Palazzo Grassi in Venice

Palazzo Grassi welcomes the Van Abbemuseum, the museum of modern and contemporary art of Eindhoven, for a new edition of Grand Tour that focuses on the participatory practices in museums. The host institution bring its experience in involving constituents in the process of cultural practices, from the design of exhibitions to mediation strategies. The aim is a more accessible museum, representative of the different groups of citizens. Through a talk dedicated to professionals of educational services and a workshop open to the public, the Dutch museum invites to think about the role of the museum in the society it is embedded in and about how it can integrate the views, the needs and the specificities of the communities constellating said society.

- Palazzo Grassi

OoQA Workshops

Braiding Conversations – You are invited to a collective braiding session where we shall braid the conversation together while sharing our thoughts on topics relevant to rethinking the way we “do museum”.

Writing love letters – You are invited for an exercise we developed within the Office of Queer Affairs. What if you walk through the museum as if it’s a nightclub? Could you dance with a sculpture or do you secretly get aroused by that painting? We are going to write love letters to the artworks. With this we’d like to bring a more queer and bodily perspective into the museum.

Drag the toilets - We end with a collective act or manifestation in the toilets. A place where power structures and gender becomes explicit. What are other ways to use the toilets? We bring the experiences of the first two sessions to this playful intervention. We make new signs and propose a new use of the toilet spaces.