"Canova, Hayez, Cicognara. The Last Glory of Venice" for the 200th anniversary of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice

At the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, the exhibition "Canova, Hayez, Cicognara. The Last Glory of Venice," which will run until April 2, 2018.

Curated by Paola Marini, Fernando Mazzocca and Roberto De Feo, the exhibition honors a special moment in Venice’s artistic history: the return from Paris of the four horses of St. Mark’s, the city’s symbolic work that began the season of cultural revival that began in 1815.

The event also celebrates the bicentennial since the inauguration of the Galleries’ first five rooms on August 10, 1817.

It was Antonio Canova, Francesco Hayez and Leopoldo Cicognara who were at the heart of this artistic revival: Canova (Possano, 1757 - Venice, 1822), sculptor and author of sculptures such as "Amore e Psiche" (the original of which is now in the Louvre Museum ), and “Le Grazie”, Hayez (Venice, 1791 - 1882), celebrated painter and leading exponent of Romanticism, author of the very famous "Bacio," and Cicognara (Ferrara, 1767 - Venice, 1834), art historian who published books such as "Storia della scultura dal suo risorgimento in Italia al secolo di Napoleone" and "Omaggio delle provincie Venete alla maestà di Carolina Augusta." Together, the three of them worked to ensure that a museum of international scope would arise in Venice that could at the same time enhance the city’s art-historical heritage.

The exhibition tour begins on the ground floor and expands to the upper floors, through more than 130 works divided into 10 thematic sections: drawings, paintings, sculptures and books all displayed to testify to the work these three figures had done. Noteworthy are the artifacts sent in 1818 to Vienna for the wedding of Emperor Francis I, which return to Venice after two centuries and are largely unpublished.

“The cultural reawakening of Venice that was promoted in the 19th century by Canova, Hayez and Cicognara,” reads the exhibition’s presentation, “is today taken up in the important program of initiatives carried out by the museum with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and generous private committees: relevant enrichments of the patrimony, thanks to acquisitions of paintings and drawings; major restorations such as the start of the restoration of the second floor of the museum, that of the cycle of the Stories of St. Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio financed by Save Venice, of which the first two canvases will be presented and a special agreement with Borsa Italiana aimed at this purpose; the Museum as a place of education thanks to the collaboration with the National Civil Service and the ”Generation Culture“ project; the Museum visible and accessible through the implementation of communication, the use of social networks and the updating of digital channels; the Museum loved, open and collaborative with partners and stakeholders, including through visitor studies and audience development; and the renewal of the founding pact between the Museum and the Academy of Fine Arts, with the development of joint initiatives, such as the organization of a conference on Leopoldo Cicognara and an exhibition on the drawings of Giacomo Quarenghi.”

Hours: Mondays from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays from 8:15 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Info and reservations at 041 5200345. Details at www.gallerieaccademia.it and www.mostrabicentenariogallerie.it.

Image: Francesco Hayez, Rinaldo and Armida (1813; oil on canvas,
198 x 295 cm; Venice, Gallerie dell’Accademia)

The exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism together with the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice. Organization and communication Catalogue published by d

"Canova, Hayez, Cicognara. The Last Glory of Venice" for the 200th anniversary of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice

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