Exhibition on pre-Columbian art from Ligabue collection arrives in Venice

After Florence, Rovereto and Naples, it is Venice ’s turn to host the exhibition“The World That Wasn’t There. Pre-Columbian Art in the Ligabue Collection” from Jan. 12 to June 30, 2018, at the Palazzo Loredan, home of theIstituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti.

Promoted by the Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation with main sponsor Ligabue Group, the exhibition will give visitors the opportunity to discover the ancient civilizations of so-called Mesoamerica. The exhibition will be enriched by rare stone masks from Teotihucan, the largest city in Mesoamerica; Maya vases from the Classic period, authoritative sources of information thanks to their decorations and inscriptions; anthropomorphic statuettes from the Olmec culture, which also fascinated Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera so much; and Mezcala sculptures.

There will also be space devoted to the crops with which ancient pre-Columbian civilizations ensured nourishment such as cocoa, potatoes and corn. Conceived shortly after the passing of entrepreneur and paleontologist Giancarlo Ligabue, it is also meant to be a tribute to the passionate collector and archaeology scholar by his son Inti Ligabue. The event is curated by André Delpuech and Jacques Blazy, a specialist in pre-Hispanic arts.

Exhibition on pre-Columbian art from Ligabue collection arrives in Venice

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