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NEWS
#CaniculaVenice is now open every day (except on Tuesdays) at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto in Venice until November 22, 2026. Come and visit us!
We take this occasion to thank all the incredible professionals without whom our third exhibition in Venice would have not been possible
A deep, heartfelt thank you to the artists Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, and Maya Watanabe who shared their visions with us; to @2050.plus (Sara Barbini, Matteo Bozzi, Francesca Lantieri, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Sofia Tapia Buchelli) who conceived the exhibition scenography; to @altofragile_studio (Lapo Gavioli, Valentina Goretti, Giulia Mainetti, Francesco Rovaldi) who realised the set-up; to @lorenzomasonstudio (Michele Bellinaso, Lorenzo Mason, Simone Spinazzè) who designed the exhibition’s visual identity and printed matters; to the organisational offices @venezia_news and @ospedaletto_contemporaneo; and to @larafacco_press (Lara Facco, Andrea Gardenghi, Giulia Maggi, Marianita Santarossa), and @mr.sam.talbot (Matthew Brown, Flora Guildford, Sam Talbot) who take care of our press relations.
Last but not the least, thanks to our tireless team: Alessandro Rabottini, Leonardo Bigazzi, Alessia Carlino, Bianca Stoppani, Anna Castelli, Livia Polacco, Giovanni Giacomo Paolin, Chiara Nicolini, Simona Iandoli, Martina Di Bernardino
Images: “Canicula”, Fondazione In Between Art Film at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice, 2026. Courtesy Fondazione In Between Art Film. Photo © @_marcocappelletti and @beppemiotto / @marcocappellettistudio
CANICULA opens tomorrow at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice
With works by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, and Maya Watanabe
Curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi
Scenography by 2050+
06.05–22.11.2026
OPENING DAYS AND TIMES
Open every day except Tuesdays, 10–18 (Last admission at 17:15)
Special opening hours: May 6–10, 2026, 10-20 (Last admission at 19:15)
Free entry
HOW TO GET HERE
Complesso dell’Ospedaletto is located in Barbaria de le Tole, 6691, in the area of Castello
The nearest waterbus stops are Rialto, San Zaccaria, and Ospedale
INFO
canicula@inbetweenartfilm.com / T. +39 389 5315152
We look forward to welcoming you!
Photography: @g.i.a.c.o.m.o.b.i.a.n.c.o
Typography: @lorenzomasonstudio
Sneak peek from “The Experimental Paradigm of Ownership and Autonomy” (2026), the new work by Wang Tuo premiering in our forthcoming group exhibition #CaniculaVenice on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto on the occasion of @labiennale 2026 in Venice
Curated by @alessandro.rabottini and @leonardobigazzi, CANICULA is the 3rd and final chapter of the ‘Trilogy of Uncertainties,’ a series of exhibitions we initiated in 2022 and that has seen the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture
CANICULA presents 8 new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe
The exhibition takes on the dazzling light and sweltering heat that characterise the dog days of summer as metaphors for the present day, a time saturated with excesses and distortions: extreme light and heat are thus considered to be the material and metaphorical frames within which matter, people and ideas are subject to immense pressure. CANICULA places at the centre of the narrative the individual and collective responses to a landscape consumed by technology, eroded by inequalities and polluted by propaganda, exploring the psychological, political and social dimensions of the intolerable climate in which we are immersed. The works form a choral scenario wherein the questions of control, information, science, war, the production of memory and the administration of power and truth, are all wondered about
The scenography of the show, designed once again by @2050.plus, brings to life the curatorial concept through a series of spatial and sensory interventions and through the use of materials that evoke fatigue and deterioration
Excerpt from Wang Tuo, The Experimental Paradigm of Ownership and Autonomy, 2026. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, and co-produced by @the_soil_collection and @blindspotgallery for the exhibition Canicula, 2026. Courtesy of the artist; Blindspot Gallery; Fondazione In Between Art Film
Typography by @lorenzomasonstudio
Sneak peek from “Wishful Thinking” (2026), the new work by Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk premiering in our forthcoming group exhibition #CaniculaVenice on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto on the occasion of @labiennale 2026 in Venice
Curated by @alessandro.rabottini and @leonardobigazzi, CANICULA is the 3rd and final chapter of the ‘Trilogy of Uncertainties,’ a series of exhibitions we initiated in 2022 and that has seen the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture
CANICULA presents 8 new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe
The exhibition takes on the dazzling light and sweltering heat that characterise the dog days of summer as metaphors for the present day, a time saturated with excesses and distortions: extreme light and heat are thus considered to be the material and metaphorical frames within which matter, people and ideas are subject to immense pressure. CANICULA places at the centre of the narrative the individual and collective responses to a landscape consumed by technology, eroded by inequalities and polluted by propaganda, exploring the psychological, political and social dimensions of the intolerable climate in which we are immersed. The works form a choral scenario wherein the questions of control, information, science, war, the production of memory and the administration of power and truth, are all wondered about
The scenography of the show, designed once again by @2050.plus, brings to life the curatorial concept through a series of spatial and sensory interventions and through the use of materials that evoke fatigue and deterioration
For more info, visit www.inbetweenartfilm.com
Excerpt from Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Wishful Thinking, 2026. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film for the exhibition Canicula, 2026. Courtesy of the artists; Fondazione In Between Art Film; @galeriepoggi
Typography by @lorenzomasonstudio
Sneak peek from “Baby I’m Yours, Forever” (2026), the new work by Janis Rafa premiering in our forthcoming group exhibition #CaniculaVenice on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto on the occasion of @labiennale 2026 in Venice
Curated by @alessandro.rabottini and @leonardobigazzi, CANICULA is the 3rd and final chapter of the ‘Trilogy of Uncertainties,’ a series of exhibitions we initiated in 2022 and that has seen the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture
CANICULA presents 8 new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe
The exhibition takes on the dazzling light and sweltering heat that characterise the dog days of summer as metaphors for the present day, a time saturated with excesses and distortions: extreme light and heat are thus considered to be the material and metaphorical frames within which matter, people and ideas are subject to immense pressure. CANICULA places at the centre of the narrative the individual and collective responses to a landscape consumed by technology, eroded by inequalities and polluted by propaganda, exploring the psychological, political and social dimensions of the intolerable climate in which we are immersed. The works form a choral scenario wherein the questions of control, information, science, war, the production of memory and the administration of power and truth, are all wondered about
The scenography of the show, designed once again by @2050.plus, brings to life the curatorial concept through a series of spatial and sensory interventions and through the use of materials that evoke fatigue and deterioration
More info at www.inbetweenartfilm.com
Excerpt from Janis Rafa, Baby I’m Yours, Forever, 2026. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, co-produced by @onassis.foundation and @heretic.films with additional support from @mondriaanfonds, for the exhibition Canicula, 2026. Courtesy of the artist; @callirrhoe_; Fondazione In Between Art Film
Typography @lorenzomasonstudio
Sneak peek from “450XL: The Story of a Fugitive Sound” (2026), the new work by Lawrence Abu Hamdan premiering in our forthcoming group exhibition #CaniculaVenice on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto on the occasion of @labiennale 2026 in Venice
Curated by @alessandro.rabottini and @leonardobigazzi, CANICULA is the 3rd and final chapter of the ‘Trilogy of Uncertainties,’ a series of exhibitions we initiated in 2022 and that has seen the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture
CANICULA presents 8 new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe
The exhibition takes on the dazzling light and sweltering heat that characterise the dog days of summer as metaphors for the present day, a time saturated with excesses and distortions: extreme light and heat are thus considered to be the material and metaphorical frames within which matter, people and ideas are subject to immense pressure. CANICULA places at the centre of the narrative the individual and collective responses to a landscape consumed by technology, eroded by inequalities and polluted by propaganda, exploring the psychological, political and social dimensions of the intolerable climate in which we are immersed. The works form a choral scenario wherein the questions of control, information, science, war, the production of memory and the administration of power and truth, are all wondered about
The scenography of the show, designed once again by @2050.plus, brings to life the curatorial concept through a series of spatial and sensory interventions and through the use of materials that evoke fatigue and deterioration
For more info, visit www.inbetweenartfilm.com
Excerpt from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 450XL: The Story of a Fugitive Sound, 2026. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film for the exhibition Canicula, 2026. Courtesy of the artist; Fondazione In Between Art Film; @maureenpaley; @morcharpentier; @sfeirsemlergallery
Typography by @lorenzomasonstudio
Sneak peek from “Terminal Lucidity” (2026), the new work by P. Staff premiering in our forthcoming group exhibition #CaniculaVenice on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto on the occasion of @labiennale 2026 in Venice
Curated by @alessandro.rabottini and @leonardobigazzi, CANICULA is the 3rd and final chapter of the ‘Trilogy of Uncertainties,’ a series of exhibitions we initiated in 2022 and that has seen the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture
CANICULA presents 8 new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe
The exhibition takes on the dazzling light and sweltering heat that characterise the dog days of summer as metaphors for the present day, a time saturated with excesses and distortions: extreme light and heat are thus considered to be the material and metaphorical frames within which matter, people and ideas are subject to immense pressure. CANICULA places at the centre of the narrative the individual and collective responses to a landscape consumed by technology, eroded by inequalities and polluted by propaganda, exploring the psychological, political and social dimensions of the intolerable climate in which we are immersed. The works form a choral scenario wherein the questions of control, information, science, war, the production of memory and the administration of power and truth, are all wondered about
The scenography of the show, designed once again by @2050.plus, brings to life the curatorial concept through a series of spatial and sensory interventions and through the use of materials that evoke fatigue and deterioration
For more info, visit www.inbetweenartfilm.com
Excerpt from P. Staff, Terminal Lucidity, 2026. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, co-produced by @emmamuseum with support from the @saastamoinenfoundation, for the exhibition Canicula, 2026. Courtesy of the artist; @commonwealthandcouncil; Fondazione In Between Art Film; @galeriesultana
Typography by @lorenzomasonstudio
Sneak peek from “Boring Billion” (2026), the new work by Yuyan Wang premiering in our forthcoming group exhibition #CaniculaVenice on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto on the occasion of @labiennale 2026 in Venice
Curated by @alessandro.rabottini and @leonardobigazzi, CANICULA is the 3rd and final chapter of the ‘Trilogy of Uncertainties,’ a series of exhibitions we initiated in 2022 and that has seen the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture
CANICULA presents 8 new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe
The exhibition takes on the dazzling light and sweltering heat that characterise the dog days of summer as metaphors for the present day, a time saturated with excesses and distortions: extreme light and heat are thus considered to be the material and metaphorical frames within which matter, people and ideas are subject to immense pressure. CANICULA places at the centre of the narrative the individual and collective responses to a landscape consumed by technology, eroded by inequalities and polluted by propaganda, exploring the psychological, political and social dimensions of the intolerable climate in which we are immersed. The works form a choral scenario wherein the questions of control, information, science, war, the production of memory and the administration of power and truth, are all wondered about
The scenography of the show, designed once again by @2050.plus, brings to life the curatorial concept through a series of spatial and sensory interventions and through the use of materials that evoke fatigue and deterioration
For more info, visit www.inbetweenartfilm.com
Excerpt from Yuyan Wang, Boring Billion, 2026. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, and co-produced by @thevegafoundation, for the exhibition Canicula, 2026. Courtesy of the artist, Fondazione In Between Art Film
Typography by @lorenzomasonstudio