V-A-C Foundation

V-A-C Foundation is an international non-profit private organization founded in 2009 with an emphasis on supporting contemporary art exhibitions and projects emerging from Russia and the former Soviet Union.

V-A-C Foundation
Founded2009
FounderLeonid Mikhelson, Teresa Iarocci Mavica
FocusArts
Location
Area served
European Union, Russian Federation, United States
Key people
Leonid Mikhelson, Teresa Mavica
Websitewww.v-a-c.ru

History

Founded in 2009 by businessman and philanthropist Leonid Mikhelson and Teresa Iarocci Mavica,[1] who has been Director of the Foundation since its inception,[2] the V-A-C Foundation is a nonprofit organization that initiates, supports, presents, and preserves contemporary art projects by internationally based visual and multidisciplinary artists, with a particular emphasis on artists located in, or emerging from, the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union.[3]

In 2015, Italian starchitect Renzo Piano was commissioned to design the foundation's venue (GES-2) in Moscow.[4][5] In 2017, V-A-C Foundation's Venetian headquarter Zattere was launched. Located in a renovated historic palazzo situated on Zattere and overlooking the Canale della Giudecca, this venue hosts exhibitions, events and residencies. The renovation of the historic Palazzo delle Zattere was carried out by local architect Alessandro Pedron, transforming the building into a new centre for contemporary culture for the city of Venice.[6]

References
  1. "V-A-C Live: Tino Sehgal | VK".
  2. "Foundation : V-A-C Foundation". www.v-a-c.ru. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. "Laying The Foundations". Financial Times. May 24, 2013.
  4. "V-A-C Foundation unveils plans for Renzo Piano-designed museum for Moscow". The Art Newspaper. January 28, 2016.
  5. "Billionaire Builds a Big Museum for Russia's Tiny Art Market". Bloomberg. June 14, 2018.
  6. "V-A-C Live: Tino Sehgal | VK".


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