Vincenzo De Cotiis Foundation

Claudia Rose De Cotiis, President of VINCENZO DE COTIIS FOUNDATION, says “At the foundation, we are surrounded by history, but also enclosed in a space dedicated to contemporary art and futuristic expression. Myself and Vincenzo have felt a deep love for Venice all our lives, and it was important to respond to its call, creating a space that is an authentic extension of ourselves and of everything that makes this city unique. VINCENZO DE COTIIS FOUNDATION is as much a centre for contemporary expression as it is a heartfelt thanks from us to Venice, in acknowledgement of all it has given us over the years”

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The 15th century Palazzo Giustinian Lolin is located on the banks of Canal Grande in Venice, Italy. Its facade was renovated during the Baroque period by Baldassare Longhena in 1630

Longhena maintained traces of the original gothic plan, with narrow peaked windows. His tiered facade combines Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns, deftly on top of one another

In the 19th century the palace was occupied by various residents: the doctor Francesco Aglietti followed by the dancer Maria Taglioni, and then by the former Duchess of Parma, Maria Luisa

In the 20th century, it was the home of the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation for Music Studies, founded in 1962. The Levi family was a Jewish wealthy mercantile and banking pioneer in Venice, who survived persecution during World War II by hiding as farmers in the countryside

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