VENICE.- An exhibition of new works by Peter Doig, a tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, a major exhibition of works by Cy Twombly, and young artists representing Ukraine in a specially created glass pavilion are among the projects being presented at this year’s Venice Biennale from 9 May – 22 November 2015 (Press Previews: 6-8 May 2015).

New works by Peter Doig: Palazetto Tito at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
An exhibition of new works by the British artist Peter Doig will go on show at the Palazetto Tito at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. The artist’s latest works will include large paintings and several intimately scaled works. The exhibition follows a line of prestigious solo shows at the Foundation dedicated to artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Yoko Ono, Alex Katz, Marlene Dumas. Peter Doig, 2004 Turner Prize nominee, and winner of the 2008 Wolfgang Hahn Prize of the Society for Modern Art, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, is considered one of the most gifted artists of his generation. The exhibition is curated by Milovan Farronato and Angela Vettese.

Exhibition Dates: 5 May – 4 October 2015

Tagore Foundation International: Museo di Palazzo Grimani
A Biennale Collateral Event
Tagore Foundation International has partnered with Museo di Palazzo Grimani to mount a major exhibition of works by forty-two top international artists. The show, Frontiers Reimagined, is curated by Sundaram Tagore and co-curated by Dr. Marius Kwint. It will open with a tribute to Robert Rauschenberg and will include works by Hiroshi Senju (Japan), Robert Polidori (Canada), Sebastião Salgado (Brazil), Vittorio Matino (Italy), Vik Muniz (Brazil) and Joel Shapiro (United States). The exhibition will explore the concept of intercultural exchange. Sundaram Tagore is a descendant of the poet and Nobel Prize-winner Rabindranath Tagore. His work with Tagore Foundation International, which he established in 2006, promotes East-West dialogue.

Exhibition Dates: 9 May – 22 November 2015

Ukrainian National Pavilion for Venice Biennale
The Ukrainian National Pavilion will be a specially designed temporary glass structure on the waterfront at Riva dei Sette Martiri, the main thoroughfare of Venice. The Pavilion will be curated by Björn Geldhof, Deputy Artistic Director of PinchukArtCentre in Kiev, and will be presented with the support of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. With its transparent appearance and its location right in the heart of Venice, the pavilion has been specifically designed to stand as a model for a ‘New Ukraine’. The young generation of Ukrainian artists featured in the Pavilion will voice hopes for the country’s future through their work in solidarity with those involved in the current conflict. Artists will include Yevgenia Belorusets, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mykola Ridnyi & Serhiy Zhadan, Artem Volokitin, Anna Zvyagintseva and Open Group.

Exhibition Dates: 9 May – 22 November 2015

Cy Twombly, Paradise: Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art
Paradise is a monographic exhibition exploring sixty years of Cy Twombly’s production as painter and sculptor. The show is organised by Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo and supported by the Cy Twombly Foundation of New York. The curators are Julie Sylvester and Philip Larratt-Smith. The exhibition features more than sixty paintings (including four of his last), works on paper, and sculptures from 1951 to 2011. The works include loans from the Cy Twombly Foundation (several exhibited here for the first time), Colección Jumex, the Broad Art Foundation, The Menil Collection, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and distinguished private collections. The exhibition will go on display in the new Spazio Dom Perignon of Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art. Paradise is Cy Twombly’s sixth exhibition at the Venice Biennale since his first in 1964.

Exhibition Dates: 6 May – 22 September 2015