Arbroath-based Hospitalfield Arts is to curate a new exhibition – in Venice.
The Scotland + Venice partnership’s 2015 presentation will be an exhibition by Scottish artists Graham Fagen curated by the arts organisation at the Palazzo Fontano on the Grand Canal.
The event will coincide with the 56th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia, from May 9 to November 22 2015. This will be the first time Palazzo Fontana has been used for an exhibition.
Palazzo Fontana was built at the end of the 16th century by pupils of leading Renaissance architect Jacopo Sansovino and was the birth place of Pope Clemens XIII in the late 17th century.
The venue occupies over 4,000 square feet and offers an ambitious setting to showcase Scottish contemporary art during the largest and most prestigious visual arts exhibition in the world.
The new venue will also accommodate 21 students selected from seven art and design colleges from across Scotland as part of Scotland + Venice’s Professional Development Programme.
Participating colleges include Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and Angus College, City of Glasgow College, Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, Gray’s School of Art and Moray School of Art, University of the Highlands and Islands.