
The Grand Canal is the largest channel in Venice, Italy, forming one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.

Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as La Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.

François Pinault is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis.

Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy.

Palazzo Grassi is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice (Italy), between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo San Samuele.

Urs Fischer is a Swiss-born contemporary visual artist living in New York City and Los Angeles. Fischer’s practice includes sculpture, installation, photography, and digitally-mediated images.
Charles Ray is a Los Angeles–based American sculptor. He is known for his strange and enigmatic sculptures that draw the viewer's perceptual judgments into question in jarring and unexpected ways. In 2007, Christopher Knight in the Los Angeles Times wrote that Ray's "career as an artist…is easily among the most important of the last twenty years."
Helidon Gjergji is a contemporary artist who works in various media.

Abdulnasser Gharem is a Saudi Arabian artist and also a lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army. In April 2011, his installation Message/Messenger sold for a world record price at auction in Dubai.
The year 2013 in art involved various significant events.

Francesco Bonami is an Italian art curator and writer. He lives in Milan and Manhattan, New York.
Groupe Artémis is a French investment holding with a portfolio in fashion (Kering), wine, art, sports and entertainment. Headquartered in Paris, France, Groupe Artémis was founded by François Pinault in 1992.

The Giudecca Canal is a body of water that flows into the San Marco basin in Venice, Italy.

Paolo De Grandis is an Italian contemporary art curator and president of PDG Arte Communications. He lives currently in Venice.

Le Palais Ducal or The Doge's Palace is the name given to various oil paintings which depict the Doge's Palace made by Claude Monet during a visit to Venice in 1908.

Pinault Collection is the legal entity holding the artistic and cultural assets of the French businessman François Pinault. It manages the art collection of the Pinault family, its exhibition sites, institutional and cultural partnerships, art loans, and artist-in-residence programs.

Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo is a Gothic palace in Venice, Italy located in the Dorsoduro district, along the Nani embankment on the San Trovaso canal, near the Campo San Trovaso.

Fiorella Mancini was an Italian performance artist and designer, known for her highly provocative style.

Marcantonio Brandolini d'Adda is a member of the Brandolini family, an Italian artist, designer and entrepreneur, CEO and Art Director of Laguna~B.