In Venice kicks off Magister Canova, multimedia event dedicated to Antonio Canova

Kicking off in Venice, in the spaces of the Scuola Grande della Misericordia, from June 16 to November 22, 2018, is the multimedia event Magister Canova, entirely dedicated to the genius of Antonio Canova (Possagno, 1757 - Venice, 1822). Conceived by Cose Belle d’Italia Media Entertainment and produced in collaboration with the Canova Gypsotheca Foundation and the Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno, the event aims to blend spectacle and insight, emotion and knowledge. “Here,” says Renato Saporito, managing director and creative supervisor of the project, "a spectacular multimedia path awaits visitors, bringing them closer to the Canova story, in all its phases and aspects. In Magister Canova, the absolute scientific rigor of the narrative is combined with skillful direction, resorting to a plurality of languages. To propose a narrative path ranging from the micro to the macro, from the butterfly of Cupid and Psyche to the giant Hercules hurling Lica, passing from dance to the timeless beauty of Pauline Borghese."

The multimedia itinerary consists of different areas of in-depth study that take the audience to explore the entire biographical and artistic story of Antonio Canova, told through the narrative voice of Adriano Giannini, who is also entrusted with the task of reading some of the young Canova’s letters. Magister Canova is also accompanied by rooms focusing on some aspects of Canova’s art, such as the original drawings with an anatomical subject or an in-depth look at the sculptor’s creative process: all this is completed by a site-specific contemporary art installation created by Fabrizio Plessi, who has conceived a “tribute” to Canova aimed at symbolizing the journey through the artist’s mind.

Magister Canova is curated by Mario Guderzo, Director of the Antonio Canova Gypsotheca and Museum in Possagno, Member of the Committee for the National Edition of the Works of Antonio Canova and of the Scientific Committee of CAM (Catalogo dell’Arte Moderna Italiana), and by Giuliano Pisani, Classical Philologist and Art Historian, Galilean Academician, Member of the Committee of Guarantors for the Promotion of Classical Culture of MIUR. The contents are entrusted to the Scientific Committee composed of: Giuseppe Pavanello, Full Professor of History of Modern Art at the University of Trieste, Member of the Committee for the National Edition of the Works of Antonio Canova, of the Research Institute on Canova and Neoclassicism in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), of the Scientific Council of the Canova Foundation in Possagno (Treviso); Steffi Roettgen, Professor Emeritus at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich; Johannes Myssok, vice chancellor of the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf; Andrea Bellieni, curator of the Museo Correr in Venice, Member of the Board of the Fondazione Musei Civici Veneziani. Artistic direction is by maestro Luca Mazzieri in collaboration with Alessandra Costantini. The soundtrack is entrusted to the cello of Giovanni Sollima.

Hours: Monday through Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets: full 14 euros, reduced 12 euros (for children and young people aged 9 to 18, students up to 25, over 65, groups of at least 10 people, disabled not 100 percent and accompanying person, TCI and FAI members, Garage San Marco customers, Carta Più and Carta MultiPiù Feltrinelli holders, Feltrinelli Librerie employees, Fulvio Roiter exhibition ticket holders. Reduced schools 7 euros, family ticket parents 11 euros each, children from 8 to 18 years 7 euros each. Free for children up to 8 years old, 100% disabled and accompanying person, one day per month for residents of the City of Venice (communicated via website), accredited journalists, authorized guides, one accompanying person per group of 10 to 20 people. Info at www.magister.art.

In Venice kicks off Magister Canova, multimedia event dedicated to Antonio Canova

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