Exhibitions

May 21, 2026 – November 21, 2026 | 17:30 – 21:30

LA NOTA MANCANTE

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

The Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo inaugurates its programme with La Nota Mancante, an exhibition conceived as a meditation on memory and on the subtle sensory traces through which memory continues to inhabit the present.

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Events

September 4, 2026 | 18:00 – 21:00

KÖPFE · HEADS · TÊTES

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

BOOK PRESENTATION & EXHIBITION With Franz Wagner. Ulf Englich by Franz Wagner, Salzburg. The finest art of jewellery-making meets creativity and exquisite craftsmanship.

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October 14, 2026 | 10:30 – 18:00

SCENT AS PRESENCE

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

SENSORY EXPERIENCE with Caro Verbeek: Art historian and olfactory researcher. Memory, identity and the olfactory objects of everyday life.

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October 15, 2026 | 11:00 – 13:00

SUL NASO

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

BOOK PRESENTATION & CONVERSATION with Caro Verbeek: Art historian and olfactory researcher. A cultural history of smell and the ways we perceive, remember and understand the world.

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October 20, 2026 | 15:00 – 18:00

THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE: A NEW HISTORY

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

BOOK PRESENTATION & CONVERSATION with Damiët Schneeweisz and Rosalind McKever. Portrait miniatures, identity, remembrance and the women who shaped the genre.

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November 7, 2026 – November 11, 2026 | 14:00 – 18:00

WRITING FROM MEMORY

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP with Micah Perks: Writer and memoirist. Memory, personal narrative and the stories through which we make sense of experience.

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November 12, 2026 – November 13, 2026 | 15:00 – 18:30

THE ART OF MOURNING

Fondazione Maddalena Di Giacomo, Palazzo Valier, San Polo 1022, Venezia, 30125

SYMPOSIUM & ROUNDTABLE: Art, loss and the culture of mourning. An interdisciplinary exploration of the ways art, objects, images and rituals give form to loss and preserve the presence of those who are no longer here.

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Salon de la Memoire

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