Un Ospite di Venezia - Maggio 2023 numero 5

Here we find the Bugno Art Gallery, one
of the most representative Venetian art
galleries, an ideal meeting place for artists
and art lovers, located between two hubs
of Venetian culture, La Fenice Grand Theatre
and the Ateneo Veneto.
Managed with passion for over thirty years
by Massimiliano Bugno, it features two
spaces, the actual headquarters, overlooking
the square, and a suggestive adjacent
space immediately located to the right, in
a typical courtyard named In Corte. Important
retrospectives are presented here,
among exposed beams and a typical canal-gateway,
such as the one to be currently
admired dedicated to Friulian master,
and adopted Venetian, Armando Pizzinato
(1910-2004), whose valuable Historical Archive is held by the Gallery.
This museum-level exhibition lines up an extraordinary sequence of artworks retracing the artist’s career
from the Thirties and from the “New Front”, to what art critic Mazzariol termed the “Fourth Time”.
In all, about fifty works displayed in two more venues in addition to the gallery, Demarco Arte and
Bugno Demarco, with selections respectively dedicated to “Still Lives” from the Thirties and Forties
and “Venetian landscapes” from the Seventies and Eighties.
Among its collections, the Bugno gallery also features works by contemporary artists and well-known
photography authors.
From Campo San Fantin towards the final destination, emerging a step away from Saint Mark and its
Square, the beating heart of the town. We are in Calle Larga XXII Marzo, one of the most sought-after
streets by tourism, featuring top international fashion brands.
Here it is not possible to go wrong: a foyer with two large windows opens its doors to the Contini
Arte, not only a gallery, but a true art hub.
Stefano Contini manages it, almost like an orchestra conductor, as the creator, founder and owner of
the gallery which now numbers a good five venues, located between Venice and Cortina d’Ampezzo,
with over 1000 square metres of exhibition space.
Contini, it may be said, interprets today’s modern version of what used to be a central role in history,
that of the “art dealer”. His instinct, his passion, his experience over forty years, have all led him to
success, and to head a gallery which is among the best-known in Italy nowadays, and not only. “Art” -
he says - “is like a rainbow, endlessly fascinating”.
Indeed, the artworks exhibited at the Contini Galleries, the main one located within an elegant
modernist palace in Via XXII Marzo,
evoke such wonder that a visit here
is comparable to one at an actual art
collection.
Here, masters such as Fernando Botero,
Pablo Atchugarry, Igor Mitoraj,
Manolo Valdés, Zoran Music, Julio
Larraz, Park Eun Sun, and Italians such
as Enzo Fiore, Mario Arlati and Paolo
Vegas may be found throughout the
halls on all four floors of the palace...
Soon, starting in June, the Contini Art
Gallery will dedicate a large retrospective
exhibition titled “The Allegory of
dream” to realist painter Julio Larraz,
considered to be among the greatest
exponents of Caribbean art.
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