The Italian Cultural Institute

Reception Night: 

June 6, 2011

THE 54TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION 

VENICE BIENNALE

PADIGLIONE ITALIA  

WORKS BY

TONY CALZETTA,

VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO,

FRANCESCA VIVENZA

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) is proud to present Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities have launched a special event. For the first time ever the Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale has been extended over the national boundaries to include the Italian Cultural Institutes in the world.

The aim of the project, which has been devised by Vittorio Sgarbi, art director of Padiglione Italia, is to map out Italian creativity abroad. Each Institute has elected a number of Italian artists or artists of Italian descent living and working in its own jurisdiction, active in various disciplines, from painting to sculpture, photography, video, design, graphics.

The artists selected for Toronto are Tony Calzetta, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Francesca Vivenza.

A collective exhibition of their works will be on display from June 6 until the end of the Venice Biennale, November 27 at the Institute.

This exhibition was curated by:

Adriana Frisenna, IIC Acting Director

and Corrado De Luca,

of De Luca Fine Art | Gallery.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura

496 Huron Street,

Toronto, Ontario

Duration: 

June 6 – November 27, 2011

Gallery Hours

Mon -  Fri:

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Free admission 

For more information regarding this event and/or our services, consultation, and art rental program please visit http://www.delucafineart.com/ or www.twitter.com/delucafineart

 

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, established in 2004, is located at 1153-A Queen Street West, in the heart of the Queen West Gallery District in Toronto and is dedicated to representing and introducing Italian and International Artists to Canadian audiences. In collaboration with select Italian Galleries, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery introduces established and emerging Canadian Artists to Europe. De Luca Fine Art | Gallery’s mandate is “representing a bridge” between Cultures.