Louis Vuitton to unveil a new cultural space in Venice and open its first exhibition, Where should Othello go?

On 1 June this year, to coincide with the opening of the 55th edition of the Biennale Internationale of Contemporary Art in Venice, Louis Vuitton is to inaugurate his very latest cultural space in the City of the Doges.

Just a stone’s throw from St Mark’s Square, in the Maison Louis Vuitton, the Louis Vuitton cultural space in Venice is where contemporary art meets Venice’s artistic heritage.

With each new exhibition, a contemporary artist will have carte blanche to respond – with an original, in-situ creation – to an art-work from the Venetian heritage. Putting traditional and modern art into context like this is a means of breaking down barriers, of re-attaching contemporary art to its roots and celebrating the extraordinary vitality and topicality of classical art. It’s also an alternative way to portray the treasures of Venice.

The first exhibition at the Venetian cultural space: Where should Othello go? (from 1 June to 24 November 2013) is the brainchild of Modern Art historian Adrien Goetz and exhibition curator Hervé Mikaleoff.

Louis Vuitton Venezia Space
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Calle del Ridotto, 1353
30124 Venise
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