Venice

Casa dei Tre Oci

Europe’s exposure to the limits of the nation state makes it a unique laboratory to explore our planetary future. The Berggruen Institute Europe attracts philosophers and political thinkers, artists and architects, scientists and technologists, to develop and promote long-term answers to the main challenges of the 21st century by developing ideas that emerge from Europe and address the world.

Complementing the centers in Los Angeles and Beijing, the Venice Center links the Institute’s work in the East and West and provides an environment to foster a more open and constructive intellectual dialogue between China and the West.

In centering its European program at the iconic Casa dei Tre Oci, the Berggruen Institute will preserve the historic function and identity of the palazzo as part of the cultural fabric of Venice. Designed as a private home and studio by the artist Mario De Maria, the neo-Gothic Tre Oci has a long history of hosting artists and intellectuals and serving as a venue for cultural meetings and debates.

Berggruen Institute Europe evolves Casa dei Tre Oci into a house of ideas and a gathering place for global dialogue housing an international program of summits, workshops, symposia, and exhibitions.

Featured Projects & Events

"What Is Universalism?" June 21-22, 2024 at Palazzo Diedo in Venice

Featured News

Adventures of Enlightenment by Alexander Kluge photo

Adventures of Enlightenment by Alexander Kluge

European Union flag, photo by Christian Lue

Macron and Meloni appear poles apart – but what if they joined forces to save Europe?

Photo from The New International Economic Order

The New International Economic Order: Lessons and Legacies Fifty Years Later

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"The Body of Europe", a lecture by Giorgio Agamben

JANUS Exhibition

Modernism, Cosmopolitanism, and Universalism title card

Modernism, Cosmopolitanism, and Universalism

Affinità Elettive title card

Affinità Elettive. Picasso, Matisse, Klee e Giacometti. Artworks from Museum Berggruen - Neue Nationalgalerie in dialogue with some of the masterpieces of Gallerie dell’Accademia

Photo of Casa dei Tre Oci facade

Opening of the Berggruen Institute Europe Headquarters, Casa dei Tre Oci

Nicolas Berggruen, Collector and Philanthropist, Sets His Sights on Venice

Europe Can Moderate The U.S.-China Conflict

What Will Life After Globalisation Look Like? The Venice Biennale May Hold the Answer

Tre Oci Council Explores US/China Relationship on AI, Climate Change

La Casa dei Tre Oci Diventa Il Berggruen Institute Europa a Venezia

La Casa dei Tre Oci Diventa Il Berggruen Institute Europa a Venezia

Il Futuro Visto da Berggruen «La Casa dei Tre Oci, una Fabbrica Delle Idee»

Un Ponte tra Oriente e Occidente per Studiare le Sfide del Nuovo Secolo

BI Europe Gathers Renowned European Thinkers for First Activities at Casa Dei Tre Oci in Venice

62 People Are Dead Off the Coast of Italy. How Many More Will Anti-Migrant Policies Kill?

Talk: Agnieszka Kurant and Nigel Warburton on Art in the Age of the Planetary

Berggruen Institute Gathers International Leaders, Thinkers for East-West Dialogue at Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice, Italy

La Nuova: Casa dei Tre Oci, i nuovi proprietari assicurano: «Resterà un luogo di cultura»

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