studying visual arts in Venice

Iuav offers a unique method and study track in the visual arts in Italy, characterised by a constant interaction between theory and practice.

Students are introduced to techniques and expressive languages of various art forms and can create their first personal creations under the guidance of high-level lecturers and professionals.

During the two-year master's degree course, students will understand and develop their talents and will be able to choose among various paths as artists or as video-makers, webmasters, curators, art theorists, and museum and art gallery officers.

Internationally renowned theorists, lecturers, professionals, and artists are among the lecturers of the visual arts track.

Active collaborations include the Venice Biennale, the Turin Triennale, Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Museo del Castello di Rivoli, Arte Fiera in Bologna and international institutions as Documenta and Manifesta.

It is also possible to activate collaborations with foundations, galleries and museums identified by the students.

the visual arts track

The talent of the artist, but also the organisational skills of the curator: this is the core principle of the visual arts track.

Students acquire a critical awareness of the different languages that shape contemporary design and production of visual art, from photography to film, from performance to digital and representation. They learn how to use these languages both as a means of expression and tools for non-verbal communication. They become familiar with art-making to start a career as visual artists and with exhibition management to become critics and curators.

The lecturers of the theoretical courses work as researchers in semiotics, art theory, philosophy of science, or aesthetics.

Labs and workshops - conducted by curators and artists from the international art world - are organised according to the most advanced international experiences of practice-led research in the visual arts.

The study programme includes internships and placements at Italian and international art institutions.

careers

The visual arts track is open to students who wish to pursue a professional career as artists, those who want to improve their critical, curatorial and organisational skills and those who are interested in manufacturing and service companies.

Career options include the following profiles: curators, consultants for auction houses, consultants for the management of private and public collections, critics and historians of the visual arts, fashion and communication, art directors in publishing and advertising, art directors in television, advertising, creative industries, documentary film directors, film and video editors.