Large windows overlooking the Fenice opera house reveal a large space devoted to artists working in all types of media. Well-known local artists are also included in the...

This grandiose palazzo was built in the second half of the 17th century for the Pesaro family, to a project by Baldassare Longhena. When Longhena died in 1682, the family...

The Museum of 18th-century Venice is a gleaming (if somewhat chilly) showcase for the art of the Republic's twilight years. For most visitors, the paintings on display here...

Following the success of her first gallery, which she opened in Bergamo in 1992, renowned curator Caterina Tognon created this Venetian showcase for contemporary art in glass...

A very large space (by Venetian standards) stretching along both sides of the street, the Contini is home to a large selection of 20th-century art. International masters are...

Less active than its sister gallery in Tuscany, this large space presents a couple of exhibitions a year though with a rather irregular calendar. It tends to focus on...

The Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa was founded more than a century ago by Duchess Felicita Bevilacqua La Masa, who left her palace of Ca' Pesaro to the city in order to give...

A selection of works by Venetian artist Emilio Vedova (1919-2006) is now housed in a stunning new gallery, designed by Renzo Piano, in the Magazzini del Sale (salt warehouses)....

The only gallery dealing in serious graphics by internationally renowned masters such as Asger Jorn. The space is small but the collection of artists' books held here is huge.

This collection of Ferrarese and Tuscan art was put together by industrialist Vittorio Cini, who created the Fondazione Cini on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. It's small...

This intimate, friendly gallery has been around for 15 years but recently expanded its premises and can now stage 'true' exhibitions. It focuses mainly on established younger...

Marina Barovier hosts a collection of classic masterpieces of Venetian 20th-century works in glass and represents numerous renowned artists (local and international) working in...

A fairly recent addition - and a rising star - on the Venetian scene, Michela Rizzo focusses on conceptual and more cutting-edge artists and performers in a packed programme of...

This gallery with a 30-year history of dealing with Venetian 20th-century abstracts is a point of reference for established artists and for contemporary emerging artists...