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Palazzo Grassi a Venezia
MUSEUM: GRASSI PALACE IN VENICE
Museum of Modern Art

 

 

For further information, tourist guides and special offers, the staff of the Hotel is at your disposal at the following phone number +39.041.5416846 or by e-mail venice@titianinn.com


Palazzo Grassi was designed by the Venetian architect Giorgio Massari in the eighteenth century commissioned by the family Grassi, middle-class family originally from Chioggia who had bought land overlooking the Grand Canal. After the death of family members Grassi, the palace became the property of several families that changed over the years several times the target: the lyric tenor Antonio Poggi, Stucky Swiss industrialist, entrepreneur Veneto Vittorio Cini etc.. to the Fiat family in 1983 decided to buy the Palazzo Grassi entrusted the renovation Milanese architect Gae Aulenti. Since then the Palazzo Grassi became one of the world's major presenting many successful exhibitions. After the death of the owner of Fiat, Gianni Agnelli, the family decided to sell the building that was purchased in 2005 by entrepreneur billionaire François Pinault to exhibit its extensive collection of works of art.
Thanks to a renovation that transformed the Palazzo Grassi in an ideal setting for the display of works of modern and contemporary art, the François Pinault Collection is one of the most important art collections in the world, boasting paintings, sculptures, videos and photographs belonging to the main artistic movements of the nineteenth and twentieth century as Minimalism, Pop Art and Arte Povera. In June 2009, after nearly 30 years of closure, François Pinault decided to restructure by Japanese architect Tadao Ando also the landmark of Venice, the Punta della Dogana, making it also the permanent seat of the François Pinault Foundation. At the reopening of the new contemporary art center, was presented the exhibition Mapping the Sudio through selected works reconstructes the path of each of their origin until its inclusion in the collection. Both seats of the François Pinault Foundation can be visited by purchasing a single ticket is valid for 3 days. The seats are open daily from 10 to 19, except Tuesdays and major holidays.

 

The shows currently scheduled

Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection
since June 6, 2009

Opening hours:
Open from 10 am to 19.
Closed Tuesdays and days 24, 25, 31 December 2010 and January 1, 2011.
Last entrance at 18

Info and entry to the exhibition costs:
The entrance ticket is valid for both sites three days

Full price
Eur 20.00 per visit for 2 sites
Eur 15.00 per visit to a site

A reduced ticket (residents and groups)
Eur 17.00 for the visit of two sites
Eur 12.00 per visit to a site

Reduced ticket 2 (children under 25, seniors over 65 years)
Eur 14.00 per visit for 2 sites
Eur 10.00 per visit to a site


Past exhibitions

Italics. Italian Art Between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008
27 September 2008
March 22, 2009

Rome and the Barbarians, the birth of a new world
January 26, 2008
July 20, 2008

Sequence 1 - Painting and Sculpture in the François Pinault Collection
May 5, 2007
November 11, 2007

The François Pinault Collection, a Post-Pop Selection
November 11, 2006
March 11, 2007

Picasso, la joie de vivre. 1945-1948
November 11, 2006
March 11, 2007

Where Are We Going? Selected works from the François Pinault Collection
April 29, 2006
October 1, 2006



How to reach Grassi Palace from Hotel

Piazzale Rome is easily reachable in 15 minutes, thanks to Hotel transfer service (available on a scheduled basis and on request), or any public transport. The bus stop is only 200 m. and from the ticket (available at reception) is Eur 1.10.

Once in Piazzale Roma (or Tronchetto), Grassi Palace can be reached by vaporetto lines 1 (stop S. ANGELO) and 2 (stop S. SAMUELE). At the reception of the Hotel you can buy subscriptions that include service bus + boat only Eur 18.00 (valid for 24 hours)



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For further information, tourist guides and special offers, the staff of the Hotel is at your disposal at the following phone number +39.041.5416846 or by e-mail venice@titianinn.com