Venice has long been associated with temporality. Its role within the international art system has historically been tied to the scheduling of the Biennale, a structure that brings institutions into the city alongside artists and audiences during concentrated cycles of exhibition. Outside these periods, the city has often been framed through rhythms of absence and return. Over the past decade, however, this model has been challenged by the establishment of permanent spaces that function independently of event-based timelines. Three galleries with headquarters in Paris: Galerie Negropontes, Alberta Pane Gallery, and 193 Gallery, have established permanent, year-round spaces in Venice, integrating the city into the structural logic of their operations as fixed locations with continuous programming shaped by architectural, logistical, and institutional conditions.
