In this interview, Dryhurst and Herndon discuss “Attention Guild”, their large-scale installation conceived as a living space for discussion, participation and experimentation. Reflecting on the role of Protocol Art, they explore how institutions can become environments where ideas, technologies and collective contributions actively shape new forms of creativity, opening a conversation on collaboration between humans and machines, public space and emerging cultural systems.

In this interview, Obrist traces the origins of Protocol Art and its connection to invisible infrastructures shaping contemporary culture, while Rispoli describes the exhibition as a living environment where artists, scientists and technologists come together to rethink creativity, participation and the role of human-machine collaboration.

In this conversation, artist Simon Denny walks us through «Monsters Between Worlds», the installation he developed in dialogue with writer Venkatesh Rao for Strange Rules.

In the video, the artist reflects on his relationship with Venice, a city where he has lived and worked for many years, describing it as a place in which local and international dimensions coexist in a unique way, within a historical stratification that continues to shape the present.At the core of the conversation is one of the central themes of his practice: meaning is never stable, but shifts each time it is used. For Kosuth, every intervention alters what it interprets, and language becomes a tool through which to observe how meaning is constructed through the relationship between experience, context and memory.

In the video, the two curators trace the key moments of Kosuth's practice: from the site-specific installation A Chain of Resemblance, which wraps the entrance hall of Casa dei Tre Oci with an appropriated text by Michel Foucault, to the Proto-Investigations of the 1960s, including One and Three Mirrors and Clock (One and Five), through to the anonymous interventions in public space of the 1970s. A journey spanning over fifty years of conceptual practice, showing how Kosuth's investigation of language has taken on different forms each time.

What does it mean to experience a work of contemporary art?

In this interview, Olaf Nicolai reflects on art as a space for questioning, where architecture, science, and philosophy intersect to challenge how we perceive the world. The conversation explores key themes in Nicolai’s artistic practice, including the relationship between space and the body, participation, perception, and attention, as well as the potential of contemporary art to create shared experiences rather than simply produce objects.

Discover Controfacciata, the exhibition by German photographer Matthias Schaller at the Casa dei Tre Oci, curated by Mario Codognato. Schaller shares the story of this project, which began in 2004, exploring the counter-facade, a typical Venetian architectural element.

Contemporary artist Mariko Mori introduces us to her works exhibited at Palazzo Diedo in Venice. In the video, Mori discusses “Peace Crystal”, a site-specific sculpture made of crystal glass that is part of a monumental project initiated in 2010. This project involves unique ecological settings, local communities, and collaborators on each habitable continent, promoting environmental awareness and the balance between humanity and nature.

L’artista americano Jim Shaw parla delle sue opere esposte a Palazzo Diedo a Venezia in occasione della mostra Janus. Conosciuto per la sua pratica immaginativa, inventiva ed eclettica che abbraccia diversi media, dalla pittura alla scultura, Jim Shaw esplora costantemente una vasta gamma di mitologie personali e culturali attraverso l’autoanalisi e la ricerca storica.

In this interview, Silvio Fassi, Sebastiano Roveroni, and Maddalena Gallamini from Studio Silvio Fassi discuss the restoration and enhancement work carried out at Palazzo Diedo. Discover how this intervention has breathed new life into an 18th-century historic building, transforming it into a space that blends architectural tradition with artistic innovation.

Listen to the conversation between Mariko Mori and Emanuele Coccia, moderated by Adriana Rispoli, curator of Berggruen Arts & Culture. During the meeting, themes related to art and philosophy were discussed on the occasion of the new installation Peace Crystal by Mariko Mori in the garden of Palazzo Corner della Ca’ Granda. Mariko Mori is an artist who blends technology and digital language with the rediscovery of humanity’s ancestral roots, raising awareness on equality among peoples and the protection of nature.

Listen to the conversation between Ibrahim Mahama and Ibrahim Lo with Adriana Rispoli, curator of Berggruen Arts & Culture. The themes covered include: emancipation and redemption through study, art, and culture, as well as the theme of travel, touching on the phenomena of globalization, migration, and the world in motion.

An immersive journey through The Next Earth: Computation, Crisis, Cosmology, a Collateral Event of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, presented by Berggruen Arts & Culture in collaboration with Antikythera and MIT Architecture.

After over two years of restoration, Palazzo Diedo reopens its doors, returning the monumental spaces decorated with 18th and 19th-century frescoes and stucco work to their original splendor. Nicholas Berggruen, through Berggruen Arts & Culture, inaugurates a new space dedicated to contemporary art with a vision that blends tradition and innovation.