Venice Biennale Ticket Office

Ticket office for the Biennale, 1951-1952, Giardini di Castello, Venice Italy

The ticket office for the entrance to the gardens of the Venice Biennale was built by Carlo Scarpa in 1951-1952, in conjunction with the 26th International Art Biennale of Venice, together with the more famous sculpture courtyard of the Italian Pavilion. The small artifact is located in front of the current entrance to the exhibition gardens and normally to visit it you do not need to pay for the ticket for the exhibition.

It is not among the most famous works of the master and it is not easy to find material about it online, apart from this drawing on the website of Ministry of Cultural Heritagewhile on archiviocarloscarpa.it it is not even mentioned among the works. However, it is included in the panorama of museum installations and exhibition pavilions that characterized the Venetian architect's work to a certain extent. 

Even though it is a small ticket office, unusable with today's influx of visitors to the international art and architecture exhibitions held every year in Venice, Scarpa's hand is unmistakable.