CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo

24/08/2026

Since 2022 CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo is that place in Giudecca Venice…

WHERE CONTEMPORARY ART
MEETS
CRAFTMANSHIP HERITAGE.

WHERE CULTURE
MEETS
TIME.

WHERE IDEAS
BUILD
THE FUTURE.

A cultural hub and a laboratory of visions.
An open space for experimentation, dialogue, and transformation.
A project that regenerates places, activates communities, and builds new horizons through contemporary culture, where everyone can come and visit without any ticket.

If you are in Venice for the Film Festival take your time and come to is to have a different and real experience of the city.

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23/08/2026

Fabrizio Plessi.
Installation view from CYFEST 15.

Was a pleasure an an honor to embrace his amazing art at CREA.

One of the pioneers and absolute masters of video art, international and true Venetian artist, passed away today .

A warm hug to all his family and to all the art community.

13/07/2026

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13/06/2026

Getting closer and closer to

Michael Corner

A Context of Mutual Elucidation,
2026
oil on canvas

On show at Clichè
Spazio Legno & Legno

Credits and special thanks to

05/06/2026

Two years ago everything started as a joke, a way to test our audience and to make scouting of brand new talents.

After 2 edition of we had the opportunity to know and meet the works of over
8000 artists worldwide.

Now is summertime, usually time for relax and chill…

But we are already at work to create a next bigger, stronger, more partecipated edition!

Stay tuned!

07/05/2026

Sneak Peak to to the brand new flowers’ bloom
by .miyazaki.722

inside the brand new
CREA GARDEN 🌼🌺🌹🌷

This Installation is part of

FROM WATER TO FORM
Keita’s solo show at the
Museum of Oriental Art in Venice

curated by Pier Paolo Scelsi .scelsi Ilaria Cera , and Riccardo Freddo

with scientific direction by Elisabetta Barisoni Marta Boscolo Marchi Daniele Ferrara, and Stefania Portinari.

The exhibition is promoted by Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Veneto -
Museum of Oriental Art
Gallery Rosenfeld and CREA Cantieri del
Contemporaneo, with the patronage of the Consulate General of Japan in Milan and the Japan Foundation

The Museum exhibition will unfold within one of Europe’s most significant collections of Japanese Edo-period art, where Miyazaki’s practice engages in a profound dialogue with history, craftsmanship, and transformation.
Water becomes both material and metaphor: a generative force of destruction and rebirth, deeply rooted in both Japanese culture and the identity of Venice.

04/05/2026

We don’t like easy things!!!

Biennale days are always a challenge e we tried to react in our way!

WIDESPREAD SEEDS

On 7th and 8th of May, Our living dockyard is going to present to our visitors a deep and rich program of

Exhibitions
Installations
Public Art
Talks
Performances

Waiting for you on May 8th for the opening vernissage art, drink and food and fun!!

Come to say hello!!!

.lab .scelsi

27/04/2026

💥BREAKING NEWS!💥

Waiting for you on May 7th and 8th for the big opening of

WIDESPREED SEEDS

2 full days of a deep program made by exhibitions, public art, installations, performances and talks!

with the artistic direction of .scelsi &

To coincide with the opening days of the 61st Venice Biennale Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys, CREA – Cantieri del Contemporaneo, is pleased to announce the exhibition Widespread Seeds, taking place on 7 and 8 May 2026 at the CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo spaces located in the former Venetian small shipyard on the island of Giudecca (VE).

Widespread Seeds envisions the Cantiere as a communal garden and botanical garden where each of the eight partners involved, both national and international, sows, activates and allows their own imprint to take root in the spaces they traverse through practices and proposals involving more than 50 international artists and with the massive collaborations of our partners.

.lab .lands

Full program on the link in bio
Big opening with free bar on May 8th at 6.00pm

Massive special thanks to for graphics and visual design

20/04/2026

17/04/2026

Brand new floor
Brand new walls
At Legno & Legno art space
At CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo