Title: CARLO CARDAZZO. A New Vision for Art
Location: VENICE - Guggenheim Museum
Start Date: 2008-11-01
End Date: 2009-02-09

In the contemporary art world following the Second World War, few personalities matched the enterprise and volcanic curiosity of the Venetian Carlo Cardazzo (1908–63). This exhibition, the first to be dedicated to Cardazzo, documents the variety of his interests as a patron of the arts, collector, publisher and gallerist (his Galleria del Cavallino opened in Venice in 1942). Cardazzo’s career defines him as a precursor, like Peggy Guggenheim, in the promotion of contemporary art. Thanks to new archival research coordinated by the curator, unpublished materials and unknown facts have emerged which locate him in a surprisingly international context. Curator: Luca Massimo Barbero.