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Antiche Scuderie, Dolo (Venezia)

Dura Europos

exhibition and events in Dolo (Venice)

Based on the initiative of and in cooperation with the Culture Council Department of the Municipality of Dolo (Venice), there is renewed talk of Dura Europos, Syria, International Carlo Scarpa Garden Prize 2010, with the exhibition of documents and images curated by Fondazione Benetton during the 2010 focus campaign being set up again in Dolo,…

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Taneka Beri

documentary and photographic exhibition on the Prize-winning site

The exhibition showcases a set of cartographic, bibliographic, photographic and audiovisual materials that strive to document the historical-geographical and landscape-related aspects of the village of Taneka Beri — site designated by the 22nd edition of the International Carlo Scarpa Garden Prize — located in northern Benin, at the edge of the Atakora massif. The exhibition…

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Atlante Trevigiano

Cartography and iconography of town and region from the 15th to the 20th century

rich collection of prints depicting the town of Treviso and its region, striving to offer a close look at the history of cartographic representation.

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Outstanding places 2010

exhibition of reports

The exhibition amply illustrated the one hundred and twenty “outstanding places” that the citizens of the province of Treviso reported to the Foundation, responding to the call for submissions launched for the fourth year in a row in December 2009 and open until last 3rd May. The sites were presented to the public through the…

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The sea behind

personal exhibition of Marco Tagliaro

The Foundation sponsors the exhibition of painter Marco Tagliaro, The sea behind. A painting and its preparatory stages: drawings, watercolours, oil paintings, engravings from 2000 to 2010. The exhibition, hinged on a large double face painting, depicting a cave in one of the lava ribs marking the island of Alicudi, unfolds through a series of…

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Dura Europos, Syria

documentary and photographic exhibition on the Prize-winning site

The exhibition devoted to the 21st edition of the International Carlo Scarpa Garden Prize presents a selection of photographic and documentary materials illustrating the useful historical-geographic background, the archaeological events, the landscape and cultural aspects to understand the importance of the Dura Europos site in Syria. The set-up of the exhibition begins with the first…

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Lalibela today

exhibition on the current situation of Lalibela

Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche inaugurated the exhibition Lalibela today on Tuesday, 2nd March, an exhibition set up in parallel with the African Landscapes, 1937-1939 exhibition. Drawings and engravings by Lino Bianchi Barriviera, to also offer a current view of Lalibela, one of the world’s most valuable underground monumental complexes. At the end of the 1930s,…

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African Landscapes, 1937-1939

Drawings and etchings by Lino Bianchi Barriviera

The exhibition organised by Fondazione Benetton, curated by Silvia Bianchi, art historian and acclaimed expert on Lino Bianchi Barriviera’s body of etchings, has collected over one hundred works including drawings and etchings made by Bianchi Barriviera during and after his time in Libya and in Italian East Africa between 1937 and 1939. The exhibition traces…

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Outstanding places 2009

exhibition of reports

Once again, the Bomben exhibition spaces have housed the materials of the Outstanding places competition. This third edition has seen a further increase in participation, with over one hundred and fifty reports and, at the same time, its evolution which has led — to mention the most significant elements — to an ever keener participation…

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Places 1990-2009. Books, maps, images

exhibition on the twenty editions of the International Carlo Scarpa Garden Prize

The exhibition shows documents and materials collected over twenty years, in chronological order, to learn about the sites designated by the International Carlo Scarpa Garden Prize, to recount their shape and life, to organise the field trips, the dossiers, seminars and public ceremonies, each year. Each site is illustrated by a selection of books, magazines,…