilion Reopens
The Venice Biennale’s Central Pavilion—renovated over 16 months by Labics and Fabio Fumagalli—reopens for the Biennale launch on May 9, and luxury house Bottega Veneta has signed on to sponsor the moving‑image show “If All Time Is Eternally Present” featuring Tai Shani and Meriem Bennani. (artnews.com) (dezeen.com) (ca.news.yahoo.com)
The overhaul carried a price tag of €31 million and was financed by the Italian Ministry of Culture through the National Plan for Complementary Investments (PNC) within Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). (artnews.com) Technical work included the replacement of the roof with a ventilated, more energy‑efficient system, consolidation of existing masonry, the addition of two new exterior structures and an interior reconfiguration covering roughly 3,500 square metres to boost flexibility. (buromilan.com) The refurbishment deliberately selected, interpreted and reorganised the building’s historical layers to produce a legible spatial system, repositioning Sala Chini as the main distribution node and opening galleries into unobstructed, more adaptable exhibition spaces. (arquitecturaviva.com) The intervention completes a long sequence of modifications to the late‑19th‑century exhibition palace, following earlier projects by Guido Cirilli, Galileo Chini, Duilio Torres, Gio Ponti and Carlo Scarpa. (architecturalrecord.com) The fashion house confirmed an exclusive partnership with the Pier Luigi Nervi Foundation to present a public moving‑image project in Campo Manin that is curated by Marta Barina and Chiara Carrera and staged on the façade of Palazzo Nervi Scattolin. (theimpression.com) That collateral presentation expands beyond the previously named filmmakers to include additional video works by Orian Barki and Kandis Williams, and will be listed among the 61st International Art Exhibition’s collateral events. (theglassmagazine.com)
