From 21 to 28 February 2026 in Venice
From 21 to 28 February 2026, the international contemporary art exhibition Veils of Silence, organized by Nartwork APS, was on display in Venice at the Spazio Espositivo San Vidal in Campo San Zaccaria. The group exhibition brought together 29 artists from 16 countries.
The exhibition explored the tension between concealment and revelation, between hidden pain and the resilience that emerges through processes of transformation. Silence, in fact, can conceal as much as it can reveal. In a symbolic setting such as Venice — a city of masks and disguise — the exhibition project sought to amplify the voices of the most vulnerable: those living in conflict zones, who are often invisible and unheard.
Through different artistic languages and sensibilities, the works on display investigated the relationship between the visible and the invisible, between pain that remains in the shadows and the strength of hope that challenges every expectation. Art thus became a space for resistance and healing, where silence turns into fertile ground for listening, transformation, and the construction of shared hope.
The exhibition catalogue, available online, was produced by Nartwork APS and includes critical contributions by the art historians Maria Aurelia Catalano Rossi Danielli and Gianpasquale Greco. Graphic design by Antonio Imparato, exhibition design by Giulio Bellan.
The group exhibition received the moral patronage of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University, the Alsob Association, and was included in the program Le Città in Festa of the Municipality of Venice.
Artists in the exhibition
Petrana Bozukova Петрана (Bulgaria), Chris21 (France), Aurora Rose De Crosta (United States), Alessandro Di Porzio (Italy), Fiz Domínguez (Spain), Martha Green Doran (United Kingdom), Rika Maja Duevel (Norway), Bettina Eicher (Austria), Fadiese (France), Elvira Flamm (Germany), Mario Formica (Italy), G.Joia & Opticalemotions (Italy), Roy-Arne Knutsen (Norway), Lausen (Switzerland), Daniela Melzig (Germany), Valeria Morasso (Italy), Atsushi Ohta (Japan), Attila Olasz (Hungary), Tarja Onali (Finland), Weronika Raczynska (Poland), Isolde Rentz (Austria), Azia Maria Sammartano Essereilnonessere (Italy), Isabella Santoro (Italy), Maro Sargsyan (Armenia), Milica Todorov (Austria), Karin Ungersbäck – Carinas Abstract World (Austria), Gloria Vers (Spain), YOSHIKO (Japan), Lihong Zhang (Australia).
Curators
Rossella Bellan, Antonietta Panico
Art critics and art historians
Maria Aurelia Catalano Rossi Danielli, Gianpasquale Greco
Graphic design
Antonio Imparato
Exhibition design
Giulio Bellan
