Museo Correr

Past exhibitions

THE ADVENTURE OF GLASS. A millennium of Venetian art

From December 11, 2010 to April 25, 2011

After almost 30 years, once again the Correr Museum is hosting a prestigious exhibition on glass, in celebration of over a thousand years’ history of glass in Venice and the Lagoon […]

IL CANE A SEI ZAMPE.

From October 5 to November 7, 2010

After the success achieved at the Vittoriano in Rome, with over 40,000 visitors, and in Ravenna, Milan, Stresa and Mantua, eni’s travelling exhibition “The six-legged dog: a symbol between memory and future” now moves to the Museo Correr in Venice. […]

THE POETICS OF WRITTEN SPACE. Handwriting and calligraphy.

From October 2 to October 31, 2010

The exhibition, part of the educational activities proposed by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, presents an itinerary that is a synthesis of traditional and contemporary visual communication through handwriting. […]

GIACOMO FAVRETTO (1849–1887). Venice fascination and seduction.

From July 31 to November 21, 2010

Owing to the quality of his painting, his highly original development, the similarity with the works of other artists close to him or with contemporaries, the Venetian Giacomo Favretto (1849-1887) is one of the most important masters of the Italian Nineteenth century. […]

SAFET ZEC. The power of painting.

From May 8 to July 18, 2010

The exhibition offers over one hundred and thirty works comprising oils, temperas, drawings in pencil, sketches and preparatory studies, large canvases and small paintings. Some of these works have never been on public display before and, completed by the Bosnian artist during the last ten years of his activity, represent a dramatic, extraordinary protagonist of figurativeness today. […]