Intimate Unthinkables: Su Liu Shiming on display at Palazzo Mora during

Intimate Unthinkables: Su Liu Shiming and Adrian Elisheva Parr Zaretsky at Palazzo Mora

When: 9 May – 22 November 2026

Where: ECC - Palazzo Mora, Strada Nova 3659, Venice

Admission: free. Opening at 11:00 (check the official site for updated opening hours).

Intimate Unthinkables stages a conversation between the sculptural work of Su Liu Shiming (1926–2010), a leading figure in modern Chinese sculpture, and the contemporary paper and canvas works of Adrian Elisheva Parr Zaretsky. The exhibition highlights everyday intimacy—gestures, shared glances and familial scenes—as a poetic and politically resonant theme.

• Highlights: sculptures alongside drawings and mixed-media works that explore tenderness, vulnerability and resilience.
• Significance: a cross-generational and cross-cultural dialogue between Chinese sculptural tradition and modernist influences, framed within contemporary practice.
• Organizers: European Cultural Centre Italy in collaboration with the Su Liu Shiming Art Foundation; part of Italy Personal Structures 2026.

The show is recommended for visitors interested in 20th-century sculpture, cultural exchanges in contemporary art, and the interplay between tradition and modernism. Palazzo Mora, the ECC exhibition space in Venice, offers free access to exhibitions aimed at a wide public.

Practical tips: reach Palazzo Mora by public transport or on foot from central Venice; consult the official website for guided tours and special openings.