Fondazione Alberto Peruzzo delays church reopening to spring 2021

Marco Trevisan, director of Fondazione Alberto Peruzzo, outlines the foundation's 2020 program amid the pandemic. The restoration and opening of the deconsecrated Church of Sant'Agnese in Padua, which will become the foundation's home, has been postponed to spring 2021. A small exhibition by Marco Maria Zanin, 'Strati di tempo nella Chiesa di Sant'Agnese,' opened September 22 at Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice, showcasing photographs that explore memory and stratification in contemporary society. A video installation by Quayola, 'Jardins d'Eté,' recently opened at Arte Sella with the foundation's collaboration. Trevisan expresses concern that culture may be viewed as merely consolatory rather than integral to the economic system, and calls for a shift in political thinking from exploiting cultural heritage to improving lives through art. He recommends the book 'Leo Castelli. L'italiano che inventò l'arte in America' as a guide for restarting.