Walton Ford: Lion of God
Ateneo Veneto, Venice, 2024

Lion of God is Ford’s first solo exhibition in Italy, featuring a new body of work conceived in response to the collection of the historical institution Ateneo Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Venice.

The exhibition consists of a series of monumental watercolor paintings that explore the historical, biological, and environmental resonance of the subjects of the library’s collection, particularly the figure of the lion in Tintoretto’s Apparizione della Vergine a San Girolamo (The Apparition of the Virgin to St. Jerome) (c. 1580), moved into public view for the exhibition’s duration.

Lion of God is curated by Udo Kittelmann and organized by Kasmin, New York.