Exhibitions

OUTTA LOVE

Venice, Italy

An exploration of heartbreak and rebirth set within the faded grandeur of a Venetian palazzo during the 2026 Biennale.

Outta Love 7 May - 30 June 2026
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© Stallmann Galleries

Meet the artist

Also featuring: Angela Brandys, Darren Bader, Vivian Maier, Milko Pavlov, Daniel Spivakov, Wolfgang Tillmans, Lawrence Weiner, Francesca Woodman

The Movement

Contemporary Art

ArtLovers Tip

Look closely at the works by Francesca Woodman; her ability to capture the body as a fleeting, ghost-like presence perfectly mirrors the exhibition's theme of dissolving identity.

Exhibition Highlights - What you’ll see

Heartbreak is rarely a clean break; it is a messy, evocative process of shedding old selves to find what remains. At Palazzo Vendramin ai Carmini, this group exhibition gathers heavyweights like Jenny Saville and Wolfgang Tillmans to examine the quiet beauty of reinvention after emotional fracture. It is a study of the body as a map of memory and the ways we inhabit ourselves after an intimacy dissolves.

You're watching light filter through tall windows onto textiles and photographs that seem to pulse with a fragile energy. The scale of the palazzo's historic rooms makes the intimate works feel both protected and exposed, creating a space where the echoes of past lives mingle with the raw immediacy of contemporary grief and desire.

Worth the trip

  • Venetian Context: Seeing contemporary heartbreak themes against the backdrop of a historic palazzo adds a layer of timelessness to personal loss.
  • High-Caliber Roster: The curation brings together masters of the lens and the brush, from Francesca Woodman's spectral photography to Lawrence Weiner's conceptual language.
  • Biennale Refuge: It offers a contemplative escape from the larger crowds of the Giardini, focusing on the internal landscape of the human heart.

How to experience it

Move slowly through the rooms, allowing the dialogue between the different mediums—from the tactile weight of textiles to the starkness of photography—to settle. After leaving the palazzo, walk toward the quiet canals of Dorsoduro to let the themes of loss and rebirth breathe in the cool lagoon air, perhaps finding a corner in a small campo to reflect on the resilience of the human spirit.

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