Venice Museums 2012 program

Presentation today by Walter Hartsarich President of Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia of the 2012 program. There are many scheduled events but the highlights should be two exhibitions at Museo Correr the first about  Klint and the second about Francesco Guardi.....

Others include «Primavera a Palazzo Fortuny: avere una bella cera» (Museo Fortuny, 10 marzo-28 giugno), «Sartorio e Venezia» (Ca’ Pesaro, primavera 2012), «San Michele in isola. Cenacolo di umanisti o ‘caput ordinis’ dei Camaldolesi?» (maggio-agosto 2012), «Moda e cinema 1840-1940» (Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, settembre-dicembre 2012), «Uecker e Castellani» (Ca’ Pesaro, autunno 2012) e «Fortuny e Wagner» (Museo Fortuny, novembre 2012-marzo 2013).

VENICE, ITALY - FEBRUARY 10:  Walter Hartsarich President of Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia poses during a Portrait Session  on February 10, 2012 in Venice, Italy.  (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images) (Marco Secchi/Getty Images)

In the photograph Mr Walter Hartsarich during a portrait session ahead of today press Conference

Armenian Exhibition at Museo Correr

On Wednesday is going to open at the Museo Correr - Museo Archeologico an Exhibition about "Armenia: Signs of Civilization" . The Exhibition has been organised by Gabriella Uluhogian, Boghos Levon Zekiyan e Vartan Karapetian and will show about 200 exhibits including some very rare ones! The exhibition will mark the fifth centenary of the first book printed in the Armenian language. This exhibition will act as the official launch of the jubilee celebrations taking place in the Armenian capital Yerevan, a UNESCO World Book Capital for 2012. The history of the island and of the Mekhitarists order in Venice is really interesting.I am really looking forward to go to the Press Preview but for the time being here is a photograph from S Lazzaro degli Armeni, one of my favourite islands of the all lagoon not only for its beauty and tranquillity but for special moments shared in fascinating and interesting conversation with Padre Elia.

VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 14: A general view of the cloister of the Monastery on the day  when a solemn Mass is held for the celebration of the Assumption at the Armenian monastery of San Lazzaro on August 14, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The Armenian Monastery is based on San Lazzaro which is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon lying immediately west of the Lido it is completely occupied by the monastery, founded around 1707, is the mother-house of the Mekhitarist Order, the island is one of the world's foremost centers of Armenian culture (Marco Secchi)