Sketch by Ando
François Pinault will open his new centre for contemporary art, Punta della Dogana, with the fourth in a series of exhibitions taken from the Collection. Renovated by architect Tadao Ando, Punta della Dogana will provide the permanent base for the collection together with the Palazzo Grassi exhibition space which opened in 2006. The first exhibition, under the joint direction of Alison Gingeras and Francesco Bonami, will be shown simultaneously at the Punta della Dogana and the Palazzo Grassi, in keeping with the François Pinault Foundation’s commitment to the City of Venice and to contemporary culture. Conceived as a single exhibition that will unfold over the two venues, this presentation will be shaped in response to the particular atmosphere of each space: the inward-looking private sphere on one side, and the outward looking, world-at-large on the other. The two halves of the exhibition will constitute a dialogue between artists of different generations, covering a vast range of practices and aesthetic sensibilities. The François Pinault Foundation Collection comprises more than 2,000 artworks by leading contemporary artists.
