Georg Baselitz Mounts Two Simultaneous Venice Exhibitions at Palazzo Grimani and Fondazione Vedova
German artist Georg Baselitz (born 1938) presents two concurrent exhibitions in Venice: "Archinto" at Palazzo Grimani, supported by Gagosian, and "Vedova accendi la luce" at Fondazione Vedova, supported by Thaddaeus Ropac. At Palazzo Grimani, Baselitz created twelve paintings and sculptures that engage with the Renaissance architecture and the Grimani collection, featuring an inverted skull motif and a transfer technique using pressure between canvases. The exhibition title references Titian's 1558 portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto. At Fondazione Vedova, seventeen paintings from 2020 include ten portraits of his wife Elke (the "Speiseeis" series) and seven homages to Emilio Vedova, with whom Baselitz had a decades-long friendship. The shows run for over a year, with Baselitz's works on long-term loan to Palazzo Grimani, managed by Regione Veneto.
Key facts
- Georg Baselitz has two simultaneous exhibitions in Venice: 'Archinto' at Palazzo Grimani and 'Vedova accendi la luce' at Fondazione Vedova.
- The Palazzo Grimani exhibition is supported by Gagosian; the Fondazione Vedova show by Thaddaeus Ropac.
- 'Archinto' features twelve paintings and sculptures created specifically for the space, with an inverted skull motif.
- Baselitz uses a transfer technique: painting on one canvas, pressing a second canvas onto it with a broom, then discarding the first.
- The exhibition title references Titian's 1558 portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- At Fondazione Vedova, seventeen paintings from 2020 include ten portraits of his wife Elke and seven homages to Emilio Vedova.
- Baselitz and Vedova's friendship began in 1963 when Vedova visited Berlin to support young German artists.
- The works at Palazzo Grimani are on long-term loan to the museum managed by Regione Veneto.
Entities
Artists
- Georg Baselitz
- Titian
- Emilio Vedova
- Elke Baselitz
- Okwui Enwezor
- Philip Rylands
- Renzo Piano
Institutions
- Gagosian
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- Palazzo Grimani
- Fondazione Vedova
- Gallerie dell'Accademia
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Regione Veneto
- Artribune
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Berlin
- Germany