Real Venice Dionisio González, Gardella Restated: The House of the Zattere , Venice, The Light Hours series, 2011, C Print. Diasec, 100 x 450 cm, © Dionisio González, Courtesy of ProjectB Contemporary Art, Milan

Real Venice is a major exhibition of c. 50 newly commissioned works created by 14 distinguished international artists Candida Höfer, Theatre La Fenice of Venice II, Theatre La Fenice of Venice series, 2011, Inkjet, 120 x cm, © Candida Höfer/VG Bildkunst, Bonn 2011, Courtesy of Ben Brown Fine Arts Mimmo Jodice, Rialto, Venice series, 2010, Silver gelatin print, 120 x 140 cm, © Mimmo Jodice, Courtesy of Galerie Karsten Greve

The result is a stunning collection of new and original photographs of the city; a lasting legacy for and about Venice Pierre Gonnord, Friedrich, Venetian Portraits series, 2010, Digital Print on Hahnemüle paper, 146 x 110 cm, © Pierre Gonnord, Courtesy of Pierre Gonnord and Galeria Juana de Aizpuru Robert Walker, Venetian Apron Suite, #4, Venetian Apron Suite series, 2010, Inkjet print on acid free paper, 115 x 83 cm, © Robert Walker, Courtesy of the artist Matthias Schaller, Orlando 531-1, Organ Grinder series, 2010, Colour photograph, c-print, 79 x 55 cm, © Matthias Schaller, Courtesy of the artist

Contributing artists: Lynne Cohen Philip Lorca diCorcia Antonio Girbés Nan Goldin Pierre Gonnord Dionisio Gonzalez Candida Höfer Tiina Itkonen Mimmo Jodice Tim Parchikov Matthias Schaller Jules Spinatsch Robert Walker Hiroshi Watanabe

Remarkably diverse and inspiring, the works are not the usual views known to us all from postcards, but a strange, deeply poetic, more human and more suffering city. Nan Goldin, Inside/Outside, Palazzo Papadopoli, Hold Together with Water series, 2010, C-Print, x cm, © Nan Goldin, Courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery Hiroshi Watanabe, Marta Marchi as Strega (Silhouette), Comedy of Double Meaning series, 2010, Archival pigment print, x cm, © Hiroshi Watanbe, Courtesy of AD Galerie

The encounters and approaches could not be more diverse. Real Venice offers a compelling journey through which we can appreciate the city with fresh eyes. Antonio Girbés, National Library by Antonio Rizzo, Delirious City series, 2011, Pigment print on cotton paper, 150 x 150 cm, © Antonio Girbés, Courtesy of the artist

Tim Parchikov, Venice, Venice Suspense series, , C-Print, 60 x 90 cm, © Tim Parchikov, Courtesy of the artist Lynne Cohen, Untitled (Three White Chairs), Vague Memories series, 2010, Digital C Print, 122 x 147.3cms, © Lynne Cohen, Courtesy of the artist Tiina Itkonen, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, 2011, Digital C-print, 70 x 200 cm, © Tiina Itkonen, Courtesy of Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London

Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Looking toward Venice from Mazzorbo, 2011, Archival Pigment Print, 76.2 x cm, © Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York Jules Spinatsch, November, Exit Strategies series, 2011, C-Print on aluminium, 50 x 70 cm, © Jules Spinatsch, Courtesy of Blancpain Art Contemporain, Genève, and Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur

Conceived by Venice in Peril and curated by Elena Foster, founder, chairman & CEO of Ivorypress, Real Venice aims to harness the creativity, the vigour and the internationalism of contemporary art to saving Venice; to make the city’s ecological fragility better known and raise funds (through the sales of artworks) towards its sustainability.