iGallerie dell'AccademiaDorsoduro
Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy
This exhibition has ended.
The first major show here by a living woman artist: Abramović's performance works, interactive Transitory Objects and new commissions set among Renaissance masterpieces.
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At the centre of the show, Abramović's Pietà (with Ulay), made in 1983, is presented in dialogue with Titian's Pietà of around 1575 to 1576. A living performance artist, hung into a museum of Venetian painting.
It is the first show here to run through both the temporary spaces and the permanent galleries. Historic performances appear as projections, among them Rhythm 0 (1974), Light/Dark (1977), Balkan Baroque (1997) and Carrying the Skeleton (2008), alongside new works made for the occasion. The Transitory Objects are beds and stone structures embedded with quartz, amethyst and other minerals, and you are invited to lie, sit or stand on them. It is the one gallery in Dorsoduro where lying down is part of the instructions.
Entry is included in the €20 museum ticket, booked online for a time slot. EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2 and under-18s are free. The museum gives 18 October as the last day. No review of the show turned up, so there is no verdict here.
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The first major show at the Accademia by a living woman artist: performance works, interactive Transitory Objects and new commissions set among the Renaissance collection.
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Pietà (with Ulay), 1983
Presented in dialogue with Titian's Pietà of c. 1575 to 1576, the pairing the show is built around.
The Transitory Objects
Beds and stone structures embedded with quartz, amethyst and other minerals, which you lie, sit or stand on.
Projected performances
Projections of historic performances such as Rhythm 0 and Balkan Baroque, shown among the permanent collection rooms and the temporary spaces.
Good for
- Going Solo
- Out-Of-Town Guests
With kids
Under-18s enter free. The museum's page carries a full-nudity warning for Imponderabilia, so check before bringing children.
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- Gallerie dell'AccademiaDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Michael Armitage. The Promise of ChangePhoto by Tom Jamieson © Michael Armitage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
- Amar Kanwar. Co-travellersCourtesy of Palazzo Grassi
- Nel segno di Venezia: The Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli DonationCourtesy of Ca' Rezzonico – Museo del Settecento Veneziano
- Peggy Guggenheim CollectionG.Lanting / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
- Palazzo GrassiDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ca' Rezzonico – Museo del Settecento VenezianoDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova (Magazzino del Sale)Abxbay / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0