Located in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, home to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the gallery will be a Vaporetto ride from the San Marco district and its numerous art galleries. Set to open in May 2017, the gallery’s activities will be in full swing in time for the 57th edition of the Venice Biennial.
The new, 300-square-meter space, a former carpentry shop turned art gallery, will create an artistic link between Paris and Venice, two “historically close” cities — whilst inscribing the Gallery in the ever-growing panorama of contemporary art events in Venice. In keeping with the space’s history as a workshop, the gallery will allow artists to give life to ambitious projects such as large scale installations and will offer artist workshops and talks on contemporary art as part of its programming.
The new Paris space will continue the gallery’s eight-year long work, with a dense exhibition program. Its inaugural exhibition, a solo show by Croatian artist Igor Eškinja, will open on October 20, on the occasion of the late-night opening of Parisian galleries as part of the FIAC. Among others, Galerie Alberta Pane represents artists João Vilhena, Romina de Novellis, Marie Denis and Gayle Chong Kwan.
