On 28 April 2005, the Council of Casino Spa decided to sell 80% of the company to François Pinault. François Pinault declared that next autumn he will reopen Palazzo Grassi; the event will be the permanent exposition of his contemporary art collection, considered one of the most exhausting of the (...)

The idea behind the exposition is to reform the system of road signs of Venice, a city which is by itself a maze, almost a medina into which it is really easy to lose oneself. The proposal has been immediately accepted by the president of the Consorzio Venezia Nuova, Consortium for a New (...)