Press Kit (pdf file, 490 Kb) - Palazzo Grassi
Press Kit (pdf file, 490 Kb) - Palazzo Grassi
Press Kit (pdf file, 490 Kb) - Palazzo Grassi
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Contents<br />
1. FOREWORD<br />
François Pinault, President of <strong>Palazzo</strong> <strong>Grassi</strong> 3<br />
Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice 4<br />
Monique Veaute, Director of <strong>Palazzo</strong> <strong>Grassi</strong> 5<br />
2. REHABILITATION OF PUNTA DELLA DOGANA<br />
Tadao Ando, The architectural project 7<br />
Francesco Dal Co, From Maritime Customs House<br />
to a centre for contemporary art 8<br />
The renovation project 11<br />
Chronology of Punta della Dogana 14<br />
3. THE EXHIBITION<br />
“Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection” 16<br />
The artists of the exhibition 17<br />
4. EXHIBITION CATALOGUES 21<br />
5. GENERAL INFORMATION 22<br />
6. APPENDICES<br />
From Gianni Agnelli… to François Pinault 26<br />
Exhibitions in <strong>Palazzo</strong> <strong>Grassi</strong> from April 6 th , 2006 to June 9 th 2009 27<br />
The Board of Directors 28<br />
The Advisory of Board<br />
The Scientific Committee of Punta della Dogana<br />
Biographical summaries<br />
François Pinault 29<br />
Monique Veaute 30<br />
Tadao Ando 31<br />
Alison M. Gingeras 32<br />
Francesco Bonami 33<br />
7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 34