The Querini Stampalia Foundation is among the oldest Italian cultural institutions. Since 1869 we have promoted “the cult of good studies and useful disciplines”, with a curious gaze and a passion for the future.

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Since 1869 we have promoted “the cult of good studies and useful disciplines”, with a curious gaze and a passion for the future.

Stefano Arienti’s past and present

Stefano Arienti’s work is entitled 'Porte tagliafuoco [Fire Doors']. It was part of his 2008 exhibition 'Disegni dimessi' [Discarded Drawings]. The artist transformed two fire doors situated in the Portego – the salon – of the museum home, blending them in with their eighteenth-century surroundings. Arienti applied adhesive plastic film, which imitates wood and can usually be found in DIY stores, to the doors. He cut the film into lozenge shapes, creating an inlaid effect of various types of wood that imitates the antique inlaid doors present in the space. The doors thus take on a new value and become a symbolic threshold between past and present.

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On Friday 1 November 2024, the Library’s distribution service for books and periodicals will not operate from 12 noon to 3.30 p.m.