An international collaboration of artists, conservationists, and historians explore the paradoxical magnificence and fragility of an ancient animal and an ancient city in a combined symposium and exhibition.
Symposium
24th November, 2018
Palazzo Contarini Polignac
Beauty and the Beast: Venice and the Rhino
Interrogates questions of luxury, conservation, and sustainable consumption, through art and discourse.
Exhibition
24th November - 21 December, 2018
Magazzino Gallery, Palazzo Contarini Polignac
Rhinoceros: Luxury’s fragile frontier
A weighty beast, which has roamed the earth for 50 million years, now faces the true cost of unregulated desire.
Visitor information
Location details and map here
About the event
Learn more about the story behind the event here
Reviews and reflections
Reviewed in Venezia News
Reviewed in Ticino Live
Reviewed in ABC Veneto
Reviewed by Cat Bauer, the Venetian Cat
Reviewed by YourArt Asia
Reviewed by Ok Arte
Reviewed by blogger Giuseppe Borsoi
Reflections by exhibitor Ronna Bloom
and also here
Reflections by exhibitor Lynn Johnson