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22/05/2019, 16*31Old Master dealer Colnaghi and interior designer Chahan Minassian team up for Venice ‘Grand Tourʼ home
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Old Master dealer Colnaghi
and interior designer
Chahan Minassian team up
for Venice ‘Grand Tour’
homeColnaghi, which runs galleries in London and New
York, has opened an exhibition at a 9th century
Benedictine Abbey called Abbazia di San Gregorio in
Venice.
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Colnaghi and interior designer Chahan Minassian have decorated a
refurnbished abbey in Venice as the home of a “21st-century traveller” or
modern-day Grand Tourist.
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The abbey on the Grand Canal near Santa Maria della Salute was
restored in the early 20th century and includes architectural and
decorative features spanning more than 1000 years.
Colnaghi and interior designer Chahan Minassian have decorated the
abbey as the home of a '21st-century traveller' or modern-day Grand
Tourist. The décor will incorporate Old Master paintings, vintage and
modern furniture and design.
The exhibition opened this month to coincide with La Biennale di
Venezia and will remain open by appointment until November 24.
Colnaghi will host an exhibition in Venice that will open by appointment
until November 24.
In a statement Colnaghi said: “Venice has been a central destination
for ‘Grand Tourists’ since the 18th century and its appeal has
continued to this day… As well as illustrating the lifestyle of a modern-
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day collector, the exhibition at the Abbazia di San Gregorio will
encapsulate the timeless spirit of the Grand Tourist in a contemporary
setting.
“Set amid its medieval architecture… the installation will include
works of art spanning the centuries, from master paintings to
contemporary design, illustrating how today’s collectors can live
alongside their collection.”
A website launched by the Colnaghi Foundation “explores Venice
through notable people, places and sights, and includes itineraries
drawn from the diaries of notable visitors over the last 300 years”.
Over the years the abbey has hosted a number of prominent artists
including Canaletto (1697-1768), who painted from the site, John
Ruskin, who studied its architecture in the 19th century, and Andy
Warhol, whose work was exhibited there in 1988. It was also once
owned by Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton.
A view from the entrance of the Abbazia di San Gregorio in Venice.
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