In Venice, the Pinault Collection presents contemporary art exhibitions at Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana and numerous cultural events at the Teatrino.

Workshops, visits, events

Winter 2025
  • Warren Ellis
    Performance
    Sunday 6 April
    Palazzo Grassi

    Warren Ellis at Palazzo Grassi

    Warren Ellis

    Warren Ellis is at Palazzo Grassi for a live performance on the first day the Tatiana Trouvé exhibition is open to the public.

  • Casa delle parole
    Conference
    One Tuesday a month from October 2024 to June 2025
    Teatrino

    Casa delle parole - 2024/2025

    Casa delle parole

    Every month, Casa delle parole brings to the Teatrino monthly readings of literary texts from all over the world.

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Upcoming exhibitions

Exhibition
06.04.25 — 23.11.25
Punta della Dogana

Thomas Schütte. Genealogies

Credits
Close Thomas Schütte, "Innocenti", 1994. Pinault Collection. © 2012 Christie’s Images Limited © Thomas Schütte, by SIAE 2024

The first major exhibition of Thomas Schütte in Italy. At Punta della Dogana from 6 April 2025 to 23 November 2025

Credits
Close Thomas Schütte, "Innocenti", 1994. Pinault Collection. © 2012 Christie’s Images Limited © Thomas Schütte, by SIAE 2024
Exhibition
06.04.25 — 04.01.26
Palazzo Grassi

Tatiana Trouvé. The Strange Life of Things

Credits
Close Tatiana Trouvé, "Il mondo delle voci", from the series "Les dessouvenus", 2022. Pinault Collection. Photo credit: Florian Kleinefenn, Courtesy Gagosian © Tatiana Trouvé, by SIAE 2024

Tatiana Trouvé's largest exhibition to date. At Palazzo Grassi from 6 April 2025 to 4 January 2026.

Credits
Close Tatiana Trouvé, "Il mondo delle voci", from the series "Les dessouvenus", 2022. Pinault Collection. Photo credit: Florian Kleinefenn, Courtesy Gagosian © Tatiana Trouvé, by SIAE 2024
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Read, watch, listen

Article
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 17:12

"I have always worked with music and I think this show is really in a way like a score. It’s something that informed my aesthetics a lot, and my way of thinking." — Julie Mehretu

Julie Mehretu, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, First Seal (R 6:1), 2020 Pinault Collection © Julie Mehretu Courtesy of the artist and BORCH Editions
Julie Mehretu, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, First Seal (R 6:1), 2020 Pinault Collection © Julie Mehretu Courtesy of the artist and BORCH Editions

When you are thinking about jazz and you are thinking about history, it’s never just inventing by itself, it’s about quoting. […] Artists have always been in dialogue. They are dealing and negotiating not just their contemporary time, but we are negotiating current ideas about aesthetics critically.

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Discover the artworks of the collection

The Pinault Collection gathers over 10.000 works that offer a perspective on the art from the 1960s to date.
It presents “Beyond the walls” exhibitions and supports creation through artist in residence programmes.

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Housepainter I - DUANE HANSON
Housepainter I
DUANE HANSON
1984-1988