Seven skies for Venice: Anna Peter Breton's exhibition at Magazzino Gallery

Seven Skies for Venice, the new solo exhibition of Anna Peter Breton (1985) curated by Roberta Semeraro, will be on view from Feb. 1 to March 8, 2025 at Magazzino Gallery in Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Dorsoduro, Venice. The exhibition offers an immersion in the Ptolemaic-Aristotelian theories of the seven celestial spheres, where beauty and spirituality meet in the suspended skies above Venice and the sacred lakes of Kyrgyzstan.

Anna Peter-Breton’s work delves into themes such as identity, memory and the ephemeral beauty of existence, treating them as both personal reflections and universal commentary on the transience of life. Inspired by her nomadic heritage and experiences in diverse landscapes, the artist seeks to transcend geographic and temporal boundaries, blending a deep connection with Nature with a contemporary invitation to rediscover our relationship with the natural world. Anna’s elegant and understated touch, influenced by a strong emotional depth, balances abstraction with subtle revelation, evoking a strong sense of wonder. Her works, shaped by her multicultural experiences and extensive travels, are both intimate and expansive, inviting the audience to reflect on the subtle relationships between nature, identity and cultural memory. In this way, the artist captures the fragility of nature and the essence of her surroundings. Magazzino Gallery, located in the former warehouse of Palazzo Contarini Polignac, is an exhibition space of excellence for contemporary art in Venice. Managed by Bikem de Montebello, in collaboration with Roberta Semeraro, the gallery stands out for its commitment to promoting established and emerging artists from around the world.

“In ancient times, astronomers observing the celestial sphere recognized in the ether, the fifth element of which the world was composed. Unlike earth, water, fire and air, this fifth element was insubstantial, unchanging and eternal. And these are the three adjectives that define the seven heavens of painter Anna Peter Breton,” writes Venetian art critic Roberta Semeraro. “The oils with warm colors that the artist borrows from the solar spectrum, are spread on the canvas like transparent veils that go over the material support that has the sole function of making them visible. The harmonious composition of colors, draws light clouds that hover like dancing seraphim, revealing the immutable and eternal nature of the skies that, not caring about time, space and men, are reborn every day equal to themselves in their poetic beauty. There are 7 heavens, like the spheres and celestial degrees. A number that indicates the totality of planetary and angelic orders, celestial abodes and the totality of energies in the spiritual order to which Breton’s paintings belong, skillfully controlled between slow and gaitous movements, which describe so well the imperturbable nature of the things of heaven. But not only that; these paintings are also a tribute to Venice, where the sky leaves its reflection everywhere; in the calli, canals, boats and even houses. And to Giovan Battista Tiepolo, an eighteenth-century Venetian painter, whose paintings traversed the domes of the city’s most beautiful churches and the walls and roofs of its palaces to arrive at a touch from the sky. In the Ptolemaic-Aristotelian system, the seventh heaven corresponded to the celestial vault closest to God, and it is to this last sphere of supreme bliss that Anna Peter Breton’s painting rises, who has found her skies in the sacred lakes of Kyrgyzstan 3000 meters above the sea.”

The exhibition opens Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission.

Notes about the artist

Anna Peter-Breton, born in 1985, has resided in Paris since 2009, although her roots lie in the lands of Hungary and Kyrgyzstan. Her work reflects her physical travels and deep inner explorations. In her travel journals, the artist uses watercolors to fix memories of charismatic figures and events, portrayed in a personal way. Her oil works have gradually transformed, moving away from figuration to more abstract forms, where natural elements such as petals, clouds and water are the protagonists. Anna prefers soft, monochromatic tones, evoking a meditative beauty that focuses on illumination and the essence of nature. Her first solo exhibition, Voyages, which pays homage to her travels around the world, took place in Paris in 2018, and was then presented in several international venues, including the United Nations in Vienna, Budapest, and some locations in Romania. Later, Anna also exhibited her works in Paris, Budapest, and Naples.

Seven skies for Venice: Anna Peter Breton's exhibition at Magazzino Gallery

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