Ca Pesaro, Santa Croce, Venice
Ca’ Pesaro
Venice, Italy
The international seat of Modern Art in Venice
History
Ca’ Pesaro is a Baroque marble palace facing the Grand Canal of Venice. Built in the second half of the 17th century for the noble and wealthy Pesaro family, a project by the Venetian architect, Baldassarre Longhena, who also designed the church of the Salute and Ca’ Rezzonico. Work began on the building in 1659.
Collections
The collection includes Modern Italian and International art with works by Morandi, De Chirico, Carrà, Kandinsky, Mirò and Matta.
The Museum of Oriental Art (on the top floor), hosts one of the most important European collection of art from Edo period and of Japanese objects.
The permanent exhibition at Ca’ Pesaro comprises also protagonists of 20th-century art as Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Jeff Koons, together with Dine, Lichtenstein, Flavin, Judd and Wesselman.
Information
WATER BUS STOP
San Stae – 2 mins / Rialto Mercato – 6 mins
WALKING FROM
Rialto Bridge, 8 minutes / Ferrovia (train station), 15 minutes
*All times approximate
OPENING TIMES
01 Nov – 31 March: 10am – 5pm
01 Apr – 31 Oct: 10am – 6pm
ENTRANCE FEE/TICKETS
Entrance €14.00 / Reduced €7.50
More information: Website
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