Since 2016 the exhibition rooms in Centro Culturale Candiani in the centre of Mestre have housed a series of projects curated especially by Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.

With the exhibition Cortocircuito. A dialogue between the centuries over the years Fondazione MUVE has created a suggestive series of dates on the mainland dedicated to modern and contemporary art and to how they communicate with history. The works for the exhibitions come from both the patrimony of the City of Venice and collections from other international, public and private institutions.

So far, the dates of the Corto Circuito. Dialogo tra i secoli exhibition have included:

• 14 December 2016 – 5 March 2017
  AROUND KLIMT. Giuditta, heroism and seduction
• 14 April – 2 July 2017
  ATTORNO A TIZIANO. L’annuncio e la luce verso il Contemporaneo. Garofalo,Canova, Fontana, Flavin
• 15 July – 5 November 2017
  ABOUT POP ART IN THE SONNABEND COLLECTION. From Johns and Rauschenberg to Warhol and Lichtenstein and to Koons
• 16 December 2017 – 27 May 2018
  AROUND GLASS and its reflection in painting
• 18 December 2018 – 24 March 2019
  VENICE AND SAINT PETERSBURG. Artists, Princes and Merchants
• 15 June 2019 – 30 June 2022
  FISHING IN THE VENETIAN LAGOON. The historical Ninni-Marella’s models collection
• 10 September 2022 – 10 April 2023
  KANDINSKY AND THE AVANT-GARDES. Point and line to plane
• 30 September 2023 – 13 February 2024
  CHAGALL. The Colour of the Dreams
• 28 September 2024 – 4 March 2025
  MATISSE AND THE LIGHT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

With the creation of the Premio Mestre di Pittura award, since 2018 Fondazione MUVE has been promoting and valorising contemporary painting in synergy with the Metropolitan City area. Established in 1958 in Mestre but abandoned at the end of the sixties, its participants included extraordinary protagonists in the field of painting in the Veneto twentieth century: today Centro Candiani has rediscovered its home and mission, and hosts the finalists’ works.

Established in 2019 by the city council administration, the competition Creators of our time is focussing its attention on young up and coming artists whose works can be found in diverse museums and exhibitions in Venice and on the mainland. For the first time, Centro Culturale Candiani hosted the winners’ works for each competition category.