Fred Wilson, “Venice Suite: Sala Longhi and Related Works”

For his first New York solo show in six years, the MacArthur “genius” grant recipient reprises his room-size installation for the Venice Biennial, which consists of 27 “paintings” made of black Murano glass. The piece was inspired by series of depictions of 18th-century Venetian life by painter Pietro Longhi (1701–1785), created for the Palazzo Ca’ Rezzonico.