Contemporary Art in Italy

Past Meets Present in Milan and Venice

The Museum of Contemporary Art invites you to join The Maurice Marciano Director, Johanna Burton and fellow MOCA patrons on a once-in-a-lifetime excursion starting in Milan and concluding with a visit to the 2024 Venice Biennale. This trip will be accompanied by Artful Experience Director, Graylin Harrison, who has an extensive knowledge of these cities. This installment of the Biennale will be one of many firsts, including the event's first-ever Latin American curator, Adriano Pedrosa of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and the first-ever Indigenous artist to represent the US, Jeffrey Gibson. 

The Rosa Grand Hotel is in the heart of Milan, overlooking the historic Piazza Fontana and nestled behind the city's Duomo. The Rosa Grand is within waking distance of the fashion district and the art collections of the Palazzo Reale and the Museo del Novecento. In Venice, we will stay at the five-star Hotel Danieli. The hotel was built in the early 1600s and is just a few steps from Piazza San Marco. In 1822, the palace was transformed into a hotel by Giuseppe Dal Niel. He renamed the property after his chosen nickname "Danieli."  Nearby, you can hop on a Gondola, water taxi, or Vaporetto to explore the city's expansive waterways.

Milan is unique among Italian cities for its effortless fusion of centuries' old cultural heritage with contemporary art and top-notch hospitality.  In addition to an exciting lineup of modern and contemporary art venues, this trip will expose you to Milan's Renaissance and Baroque legacy with visits to the historic sites and collections. In Venice we, will enjoy a thorough tour of everything the Biennale has to offer: the Giardini, the Arsenale, and the many satellite installations throughout the city. Stranieri Ovunque, or "Foreigners Everywhere," is the title of the curator's international exhibition, held in the Central Pavilion (the Giardini) and in the Arsenale. The exhibition takes its name from a series of works by the feminist, conceptual artist collective Claire Fontaine, and it comprises two sections: the Nucleo Contemporaneo and the Nucleo Storico.

This exclusive trip will begin in Milan on Thursday, June 13 and end Wednesday, June 19 in Venice. Your MOCA Contact to Colleen Russell Criste ( ccriste@moca.org (917) 359-5833, cell phone). Your Artful contact is Latasha Thomas (latasha@artfuljaunts.com or 781-658-2270, office phone).

The MOCA experience is priced at $16,900 per person for double occupancy and $19,600 for single occupancy and includes all transportation, lodging, and specific meals during your trip. This trip is limited to 16 guests. Your booking is requested by April 4, 2024. A minimum of 7 guests is required to operate this trip. After you request to register, you will not be confirmed until the 7 guest minimum is met. 

No refund will be provided for cancellations since this trip is within ninety days and there are strcit hotel and dining no cancellation policies. If the museum has another patron to fill a spot a substitution will be allowed. After the trip has commenced, no refunds are available, even if the client does not partake in all of the trip's activities or leaves the trip early. We highly recommend trip insurance offered when booking. All programming may change and is subject to availability of hosts, collectors and artists.

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