Exhibition Details

A year after the partnership’s official announcement and in conjunction with the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, Giovanni Nicelli Private Airport and Nilufar present the new exhibition “The Ever-Present Future of Design”. Pieces from diverse ages, countries and creators, conjoin in a single but multiform language that discovers the future through vintage and contemporary creations.
GIOVANNI NICELLI PRIVATE AIRPORT AND NILUFAR
Via R. Morandi, 9, 30126 Venice (IT)
Opening to the public from May 20th
Monday—Saturday | 10AM—6PM
 Hosted in the hall of the 1920’s building and curated by Nina Yashar, the exhibition was conceived thinking of the intrinsic nature of connections and exchanges that resides within the space of the airport, and proposes the contemporary face of collectible design as informed by a journey through its history and present. The new exhibition reinforces Giovanni Nicelli Private Airport’s role of cultural pole promoting arts in the Lido, as begun in 2019 by the new president and administrator Maurizio Luigi Garbisa, alongside the director of marketing and events, Stefano Rampinelli, and the head of cultural and artistic direction, Laura Alfieri.
The culturally dense context of the Giovanni Nicelli Private Airport is the ideal setting to stage Nina Yashar’s scenographies: a hybrid space that looks to the future through the dialogue between vintage and contemporary creations. The travel begins with a large and varied showcase of pieces from the masters, belonging to different ages and nationalities, including Pietro Consagra, Andrea Branzi, Franco Albini, Joaquim Tenreiro, Carlo Scarpa and Gio Ponti, alongside works by contemporary creators such as Atlerie Lavit, Khaled El Mays, Martino Gamper, Analogia Project, Off Matter, Domitilla Harding, Lukas Wegwerth and Draga & Aurel.
“Giovanni Nicelli Private Airport is permeated by magic: it reminds us of all the richness travelling offers and of the beauty that crossing borders can bring. You almost lose the dimension of time when entering the space, offering the unique headspace and possibility of actually rethinking and rediscovering time. In this scenario, my desire was to showcase pieces that have and still define today the future of collectible design” states Yashar.
“I am thrilled to welcome back my dear friend Nina Yashar to Nicelli Private Airport and continue this journey together. Our aim is to make the most of the space and we are willing to do things that are not necessarily commercial. The hall of the airport and the Ex Esso space will be open to projects of any kind, the only criteria being that they should be as exceptional and singular as the situation and space itself” declares Alfieri.
With the new exhibition, Nilufar continues to be part of the long history of Giovanni Nicelli, the oldest commercial Italian airport. Founded in Venice in 1926, it instantly became a strategic location to reach European capitals in just a few hours. The Airport is set in the sophisticated frame of the Lido island, renowned for its magical atmosphere gifted by the seafront, the villas in Liberty architecture and the yearly Venice Film Festival. Such a culturally dense context is the ideal setting to stage Nina Yashar’s scenographies: a hybrid space that looks to the future through the dialogue between vintage and contemporary creations. Through its deep knowledge and appreciation of excellence, Nilufar narrates a story that belongs to us all, one that travels through time and countries.