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The heart of the palace is the Grimani Tribuna. More than one hundred and thirty ancient sculptures included in the family collection were originally preserved here. The restoration also returned this space to its ancient splendour.

Thanks to the Archinto exhibition, inaugurated in May 2021, the Palazzo Grimani collection continues to live and breathe, enriched with pieces of contemporary art: the works of Georg Baselitz, including twelve canvases created specifically for the Sala del Portego and exhibited in original eighteenth-century frames from the Grimani estate, share the singular, enigmatic quality of Titian's Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto, the primary inspiration for the project. Thanks to an agreement with the artist, they will remain on loan for use by the museum for a long time.

Acquired in the sixteenth century by Doge Antonio Grimani, the Palace was decorated taking inspiration from classical architecture. In the following decades, thanks to the patriarch Giovanni Grimani, it became a jewel box for a notable collection of ancient art which, once it became the property of the Serenissima, went on to constitute the founding nucleus of the National Archaeological Museum of Venice.