Jenny Saville

In the year of the Biennale Arte, the Galleria Internazionale di Ca’ Pesaro returns to contemporary voices with an extraordinary exhibition by one of the most important painters of our time, Jenny Saville.

It's about the first large-scale exhibition of Saville's work in Venice and intends to document its development retracing his career from his debut in the 1990s to the present day. The exhibition presents his work through thirty paintings, including many masterpieces that have marked his production in recent decades. Saville's practice is deeply rooted in the history of painting. In Ca’ Pesaro his monumental canvases dialogue with the great painters of the past present in Venice, creating a unique encounter between contemporary painting and the city's artistic heritage. Saville's relationship with past masters, particularly Italians, focuses on the strong ties the artist had and continues to maintain with the Venetian school of painting. The final room of the exhibition presents an unpublished cycle of paintings created by the artist in homage to the lagoon city for Ca’ Pesaro. The exhibition thus becomes a sublime celebration of the strength and power of Saville's love and devotion to painting, and at the same time an intimate and grandiose tribute to the history of Venice, confirming the city's role as a vibrant center of cultural innovation.

What to expect:
Painting