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Time Unfolds: three concerts exploring time through Indian music

27 April 2026

Time Unfolds is a series of three concerts exploring the concept of time through Indian music, weaving together memory, rhythm, and spirituality. From the poetic evocations of Tagore to percussive dialogues and meditative soundscapes, each performance offers a distinct experience of time—intimate, cyclical, lived, and transcendent. A day of listening where past and present continuously converge.

A Carnival of stories and art

19 January 2026

During the Venice Carnival, the Fondazione dell’Albero d’Oro presents a series of special thematic guided tours at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, held in conjunction with the exhibition Di storie e di arte. Three Centuries of Life at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani (on view until 22 February 2026). The programme includes the thematic tour A tavola con i Grimani: Celebrations, Etiquette and the Art of Conviviality at the Palace (Saturday 31 January and Saturday 14 February, 11:00 am), dedicated to the rituals of hospitality and to aristocratic convivial culture. This is followed by Women and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Venice: Rosalba Carriera and Angelica Kauffmann (7 February, 11:00 am), a visit to the first piano nobile exploring female portraiture between aristocratic identity and the Venetian imagination. The programme concludes with Women, Art and Restoration: Palazzo Vendramin Grimani between Painting and Memory (21 February, 11:00 am), a visit to the first and second piano nobile with exceptional access, focusing on the palace’s transformations and on issues of conservation and memory.

All’ombra dell’Albero d’Oro. Fragments of a Venetian Dynasty. From the Vendramin to the Marcello Grimani Giustinian

26 May 2025

A journey through the memory of a great Venetian family – from the Vendramin to the Marcello Grimani Giustinian – told through unpublished documents, photographs, letters, and everyday objects. This book reconstructs fragments of public and private life across more than two centuries of European history, centred around Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, now home to the Fondazione dell’Albero d’Oro.

The Novecento in Venice: Film and History at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani

12 April 2025

On the occasion of the exhibition "Di storie e di arte: Three Centuries of Life at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani", the Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro presents a unique selection of historical films curated by Carlo Montanaro, from the Montanaro Archive and La Fabbrica del Vedere. These rare and captivating short films, screened in the spaces of the Palazzo, offer an evocative glimpse into everyday life in 20th-century Venice, reviving the memory of the century's events through moving images. A special opportunity to immerse oneself in the historical and cultural context of Venice, at a time when cinema began to tell the story of the city.

Interview with Karine N'guyen Van Tham

28 June 2024

« My work comprises of my studies in metaphysics, mathematics, and geometry and the ancient knowledge of the texts coming from India. » Parul Thacker

Unprecedented Discoveries – Masterpieces by Rosalba Carriera and Angelica Kauffmann at the Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro

5 May 2024

Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro presents an exclusive selection of previously unseen works as part of the exhibition "Di storie e di arte. Three Centuries of Life at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani." Among the most significant pieces are four pastels by Rosalba Carriera and a portrait by Angelica Kauffmann, recently restored and never before shown to the public. These masterpieces, which recount the histories of noble Venetian families such as the Grimani Giustinian, are the result of meticulous archival research that has uncovered fascinating details about their lives and familial ties. The exhibition thus offers a rare opportunity to explore 18th-century art through works that convey the psychology and elegance of the era's protagonists, revealing a previously unknown facet of Venetian history.

Invito al viaggio 2023

25 January 2024

Rediscover the literary encounters of the first edition of Invito al viaggio

The watercolours of Guido Fuga

7 July 2023

Venetian artist Guido Fuga invites visitors to Palazzo Vendramin Grimani to immerse themselves in the fantastic journey of Nicolò Manucci through watercolour drawings.

#NEWBOOK The Indian books of Nicolò Manucci

24 May 2023

I libri indiani di Nicolò Manucci (1638-1720) is the second in a series of insights into individual works, on exhibit at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, from the series I Quaderni dell’Albero d’Oro.

FINISSAGE OF COLLATERAL EVENT 2022

29 November 2022

On Sunday 27 November, the exhibition with Mexican artist Bosco Sodi concluded with the collection of the spheres of the installation 'Noi siamo uno'.

The cochineal from Bosco Sodi to Tiziano

19 May 2022

The presence of Bosco Sodi at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani highlights the history of Venice as a dynamic centre of cultural and commercial exchange between Europe, America and the rest of the world.

INVISIBILIA by Ugo Carmeni

30 August 2021

Discover the artist's interview on the occasion of the grand opening of palazzo Vendramin Grimani