A conversation between Melissa McGill and Bożena Anna Kowalczyk, curator and preeminent scholar of Canaletto.
On Tuesday July 19, 2022, I had the wonderful opportunity to have a very inspiring conversation at The Lightbox with Bożena Anna Kowalczyk, curator and preeminent scholar of Canaletto, in which we discussed the weather as protagonist in Canaletto’s paintings, capricci, our admiration for Carlo Scarpa’s terrazzo floor at the Olivetti Showroom in Piazzo San Marco, the role of red in Canaletto’s work as accent to lead the eye, what we can learn from the water levels and algae depicted in Canaletto’s paintings of the Venetian Lagoon, Venice’s environmental challenges, and the inspiration for Red Regatta.
This program was presented in conjunction with the current exhibition at The Lightbox, Canaletto and Melissa McGill: Performance and Panorama, on view through November 13, 2022. The Lightbox is located in Woking, about 20 minutes outside of London.