Venice
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.
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES 2025
GEOPHILOSOPHY OF EUROPE
04th February
Slavoj Žižek
Towards a quantum theory of history
07th March
Peter Sloterdjik
The midwife of the intellect: Meister Eckhart and divine man
28th April
Katarina Kolozova
Automation, the non-human and the ‘last man’ of Europe
09th May (Europe Day)
Rosi Braidotti
Nomos or Nomadism for the planet?
11th May
Francescia Bria
European tech sovereignty
September
Diane von Furstenberg
in conversation with Lorenzo Marsili
October
Pascal Lamy
Remaking Europe
Kalypso Nicolaidis
A planetary odyssey for democracy
November
Dipesh Chakrabarty & Francois Hartog
Planetary Time
December
Barbara Cassin
Making Europe untranslatable for Artificial Intelligence
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Featured Projects & Events
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Toward a Quantum Theory of History, lecture by Slavoj Žižek
China, Europe and the world after globalization - Internazionale Festival in Ferrara
After Nations: Preparing for the Planetary, lecture by Rana Dasgupta
The Aesthetics of Oriental Materials, an event in collaboration with Capsule Gallery in Venice
Beyond Nations and Empires? Dialogues from a Non-European Perspective
China, Europe and the Future of Civilizations
Adventures of Enlightenment by Alexander Kluge
Macron and Meloni appear poles apart – but what if they joined forces to save Europe?
The New International Economic Order: Lessons and Legacies Fifty Years Later
"The Body of Europe", a lecture by Giorgio Agamben
JANUS Exhibition
Modernism, Cosmopolitanism, and Universalism
Affinità Elettive. Picasso, Matisse, Klee e Giacometti. Artworks from Museum Berggruen - Neue Nationalgalerie in dialogue with some of the masterpieces of Gallerie dell’Accademia
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
