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Restoration of the Sala ChiniCentral Pavilion at GiardiniIn the beginning of 2013 la Biennale di Venezia started the restoration of the Sala Chini in theCentral Pavilion, Giardini. On the occasion of the preview days of the 55 th International ArtExhibition (May 29 th -31 st 2013) will be brought to light the series of paintings La Civiltà nuova byGalileo Chini (1873-1956). Next year will be revealed the restoration of the octagonal room.Sala Chini is the entrance hall of the Central Pavilion at Giardini (former Palazzo dell’EsposizioneInternazionale, built between 1895 and 1899 and designed by Enrico Trevisanato). The room isdominated by a dome formed by eight segments decorated by Galileo Chini in 1909, in shades ofcobalt blue, gold and bright red on the occasion of the 8 th International Art Exhibition la Biennaledi Venezia.When the modernist taste changed, the series of paintings "disappeared" under a new structuredesigned by Gio' Ponti in 1928. The series was rediscovered in 1986 in a bad state of preservationand was essentially invisible to visitors of the following Exhibitions.In 2005 the Municipality of Venice started the restoration of the series of paintings, which thenstopped for lack of funds. La Biennale di Venezia, with own resources, will complete therestoration and will open the octagonal room to the public making it the starting point of theExhibition.