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Since 1902, Ca’ Pesaro, the renowned baroque palace donated to the city by Duchess Felicita Bevilacqua La Masa, has been the site of Venice’s international gallery of modern art.
The gallery’s permanent collection includes several modern and contemporary masterpieces, and is continually enriched by new donations and acquisitions. One of the latest and most important bequests was the Chiara and Francesco Carraro Collection, gifted to the museum in 2017. Another was the donation of thirty-two works by some of the most important Italian artists of the twentieth century—including Massimo Campigli, Carlo Carrà, Giacomo Manzù, Ottone Rosai, Scipione e Mario Sironi—which took place in 2019.
Finally, the gallery has also recently received several masterpieces donated by art collector, Paul Prast, including works by Giorgio de Chirico, Egon Schiele and other leading twentieth century artists.
Elisabetta Barisoni graduated in Modern Literature from the University of Bologna. She started her career at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in London, working in the field of private collecting. She was later employed as assistant curator at the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona. From 2003 to 2015, Barisoni was the curator of temporary exhibitions at Mart, the museum of modern and contemporary art of Trento and Rovereto, and was involved in several exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Since 2015, she works at the Fondazione Musei Civici in Venice and, since 2016, is the head of Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art. Barisoni has published several articles and catalogues, and has participated in numerous conferences and conventions related to early twentieth century art.
Note
- For Guggenheim members only
- The tour will be in Italian
- Participation fee: 15€ (8€ for Young Pass members)
- Subject to availability
Photo credits: Stefano Mazzola