Opening Punta Della Dogma

Paul McCarty, Train, Pig, Island, 2007. Schiuma, poliuretanica, tecnica mista / Foam, mixed media / Mousse, polyuréthane, techniques mixtes, 266 x 558 x 124 cm © Palazzo Grassi SpA. Foto: ORCH, orsenigo_chemollo.

Opening Punta Della Dogma

On June 6th 2009, Punta della Dogana, the new art center for contemporary art of the François Pinault Foundation, opens its doors after fourteen months of renovation entrusted to the Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

The first exhibition Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection, curated by Alison M. Gingeras and Francesco Bonami, is shown simultaneously at Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi and is shaped in response to the particular atmosphere of each space.

Undisputed masterpieces of contemporary art by such figures as Jeff Koons, Sigmar Polke, Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, Cy Twombly, Takashi Murakami or Jake & Dinos Chapman are presented alongside pieces by emerging talents such as Matthew Day Jackson, Adel Abdessemed, Wilhelm Sasnal, Richard Hughes, Nate Lowman, Mark Bradford and Kai Althoff.
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