The Art Explora Festival is a traveling festival that sails the world's seas and oceans aboard its museum ship, offering innovative and free artistic and cultural experiences. From spring 2024 to autumn 2026, the festival will embark on its first tour, visiting 15 countries in the Mediterranean. To coincide with the 60th International Art Biennale, the museum ship will be anchored in Venice from April 17 to 22, at Riva Sette Martiri, just steps from the Giardiniera. Adorned with its large dock sails designed by Laure Prouvost, the museum ship resonates with "Foreigners Everywhere," the theme of this 60th Biennale, as well as with the universal message that the foundation conveys through its cultural odyssey in the Mediterranean: art transcends borders.
Venice

What's On: Venice
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Workshop - Customizing Reusable Boxes with a Seaside Theme
A reuse box customisation workshop inspired by the marine world, for all audiences aged 6 and over.

Storytelling - The Ocean Story Bar
Storytelling sessions about the oceans and marine creatures for children.

Orienteering Race x Turbo Running Gang
An orienteering race to discover Le Havre, for all audiences. Lace up your trainers and discover art in the city with Turbo Running Gang! Specially designed for the Art Explora Festival, this friendly orienteering race blends physical activity, urban exploration and photography. In teams and armed with a camera phone, follow the clues and photograph the works of Un Été au Havre and Teuthis, as well as the heritage and architectural features that punctuate your route. No running experience required: all you need is a desire to explore, a keen eye and a good mood.
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Workshop - Customizing Reusable Boxes with a Seaside Theme
A reuse box customisation workshop inspired by the marine world, for all audiences aged 6 and over.

Workshop - Racine Caraïbe Collective
Their workshop, structured around different moments of introduction and musical practice, is dedicated to Guadeloupean dance through the Toumblack, one of the major rhythms of the Gwo-ka repertoire. Highly popular, the Toumblack is today one of the most widely practiced rhythms and one of the most immediately accessible to audiences. Marked by its energy and its unifying power, it naturally invites dancing and exchange between the drummers (tambouyé), singers, and dancers. Its vitality and festive spirit make it a true gateway to discovering the Gwo-ka.

Performance - Adolescence, Theater on Demand
Youth is a time of big questions, of grand – and sometimes conflicting – desires, a storm of intense, raw and sincere emotions. An age that passes… without ever truly leaving. Théâtre on Demand is a unique experience every single time!
Past events

Films on Loop Programme
What things may come by Marianne Fahmy, 2019 Di queste Luci si Servira La Notte by Adrian Paci, 2017

Carte Blanche Méditerranéen
On the upper deck of the boat, every day between 5pm and 7pm, the festival’s curators and a collaboration with the national pavilions of the Biennale offer concerts, performances, screenings, talks, panels... on a ‘carte blanche’ principle, echoing their unique way of understanding the major themes of the Festival throughout its itinerancy, embodying the purpose of the project through cultural cooperation on a regional scale.
Practical information
Opening hours
Every day from April 17th to 22nd, from 10am to 7pm
Address
Riva dei Sette Martiri 13, Venice


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