Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco (campo san Rocco 3052)
9 May – 22 November, 2026
OPENING: 7/5/2026, Duration: 9/5/2026 – 22/11/2026
Curated by Dr. Katerina Koskina
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Curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio (Italy) and Katerina Koskina (Greece), the
exhibition establishes a reflective encounter between Renaissance painting and
contemporary sculpture. Jan Fabre is the first living artist invited to exhibit within one of Venice’s most historically significant artistic spaces. The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, home to Tintoretto’s monumental cycle of paintings, one of the masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance, will host one of the most compelling exhibitions of the upcoming cultural season. From 9 May to 22 November 2026, Jan Fabre’s “The Quiet Source” stages a dialogue between past and present through three sculptures created by the Flemish artist. Installed along the central axis of the building, the works interact conceptually and spatially with Tintoretto’s paintings, generating a layered encounter between two artistic languages separated by centuries, yet united by a shared exploration of light, spirituality and human experience. The project coincides with the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and is organized by Galleria Gaburro together with Linda and Guy Pieters Foundation. A leading figure in contemporary artistic practice, Jan Fabre (Antwerp, 1958) has developed an interdisciplinary body of work encompassing drawing, sculpture, installation, film and performance. For this exhibition, Fabre envisions the legacy of Tintoretto through the language of sculpture, adopting silicon bronze as his chosen medium, a material whose luminous surface amplifies light and lends the works a striking sense of presence and immateriality. Light, after all, lies at the heart of Venetian painting. Through its dramatic and expressive use, artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto transformed pictorial space into something dynamic, fluid and vibrant.
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