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04.04 \u2013 18.10 2026<\/p>\n
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Scala Contarini del Bovolo and its exhibition rooms are hosting “Mythos”, an exhibition by Wallace Chan and curated by James Putnam.<\/p>\n
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Chan’s\u00a0Mythos\u00a0<\/em>is a series of titanium sculptures installed on the first floor of the Bovolo Tower and within the Palazzo, accompanied by two soundscapes. <\/p>\n In the Palazzo’s second floor, three hanging sculptures respond to Tintoretto’s in situ\u00a0Paradise<\/em>,their ‘floating’ quality echoing the painting’s cloud-borne celestial beings. Chan’s accompanying soundscape draws on recordings of titanium being hammered and polished in his workshop – sounds he regards as music, and which connect to Biennale’s curatorial theme\u00a0In Minor Keys<\/em>. <\/p>\n At its core,\u00a0Mythos<\/em> exlores the relationship between mythology and astronomy. Across Eastern and Western traditions, celestial observation has long merged the scientific with the spiritual. This theme finds a resonant home at the Bovolo Tower, where in 1859, German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel discovered a comet and nebula – using a telescope purchased in Venice, the city where Galileo presented his improved telescope to the Doge in 1609.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tower itself, long regarded in mythology as a ladder to heaven, mirrors Chan’s vision of a layered, interconnected cosmos. As the artist reflects: “Everithing is unrelated, yet everything is connected – the universe is, after all, woven from countless strands<\/em>“.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The exhibition will be open until October 18th. It will be visitable everyday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (last admission at 5:30 p.m.).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”25545632,25545624,25545608,25545630,25545610,25545634″ show_title_and_caption=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ custom_margin=”0px||50px|” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/exhibitions\/” button_text=”BACK TO EXHIBITIONS” button_alignment=”center” admin_label=”Mostre” module_id=”gn_button_orange” module_class=”gn_button” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_button=”on” custom_margin=”50px|||” button_text_color_hover=”#ffffff” button_border_color_hover=”#52545a” button_bg_color_hover=”#52545a” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#ffffff” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_border_color__hover=”#52545a” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_bg_color__hover=”#52545a” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 4th April \u2013 18th October 2026 Exhibition by Wallace Chan
The hanging sculptures on the Tower are inspired by Tintoretto’s 16th-century painting\u00a0The Three Graces and Mercury<\/em> in the Doge’s Palace. The Three Graces – symbols of beauty, creativity and perfection – have fascinated the artist since childhood. Rather than depicting them in their traditional nude form, he renders them as three abstract faces appearing to chase one another, reflecting his belief that “beauty is an endless pursuit – forever in motion, always elusive. The true Graces – real beauty – are found in the mind, the heart, and the spirit<\/em>“.
Tintoretto’s painting celebrated Venetian governance and trade, with the Graces ebodying the city’s beauty and Mercury its mercantile spirit. Chan portrays Mercury as a planet, so named because of the god’s speed, as it is the fastest planet to orbit the Sun. Although he depicts Mercury as a sphere, he refers back to the mythical god by making sculptures of his attributes, the god’s winged staff entwined with two serpents (caduceus<\/em>) and his winged helmet (petasos<\/em>). Suspended in mid-air, the delicately coloured titanium works have a dreamlike, almost ethereal presence in dialogue with the striking architecture of the Bovolo Tower.<\/p>\n
A second room features a freestanding iron and titanium sculpture with a large quartz crystal, encircled by four directional speakers broadcasting a poetic monologue written and narrated by Chan. Visitors hear the audio only when standing directly beneath each speaker, preserving silence throughout the rest of the space.<\/p>\n
\nPalazzo Contarini del Bovolo<\/p>\n
\nCurated by James Putnam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25545601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,46,82,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25545645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bovolo-en","category-exhibitions","category-in-corso-al-bovolo-en","category-news-hidden-jewels-of-venice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25545645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25545645"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25545645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25545659,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25545645\/revisions\/25545659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25545601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25545645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25545645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gioiellinascostidivenezia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25545645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}