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Berggruen Institute, Casa Dei Tre Oci
8 Sep 2021
Location: Venice, Italy

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Berggruen Institute Venice in Casa Dei Tre Oci
The Berggruen Institute inaugurates the historic Casa Dei Tre Oci in Venice as its European Center Of Activity
Century-Old Neo-Gothic Building on the Giudecca, long a home to artists and thinkers, becomes a Berggruen Institute hub for summits, symposia, and exhibitions
Venice, Italy ? September 2021 ? Establishing a presence in the heart of Europe, the Berggruen Institute today held its first event at Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice. This historic building was recently acquired for the Berggruen Institute from the Fondazione di Venezia by the Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Trust. The Institute intends to make Casa dei Tre Oci its center of European activity: a gathering place for global dialogue and new ideas, housing an international program of summits, workshops, symposia, and exhibitions in the visual arts and architecture. Commenting on the acquisition of Casa dei Tre Oci, Nicolas Berggruen, Chairman of the Berggruen Institute, remarked, ?As Italo Calvino once wrote, ?You take delight not in a city?s seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.? We see Venice as a gateway for those seeking answers to the most pressing questions and challenges of our time?and Casa dei Tre Oci as the nexus of the Institute?s work in d...