Allegorical Scene after Dosso Dossi, detail © Vik Muniz (2017). Courtesy of Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

On 21 April 2017 Afterglow:Pictures of Ruins will be unveiled. Vik Muniz's latest project has been specially created for the Palazzo Cini Gallery as a homage to masterpieces in the Cini Collection

The 2017 the exhibition season at the Palazzo Cini Gallery at San Vio will get underway with a contemporary art show. From 21 April to 24 July, the second-floor rooms will host Afterglow: Pictures of Ruins, an exhibition by the renowned photographer Vik Muniz. A homage to Venice that grew out of discussions with the curator Luca Massimo Barbero, the Director of the Institute of Art History at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, the show includes some new photos inspired by great artists in the Cini Collection, such as Francesco Guardi, Dosso Dossi and Canaletto, as well as a very striking glass sculpture.
Thanks to Assicurazioni Generali, the Gallery’s main partner since it reopened in 2014 and for many years an institutional sponsor of the Fondazione Cini, the season of exhibitions open to the public will run until 15 November 2017.