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CANICULA<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]An exhibition with 8 new video installations commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film on the occasion of the Biennale Arte 2026<\/p>\n

6 May – 22 November 2026<\/p>\n

Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto, Venice<\/p>\n

with<\/p>\n

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Massimo D\u2019Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang e Maya Watanabe<\/p>\n

curated by<\/p>\n

Alessandro Rabottini, Artistic director, Fondazione In Between Art Film<\/p>\n

Leonardo Bigazzi, Curator, Fondazione In Between Art Film<\/p>\n

Read the digital exhibition guide here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Opening hours<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nebula is open every day except Tuesdays\u2028Opening hours: 10-18 (Last admission at 17:15)\u2028Free entry with no reservation required<\/p>\n

Special opening hours: May 06\u201310, 2026, 10-20 (Last admission at 19:15)<\/p>\n

The exhibition will be closed to the public on May 30th.<\/p>\n

The exhibition will be open to the public on June 2nd.<\/p>\n

Free entry.<\/div>\n
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Pets, food and drinks are not allowed in the exhibition.<\/div>\n

Guided Tours<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free guided tours in italian curated by the collective Oltreforma are available for the public every second and fourth Saturday of the month\u2028First guided tour: 10 Second guided tour: 16\u2028The maximum capacity of each tour is 12 people\u2028To book, please send an e-mail to: tour@inbetweenartfilm.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

How to get here<\/strong><\/p>\n

Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto is located in Barbaria de le Tole, 6691, in the area of Castello.\u00a0Open Google Maps<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The nearest waterbus stops are Rialto, San Zaccaria, and Ospedale.\u00a0Find timetables and routes<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

General Inquiries<\/strong>\u2028canicula@inbetweenartfilm.com<\/u><\/a>\u2028+39 3895315152<\/p>\n

Public program<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canicula<\/em> will be accompanied by a cross-disciplinary symposium<\/p>\n

curated by<\/p>\n

Bianca Stoppani, curator for the editorial and discursive programs, Fondazione In Between Art Film<\/p>\n

International media inquiries<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAM TALBOT<\/p>\n

Matthew Brown, matthew@sam-talbot.com, +44 (0) 7989 446557<\/p>\n

Italian media inquiries<\/strong><\/p>\n

LARA FACCO P&C<\/p>\n

Lara Facco, lara@larafacco.com, +39 349 2529989<\/p>\n

Marianita Santarossa, marianita@larafacco.com +39 333 422 4032[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner el_class=”inner-pics” css=”.vc_custom_1638956780289{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1734″ img_size=”large” css=”.vc_custom_1765300208014{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”imgcstmpenumbra”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1735″ img_size=”large” el_class=”img-penumbra imgcstmpenumbra” css=”.vc_custom_1765300215070{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”dida-penumbra”]Images of the Canicula<\/em> visual campaign by Giacomo Bianco[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”colonne-2″]Fondazione In Between Art Film announces Canicula<\/em>, a group exhibition opening on May 6, 2026, at the Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto in Venice on the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.<\/p>\n

Curated by Alessandro Rabottini<\/strong> and Leonardo Bigazzi<\/strong>\u2013\u2013the Fondazione\u2019s artistic director and curator, respectively\u2013\u2013Canicula<\/em> is the third and final chapter of the \u201cTrilogy of Uncertainties<\/strong>,\u201d a series of exhibitions initiated by Fondazione In Between Art Film that has seen the Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto transformed each time into a form of cinematic architecture. Beginning in 2022 with Penumbra<\/em> and continuing in 2024 with Nebula<\/em>, for each show in the trilogy a different atmospheric phenomenon has been deployed in order to explore states of vision as metaphors for the human condition.<\/p>\n

Canicula<\/em> will premiere eight new site-specific video installations commissioned from Lawrence Abu Hamdan<\/strong> (1985, Jordan), Massimo D\u2019Anolfi <\/strong>and Martina Parenti <\/strong>(1974, Italy\/1972, Italy), Roman Khimei<\/strong> and Yarema Malashchuk<\/strong> (1992, Ukraine\/1993, Ukraine), Janis Rafa<\/strong> (1984, Greece), P. Staff<\/strong> (1987, United Kingdom), Wang Tuo<\/strong> (1984, China), Yuyan Wang<\/strong> (1989, China), and Maya Watanabe<\/strong> (1983, Peru). All eight works are commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, the initiative conceived by Beatrice Bulgari<\/strong> to promote the culture of moving images and to support international artists, institutions, and theorists in their explorations of the dialogue between disciplines and time-based media.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanicula,\u201d the Latin term that translates as \u201cdog days,\u201d is widely used today to refer to the hottest days of summer, a period of the year that, in various ancient Mediterranean cultures, was associated with either great abundance or terrible ruin. Following on from Penumbra<\/em> (2022) and Nebula<\/em> (2024), Canicula<\/em> will mark the end of a narrative arc that, over the course of three Venice Biennale cycles, has gradually charted the transition from a lack of light to a surfeit. While Penumbra<\/em> explored the ambiguity of dim light and Nebula<\/em> navigated a path through the disorientation of fog, Canicula<\/em> will look at blinding brightness and scorching heat. These are conditions that, once again, deceive the senses and raise questions about the reliability of vision and the interpretations of reality that it yields.<\/p>\n

The exhibition concept for Canicula<\/em> is inspired by the phenomena of extreme light and heat as material and metaphorical frameworks, in which matter, people, and ideas are put under pressure. Image overload, information distortion, memory saturation, abuses of power, and oppressive temperatures are taking societies \u2013 and, indeed, the Earth itself \u2013 to the very brink of collapse. The works in Canicula<\/em> evoke the sensations associated with the overwhelming atmosphere of the present moment in which our bodies, minds, and politics are immersed. Within this context, the works engage with internal and external agents of consumption and erosion to ponder the irresolvable riddle of image production and its broader implications.<\/p>\n

Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli<\/strong> and his Milanese studio 2050+<\/strong>\u2006 \u2006 have once again been invited to interpret the curatorial concept through the exhibition design. The composite architecture of the Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto in Venice\u2013\u2013incorporating the Church of Santa Maria dei Derelitti, the frescoed concert room, the old pharmacy, and areas of the modern retirement home\u2013\u2013will be transformed to welcome the newly commissioned video installations into a close visual and sonic dialogue.<\/p>\n

Canicula<\/em> will be accompanied by a cross-disciplinary symposium curated by Bianca Stoppani<\/strong>, curator of the Fondazione\u2019s editorial and discursive programs. The symposium will involve the artists appearing in the exhibition and, via panels with international curators and thinkers, will expand the conversations around their practice.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1782296838902{padding-top: 20px !important;}”]Canicula \u2014 ArtReview editor-in-chief Mark Rappolt in conversation with Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi.[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1202856251″][vc_column_text el_class=”dida-penumbra”]ArtReview editor-in-chief Mark Rappolt in conversation with Alessandro Rabottini and Leonardo Bigazzi.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1589698019580{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”]<\/p>\n

ARTISTS BIOGRAPHIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1727″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN<\/p>\n

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is a Lebanese-British independent investigator or \u201cPrivate Ear,\u201d with a PhD from the University of London on the role of sound in legal investigations. In 2023, he founded Earshot, the world\u2019s first not-for-profit organization dedicated to the study of audio for human rights and environmental advocacy. His work has been presented in the form of forensic reports, lectures, live performances, films, publications, and exhibitions at institutions such as: Munch Museum, Oslo; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Biennale Arte 2019, Venice; Sharjah Biennial 14; and the 12th Berlin Biennale. Abu Hamdan\u2019s work has been widely recognized internationally with awards such as the Grand Prize at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (2022), and the Audience Award at the Toronto Biennial (2020), among others. For the 2019 Turner Prize, Abu Hamdan formed a temporary collective with fellow nominated artists Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani in order to receive the award jointly.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1728″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]MASSIMO D\u2019ANOLFI AND MARTINA PARENTI<\/strong> are among the leading voices in contemporary non-fiction cinema. Since 2007, their works have been presented at international festivals and major museum institutions, including the Berlinale; the Biennale Cinema, Venice; the Locarno Film Festival; Hot Docs, Toronto; EIDF \u2013 EBS International Documentary Festival, Seoul; RIDM \u2013 Montreal International Documentary Festival; IDFA, Amsterdam; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Fondazione Prada, Milan; and the Centre d\u2019Art Contemporain Gen\u00e8ve. Their most recently awarded films include Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari <\/em>(2024), presented out of competition at the Biennale Cinema in Venice and awarded at IDFA, Amsterdam; Spira Mirabilis<\/em> (2016), in competition at the Biennale Cinema in Venice and winner of the Green Drop Award; Materia Oscura<\/em> (2013) at the Trieste Film Festival; Il Castello<\/em> (2011) at Hot Docs, Toronto; EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF), Seoul; the IDA Awards, Los Angeles; and the Torino Film Festival. In 2025, the Viennale dedicated a complete monograph to their work.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1731″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]ROMAN KHIMEI AND YAREMA MALASHCHUK<\/strong> are filmmakers and visual artists working in Kyiv. Their works have been presented at major institutions including the Kunstverein Hannover; the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts; the PinchukArtCentre\/Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice; the Kunsthaus Hamburg; the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; the Albertinum, Dresden; the Haus der Kunst, Munich; the Castello di Rivoli, Turin; and the Galeria Arsena\u0142, Bia\u0142ystok. Their short film Additional Scenes<\/em> (2024) won the main award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and at the Ukrainian Film Critics\u2019 Awards. They have also been awarded the VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize (2021) and the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020). Their video works are part of several collections: Fondazione In Between Art Film; the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; Kontakt, Bucharest; TBA21; Frac Bretagne, Rennes; Kiasma, Helsinki; and M HKA, Antwerp, among others. Khimei and Malashchuk are members of the art group Prykarpattian Theater collective.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1726″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]JANIS RAFA<\/strong> is an artist who lives and works between Amsterdam and Athens. Her works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions at Fondazione Merz, Turin; Salt, Istanbul; EMST \u2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; VOX \u2013 Centre de l\u2019image contemporaine, Montreal; M HKA, Antwerp; the Turku Art Museum; the Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam; the Biennale Arte 2022, Venice; the Museu T\u00e0pies, Barcelona; and MAXXI, Rome. Rafa holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of Leeds and was an art resident on the Onassis Air Program (2024), and Artworks \u2013 Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2020), among others. Her work has been supported by the Mondriaan Fund, ART for the World, AFK, the Netherlands Film Fund, and the Greek Film Centre. Rafa\u2019s work is part of a number of institutional and private collections, including those of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Centraal Museum, Utrecht; the Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar; Fondazione In Between Art Film; and the Dommering Foundation, Amsterdam.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1730″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]P. STAFF<\/strong> is an artist based in Los Angeles and London. Staff\u2019s work has been presented internationally at institutions such as the Bonner Kunstverein; Serralves, Porto; the Whitney Biennial 2024, New York; the Kunsthalle Basel; MOCA, Los Angeles; the Biennale Arte 2022, Venice; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Shanghai; the Serpentine Gallery, London; the Chisenhale Gallery, London; and the New Museum, New York. They have received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, the Tate Liverpool\/Keith Haring Foundation Artist Research Fellowship, and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Visual Arts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1732″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]WANG TUO<\/strong> is an artist who lives and works in Beijing. Wang has recently held solo and group exhibitions at K21, D\u00fcsseldorf; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; the Power Station of Art, Shanghai; OCAT, Shenzhen\/Shanghai; the Incheon Art Platform; UCCA \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; the Times Museum, Guangzhou; the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; the Salt Project, Beijing; the Taikang Space, Beijing; the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; the Julia Stoschek Foundation, D\u00fcsseldorf; the Queens Museum, New York; the Kino der Kunst, Munich; the Zarya Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok; the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1733″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]YUYAN WANG<\/strong> is a filmmaker and video artist currently based in Paris. Her work has been showcased at art events and institutions including the 2025 Gwangju Biennale; the 12th Berlin Biennale; Tate, London; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; UCCA \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; the Wan\u00e5s Konst, Knislinge; and 3bisf \u2013 Centre d\u2019arts contemporains, Aix-en-Provence; and at festivals such as Berlinale; the International Film Festival Rotterdam; Doc Fortnight at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; CPH:DOX; and the European Media Art Festival, Osnabr\u00fcck. Her films have received numerous awards.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1729″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]MAYA WATANABE<\/strong> is a visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Amsterdam, where she teaches at the Rietveld Academie. Her work has been presented at institutions such as the De Pont Museum, Tilburg; MAXXI, Rome; the Sharjah Art Foundation; the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; the Kyoto Art Center; Fridericianum, Kassel; Matadero Madrid; the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and MASP, S\u00e3o Paulo. She has participated in various art biennials and festivals, including Manifesta 15, Barcelona; the Videobrasil festival, S\u00e3o Paulo; the Havana Biennial; the Asian Art Biennial, Taichung; the Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition; and the Beijing Biennial. She has also worked as an audiovisual art director on stage productions in Peru, Spain, Austria, and Italy. She is currently a PhD researcher in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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